Women in STEM

Signups are open for the US edition of the spring book club! Reply to me or send me an email if you would like to sign up for one of these sessions.   On Tuesdays starting April 16 at 4 pm US Eastern time, Anne Milley will be leading a group to discuss Bitch by Lucy Cooke.   On Fridays starting April 26 at 12 noon US Central time, Trish Roth and Diana Ballard will be leading a group to discuss How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil.   Happy reading! ... View more

We've started to form the book club discussion groups for Spring 2024. What would you like to read and when would you like to meet to discuss? Fill out this form and let us know! https://forms.office.com/r/VXJZRGcF2x ... View more

Hi everyone! The book we'll be reading together for the Fall 2023 JMP book club is Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, by Robert M. Spolsky. Please sign up for one of the following sessions. You can sign up by replying here or sending me an email (di.michelson@jmp.com).   Session 1, Tuesday, 4 pm US Eastern Session 2, Tuesday, 4 pm US Central (can be moved later for more westerly people) Session 3, Friday 12 pm Central European Session 4, Friday 12 pm US Central   If no time listed is good for you, let me know if you would like to lead a session at a more convenient time.   Your session leader will be in touch!   ... View more

I'm really enjoying reading and discussing books in this group! I hope you are too. The next book club will take place this fall (or spring in the southern hemisphere, I'm waiting for our first member from down under). Please fill out this survey to help us pick a book. Select as many books as you'd like. I'll compile the results and we'll organize groups like we did last year. Responses are due by August 18.   If you're undecided about leading a group - the duties are light: set up the meeting, have a list of questions ready to prompt discussion, start and end the meeting, communicate with other group leaders.   Here are the books. Links are to the publisher or amazon, but I encourage you to find them in your library! Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Robert M. Spolsky Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic, Emily Monosson Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics, Adam Rutherford Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, Kate Manne An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, Ed Yong Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Plant Intelligence, Paco Calvo and Natalie Lawrence The Power Code: More Joy. Less Ego. Maximum Impact for Women (and Everyone), Katty Kay and Claire Shipman The Premontion: A Pandemic Story, Michael Lewis Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data, Carissa Veliz Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything, BJ Fogg, Ph.D. Vagina Obsurca: Rachel E. Gross ... View more

I've just sent an email containing this information. If you think you've signed up for book club here or through an email to me or one of the leaders, but you haven't received my email, please check your junk folder.   Hello and welcome to the 2023 spring JMP book club, reading Hannah Fry’s Hello, World! Here are the leaders and session times:   Group Number Leader Leader Community Link Time 1 Tatjana Keller tkeller Friday, 3 pm CET 2 Nina Chan nina_chan Friday, 12 pm noon CET 3 Trish Roth patricia_roth Wednesday, 7 pm US Eastern 4 Anne Milley anne_milley Tuesday, 4 pm US Eastern   Please sign up for a session by contacting your group leader. They will send you details of the session meetings. If you would like to lead a group at a different time, please let me know. ... View more