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| The Barnard Center for Research on Women recently released The Work-Family Dilemma: A Better Balance, a comprehensive review of work-family issues and policy recommendations. The report highlights the importance of a work/family balance and gives special attention to the lack of policy analysis in terms of class. To read the full report, please click here. |
| New Appointment |
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) welcomes Linda D. Hallman as its new Executive Director. Hallman joins the AAUW with a long history of executive-level association and foundation experience in the Washington, D.C., area. Most recently, she served as vice president of policy and government strategy, external and member relations, with the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT). | |
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| Dear National Council for Research on Women, |
Register early for our upcoming Annual Conference-Hitting the Ground Running: Research, Activism, and Leadership for a New Era that will take place June 5-7, 2008 at the Kimmel Center at NYU. We will have over 45 workshops, roundtables and panels and there will be plenty of opportunities to share ideas and network with your peers. To learn more about the conference or to register, please visit our website at www.ncrw.org.
Best,
C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Director of Research and Policy Initiatives
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News from the Council |
Nominate your Center for an NCRW Award
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
This year, the Council will be giving three Awards to recognize excellence among our member centers: the Member Center Award, the Policy-Advocacy Award, and the Research and Scholarship Award. Application and nomination forms will be released on March 3, 2008.
Past Outstanding Member Center Award recipients include the Center for the Education of Women (CEW) at the University of Michigan, the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon, the Feminist Press at the City University of New York, the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) and the Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College.
Award winners will receive a travel stipend of up to $500.00 and a waiver of the registration fee to attend the NCRW Annual Conference in New York City.
For more information, please contact C. Nicole Mason at 212.785.7335 ext. 202 or nmason@ncrw.org. |
| Member Center Events |
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The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research presents Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering II, two days of discussion on how gender can change the way we identify problems, come up with solutions and even alter the nature of knowledge itself. March 13-14, 2008, Stanford, CA.
The Beatrice Bain Research Group presents Beyond Sisterhood in Rape, with Dubravka Zarlov, Associate Professor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. March 18, 2008, Berkeley, CA.
The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College presents The Wage Project: Start Smart, a series of workshops designed to help students benchmark the salary of specific jobs they want to pursue and teach them the fundamentals of salary negotiation. March 25, 2008, Babson Park, MA.
The Center for Women's Studies & Gender Research at the University of Florida presents The Gender Conversation Series: First Year Graduate Student Panel. April 18, 2008, Gainesville, FL.
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute presents Partisan Life with the Bielski Brothers, a lecture by HBI Scholar-In-Residence Stephen Glantz. March 19, 2008, Waltham, MA.
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