Dow has released its first-ever annual Inclusion Report, titled SHINE, which puts a spotlight on the Company’s global INclusion 2020 strategy and progress in 2017. Dow accelerated actions, deepened its commitment to strengthening inclusion and diversity (I&D) across the organization and implemented a fully integrated and holistic strategy. This included institutionalizing a new I&D governance... Read More

In a recent article for The New York Times, author Celestine Bohlen shares highlights from the 2018 Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society. If the world of STEM is looking for more women role models, Véna Arielle Ahouansou and Alejandra Estanislao are candidates. Both are young and have degrees in... Read More

In a recent article for The Cornell Daily Sun, author Vivian Fan explores the W.E. Cornell program. W.E. Cornell, a new entrepreneurship program that provides women in STEM with entrepreneurial skill sets and confidence, recently accepted 22 women as its first cohort of students. Andrea Ippolito ’06 M.Eng ’07, executive director of Cornell’s engineering management... Read More

In a recent article for Plastics News, author Don Loepp shares stories from the Women Breaking the Mold conference. It’s natural for women managers in the plastics industry to feel isolated. At the Women Breaking the Mold conference in Chicago, some seasoned managers had advice for colleagues dealing with the male-centric plastics culture. Stacey Chapman... Read More

In a recent article for Oregon Business, author Jon Shadel profiles five experts who share their perspectives on how to close the gender gap. In the mid-’90s, women made up only about a fourth of the manufacturing workforce in Oregon. Two decades later, that number remains unchanged. And the picture looks just as dim at... Read More

In a recent article for KALB-TV News Channel 5, author Allison Bazzle profiles Sandra McQuain, chief operating officer for Baker Manufacturing. There is never a dull day at Baker Manufacturing for Chief Operating Officer Sandra McQuain, who balances productivity and innovation. “I get to feel the pulse of the organization,” McQuain said. “I get to... Read More

In a recent article for Manufacturing.net, author Joyce M. Rosenberg examines gender discrimination faced by female business owners. It can be subtle, like failing to make eye contact with a woman business owner but engaging in animated conversation with her male co-owner. Or more blatant, like asking an owner who’s seeking investor money if she... Read More

In a recent article for TechRepublic, author Macy Bayern explores the results of a recent Center for Talent and Innovation study. While STEM employers have spent large sums of time and money trying to close the gender gap in their companies, many highly qualified women in these fields still feel trapped in their positions, according... Read More

In a recent article for Design World, author Paul Heney profiles April Butterfield, VP of Technology for the Engineered Solutions Group at Jabil. Ever since high school, April Butterfield knew she wanted to be an engineer. Math and science had always been appealing to her, because both explain how things work — while also providing... Read More

Welcome to the first post in our new Q&A series, “Women You Should Know”! First up to the mic: our colleague Theresa Houck, executive editor of The Journal from Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork™ magazine. In 2017, The Journal was named Best Custom Magazine in the APEX Awards for Publication Excellence. You can meet Theresa Nov.... Read More

In a recent article for The Oakland Press, author Mark Cavitt reports Haley Stevens’ win in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District. Democrat Haley Stevens has defeated Republican Lena Epstein in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District, which stretches from Milford to Canton to Commerce Township. The 35-year-old Rochester Hills resident finished the night with 52.05 percent of the... Read More

In a recent article for Eco-Business, author Hannah Koh profiles Juliana Lam, Julius Industries’ founder and managing director. When Julius Industries’ founder and managing director Juliana Lam began serving only vegetarian food in her factory’s staff canteen on Mondays, there was outrage, horror and ridicule. Workers at her glove-making factory in Guangzhou accused her of... Read More