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How to Successfully Surmount the Challenges Women Face in Becoming Biotech Industry Leaders By Jef Akst | February 1, 2012 Excelling in industry is not easy, especially if you’re a woman. According to a 2010 study of New England biotech firms, females comprised only about 12 percent of biotech founders, despite earning about half of […]

Jonathan M. Kane and Janet E. Mertz Gender differences in mathematics participation rate, mean and high-end performance, and variance in distribution of performance have been reported on numerous occasions. The reasons for these findings have been the subject of much debate. For example, the greater male variability hypothesis, originally proposed by Ellis in 1894 [42] […]

Dr. Christine Richardson, Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, was recently featured on the front page of the University City News section of The Charlotte Observer. “Richardson, a geneticist who studies cancers of the blood, runs a lab in UNC Charlotte’s biology department that examines the role DNA plays in cancer. Her team of […]

Dr. Judith Cornelius, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, recently participated in a panel discussion about how technological innovation is affecting our health. The discussion was hosted by “A Healthier Charlotte,” a regional forum for current health and wellness topics, issues and discussion, created for and by people in the Charlotte area. Joining Dr. […]

UNC Charlotte ADVANCE has focused its programming around the five primary goals of Recruitment; Retention and Advancement; Climate; Institutional Transformation and Dissemination. It has also established desired outcomes around these goals. Goal 1: Recruitment: To increase the number of female faculty – including women of color – interviewed and hired in Science, Technology, Engineering and […]

UNC Charlotte ADVANCE seeks to create an institutional environment to support the recruitment, retention and academic success of women faculty, especially those in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, and to increase the success of all faculty campus-wide. The initiative does this through systemic efforts including policy work, faculty mentoring, leadership development, diversity recruitment […]

In response to the positive feedback on the 2011 conference, “Charting Your Path — Strategies for Success in Academe: A Conference for STEM Women Associate Professors and Their Administrators,” UNC Charlotte ADVANCE and NC A&T will jointly host a one-day conference highlighting Mid-Career Faculty Advancement at NC A&T in Greensboro on May 14, 2012 (more […]

An article in the winter 2010 issue of the COACHE Update newsletter features comments by Joan Lorden, provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs, about the ADVANCE Committee on the Future of the Faculty, as well as the ADVANCE mentoring program for new faculty. Lorden is principal investigator with the National Science Foundation grant that […]

Dr. Robin N. Coger, professor of mechanical engineering & engineering science and director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering Systems at UNC Charlotte, is the recipient of the 2010 Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. She was presented with the award at a reception on the evening of Feb. 10, 2010 in honor of […]

Dr. Jiang (Linda) Xie, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The award provides $400,000 over the next five years to support Dr. Xie’s research and teaching activities. In 2007-2008, UNC Charlotte ADVANCE awarded Xie a Bonnie Cone Fellowship. The CAREER program […]