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Resources for Teachers and Girls: The Girl Solution and Can*TEEN
- Girl Talk Radio gets plug (boingboing, December 28,2009)
- Grant to help girls in math, science in public schools (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 25, 2009)
- City schools to receive grant to pique girls' interest in math (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 25, 2009)
- City schools get U.S. grant for girls' math education (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 24, 2009)
- Full length | Edited - Major mention of GEM partnership between PPS+GSMP (Title IX White House Roundtable, June 23, 2009)
- Grant to help girls connect with science (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 27, 2008)
- Business News Brief: Program is the recipient of a $100,000 Innovation Generation grant from the Motorola Foundation (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 4, 2007)
- Program is calculated to get more girls into math and science (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 9, 2007)
- Kit gives girls tools to excel in science (Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 9, 2007)
- Kit's aim: aid girls in math, science (Observer-Reporter, May 9, 2007)
- Media Coverage for The Girl Solution toolkit (Word document) (May 7-8, 2007)
- The Girl Solution (Math Science Collaborative Journal, Fall 2006)
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Science through Service and Advocacy
- Science is applied in makeup contest for girls (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 6, 2008)
- NOLA Goes Back to School - Girls from three major cities will join efforts to assist residents of New Orleans on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with “NOLA Goes Back to School,” a national GMSP program to collect school supplies for teen girls in New Orleans’ recovering school systems.(August 25, 2007)
- Science Center, girls helping New Orleans (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 24, 2007)
- Designing Women - We're Getting Our Nails Done!, a project of the Girls, Math & Science Partnership, engaged young women ages 14 to 17 in the architecture and engineering behind building a house by pairing them with Habitat for Humanity and regional female architects and engineers. (Carnegie Magazine, Summer 2007)
Girls, Math & Science Partnership: Envisioning a society where women’s contributions and equitable placement in the science and technology workforce are instrumental to success. Through sustained generational influence, systemic change and long-term impact, women are vital to improving their immediate community and the world.
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Breaking down gender barriers (Pittsburgh Business Times, February 10, 2009)
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BrainCake.org highlighted as one of the Post-Gazette's favorite STEM Web sites - Here's a sampling of Web sites aimed at encouraging education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the STEM fields. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 10, 2009)
- Dream Machine - Carnegie Science Center is expanding a task long at the core of the Science Center’s mission—getting kids excited about science and technology—by doing more of what they do best: helping kids dream big about the real-world impact these subjects can have on their lives, and the region. (Carnegie Online, Fall 2008)
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Sunday Forum: One classroom, one gender: Boys and girls learn differently and thrive in single-sex classrooms, says education activist Betsy Perlman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 10, 2008)
- Newsmaker: Jennifer Ernisse Stancil (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 21, 2007)
- Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil Nina Simon of Museum 2.0 talks with Jen about GMSP, innovation, social networking, and more (Museum 2.0, July 9, 2007)
- It's a Girl Thing (Digital Divide Network, February 25, 2007)
- Envisioning the next Einstein, as a Girl (pdf) - Executive Director, Jen Stancil, muses about the importance of embracing girls as scientists and the current initiatives of GMSP. (Carnegie Magazine, Fall 2006)
- Letter to the Editor - Investing in the bottom line – a more diverse workforce and corporations who are proactively recruiting women and minorities. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Summer 2006)
- Science Center program director named (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, March 5, 2006)
- Program offers girls a scientific ride (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 8, 2005)
- Fun Web site promotes math and science for girls (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, March 17, 2005)
- Experiment aims to be a plus for teen girls (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 17, 2005)
- Gender gap doesn't compute: Harvard president's questioning the 'intrinsic aptitude' of women in math, science gets an explosive reaction from educators here (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, February 23, 2005)
- Expect the best: Girls can excel at math and science with the right encouragement (Letter to the editor; Pittsburgh Post Gazette, February 17, 2005)
- Pirates partner with Family Communications, Inc. to bring Explanatoids to PNC Park (May 13, 2003)
If you are a member of the media and need an article, quotes or statistics about gender equity, please call 412.237.3400 and request to speak with the Girls, Math & Science Partnership. Want to be included on our press release list but are currently not receiving our releases? Contact zimeckis@carnegiesciencecenter.org to be placed on the GMSP press release distribution list.

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