FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October, 2006 Contact: Deborah Wertheim 518-465-5233, x169 womeninscience@wamc.org WAMC Brings to Life the Changing Role of Women in Science CareersFree Compact Discs to be Released in October. Audio available now on website at www.womeninscience.org. ALBANY, N.Y. WAMC Northeast Public Radio's award-winning production team, now in its fourth year of programming related to gender equity in traditionally male-dominated educational paths and careers, has produced: Powerful Signals: Transforming The Role of Women and Girls In Science and Engineering. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the two-part radio series consists of ten feature-length stories about programs across the U.S. that are working with young girls to encourage the next generation of women in science and engineering; and three audio diaries that follow the day to day lives of women who have chosen a course of study or career in science and technology. The stories are now broadcasting on over 200 public and commercial radio stations nationwide, and can be heard anytime on WAMC's Women in Science website. Each part will be available in October on compact disc (free, while supplies last) for students, educators, researchers, parents, guidance counselors, or anyone who wants to use the programming to encourage girls and young women to pursue a career in science and technology. WAMC is specifically targeting its dissemination efforts to girls and young women in under-served populations, such as minority, low income and disabled; as well as educators and researchers who can learn from, and possibly replicate projects highlighted in the feature stories. "Increasing the role of girls and young women in science and technology is long overdue," says Glenn Busby, a lead producer of Powerful Signals, "We hold the key to their future, and they hold the key to ours." The full series includes: Ten feature-length stories about programs across the U.S. that are working with young girls to encourage the next generation of women in science and engineering. Each story focuses upon how these programs have made a measurable impact on the lives of the girls and young women involved, their education and career choices, and the national effort to increase the participation of girls and young women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Three Audio Diaries that follow the stories of the day to day lives of women who have chosen a course of study or career in science and technology. If you would like the complete press release or a CD please let me know. If you have any questions please contact Deb Wertheim at dwertheim@wamc.org. Thanks, Deb Wertheim, 518-465-5233, x169
