Students and postdocs from MIT's Science Policy Initiative meet with lawmakers on science-engineering-technology Congressional Visit Days 2022.

By surveying over 100 people in academic medicine, a researcher found that women are consistently excluded from important networking activities like watching sports, drinking at bars and playing golf.

Many scientists stuck at home during university closures dealt with increased domestic responsibilities. But some groups had it worse than others.

Science fields are improving at being more inclusive. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.

The MISTI Career Conversations: Energy program serves as an innovative pivot from international internships to a virtual seminar series.

With 3% of science Nobels going to women and zero going to Black people, these awards are an extreme example of how certain demographics are underrepresented in STEM fields.

The gender gap in computing performance has dramatically narrowed, but a confidence gap remains.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, making sure every child has access to a quality STEM education is even more difficult. But there are reasons to be hopeful, too.

Stereotypes embedded in languages around the world may shape biases against women entering STEM careers, new research suggests.