RFS Briefings - August 2017

August 2017 issue of RFS Briefing has some timely and encouraging updates on women in science, particularly:

Trump Retains Collins as NIH Director, sciencemag.com, June 6, 2017
President Donald Trumped announced that Francis Collins will stay on as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, commonfund.nih.gov, July 2017
The NIH Common Fund announced new funding opportunities for the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program for scientists pursuing highly innovative approaches to address major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research.

A male engineer explains why so many men in Silicon Valley behave so badly toward women, finance.yahoo.com, July 5, 2017
A male engineer discusses why he thinks so many men in Silicon Valley disrespect women in the workplace, saying that the "big money Silicon Valley often throws at young engineers who are right out of college stimulates this 'frat house' mentality."

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