LAUREATE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS TO RECEIVE VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD

Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, 2007 L'OREAL-UNESCO Laureate for North America, has been named the 2009 Vannevar Bush Awardee by the National Science Board. Each year the National Science Board presents the award to an individual who has made an ''outstanding contribution toward the welfare of mankind and the nation'' through his or her public service work in science and technology. Professor Dresselhaus, a member of the MIT faculty, is being honored for her efforts to increase opportunities for women in science and for her extraordinary contributions in the field of condensed-matter physics and nanoscience. The award will be presented during a black-tie ceremony at the US State Department in Washington, DC on May 13th.

The many distinctions Professor Dresselhaus has won throughout her career include the National Medal of Science; the Buckley Prize for Condensed Matter Physics from the American Physical Society; the Founders Medal of the IEEE; the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy, and Employment; the Oersted Medal for Physics Education from the American Association for Physics Teachers; and 25 honorary doctorates worldwide.

JURY MEMBER ALBERTO ROBLEDO RECEIVES MEXICO'S HIGHEST SCIENCE AWARD

Professor Alberto Robledo, long-time member of the Physical Sciences jury of the L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards, has received the National Prize for the Arts and Sciences of Mexico. The county's most prestigious scientific award was presented to Professor Robledo by the President of Mexico, Mr. Felipe Calderon, at a ceremony held in Mexico City on March 4th. Professor Robledo is a Senior Scientist at the Physics Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

FELLOWS SPEAK OUT!
New downloadable booklet published in collaboration with SCIENCE magazine

UNESCO-L'OREAL Fellows from past years speak out about their passion for science, the joy of new discoveries and their hopes for making a real difference in the world! And about what the Fellowships have meant to them as they pursued their careers in science.

From the lab or from the field, with jobs as research directors, assistant professors or cabinet ministers, seventeen Fellows from the past decade talk about where they've been, where they are now, and where they want to go in a new downloadable booklet entitled ''Young Women in Science: Forging New Pathways''.

Designed to inspire and inform science students and their teachers. ''Young Woman in Science: Forging New Pathways'' marks the 10th Anniversary of the Fellowships, and follows on last year's co-publication, ''Beating the Odds: Remarkable Women in Science''. The booklet is published by SCIENCE magazine, the internationally respected journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in collaboration with the L'OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science partnership.

Click here for free download: http://www.sciencecareers.org/lorealwis