Aloud Blog
January 30, 2011
Throughout February, Aloud will celebrate Black History Month with profiles of history-making African-American women. We begin with Mary Church Terrell. Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954) was a child of former slaves who became a teacher, author,...
January 28, 2011
On his Wired Science blog Neuron Culture, science writer David Dobbs triggered some fascinating comments with a post about the sexist treatment of women scientists and science bloggers. His powerful endorsement of women and his memories of his...
January 23, 2011
Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, has written a fascinating article titled Anonymous Was a Woman for the Yale Alumni Magazine. According to his research, dozens of familiar sayings that were first uttered by women have either...
January 17, 2011
Finally, after three years of declines, some economists are predicting a turnaround for the employment market. In the hope that 2011 brings new jobs to all those who want them, we offer some excellent advice from computer scientist and blogger Elena...
January 4, 2011
To kick off 2011, we asked NYWICI Executive Director Maria Ungaro to look back at the first half of NYWICI’s fiscal year and tell us what we’ll be doing in the months ahead.January 1 marks the halfway point of NYWICI’s fiscal year, and that makes...
December 20, 2010
When I was a little girl growing up in the 1950s, the toy I wanted most for Christmas was a Lionel train set. My cousin Tommy had one in his basement. It had tunnels, trees, railroad stations and tracks that crisscrossed each other. The trains had...
December 1, 2010
It’s the holiday season — the time of year when magazines and websites create lists of the year’s, decade’s and century’s most important books, movies, music and people. This year’s list crop kicks off with a list to celebrate and another to think...
November 23, 2010
As the weather cools in NYC, competition heats up among products and promotions vying for consumer attention during the holiday shopping season. The first gift guides have already debuted in the media in time for Black Friday, and the Nature...
November 14, 2010
When I first heard about the 2010 Mashable & 92Y Social Good Summit, I was a bit perplexed about the meaning of “social good.” Still, the buzz and hype about the Summit piqued my interest and I arranged to go. What I learned that day from social...
November 10, 2010
Emmy-winning television correspondent Rita Cosby never knew about her father's experiences in World War II until 2 years ago, when she discovered a battered leather case containing his POW tag. Finally they began to talk, and the result was Quiet...
November 8, 2010
Staff cartoonist for The New Yorker. That’s Liza Donnelly’s title, and to my mind it has to be one of the coolest job titles in all New York. How did she get her enviable gig?“I started submitting cartoons when I was in college,” Liza says, “but of...
November 4, 2010
At this past NY Fashion Week when designer Michael Kors breezily dubbed his Spring 2011 collection of organic earth-toned and floral fabrics “naturaluxe,” few onlookers questioned this latest buzzword to join the ever-growing lexicon wielded by...
November 1, 2010
Jon Stewart's October 30 “Rally to Restore Sanity” on the Washington Mall was, in every way, an event about communication. For opponents and skeptics, it was an opportunity to launch a barrage of derision and minimization. For the media, it was an...
October 22, 2010
Today there are 7.2 million majority-owned, privately held, women-owned businesses in the United States. These firms employ 7.3 million people and generate $1.1 trillion in sales. Only 20 years ago it was still legal to require a woman to have a...
October 13, 2010
Green marketing is a hot industry for media professionals, but many of the campaigns in this niche are tepid at best, according to the findings of a September 2010 report published by Verdantix, an independent research firm specializing in...