What are you doing next summer? Looking to explore opportunities in your field of interest, further develop your skills, help others, or get some real-life experience in a corporate setting?

Women have made tremendous progress in education and the workplace during the past 50 years. Even in historically male fields such business, law, and medicine, women have made impressive gains, however, in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) women’s progress has been slower, particularly in engineering, computer science and physics.

On Wednesday, March 21st, the Feminist Press and the City University of New York Office of Research will co-sponsor Inspiring Women Scientists 2012 (IWS). The forum aims to support women students, faculty, and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and bring together faculty, staff, and students from institutions across the New York metropolitan area and region. The IWS forum has become an annual event.

As part of an on going effort to offer our readers resources at all levels, we post discussion questions for Feminist Press’ Women Writing Science books for high school and college classes. Below you will find discussion questions for The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science by Julie des Jardins. The discussion questions for high school classes were prepared by Megan Twiddy, an Environmental Science and Biology teacher.

We at UnderTheMicroscope.com are currently seeking interns for the upcoming 2012 Spring semester.

Interns will work approximately 5-7 hours per week, mostly remotely. Applicants based outside of New York are encouraged to apply but must demonstrate a strong work ethic.