<p>With <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2007/11/the_gender_disparity_an_open_l.php" title="">all the hullabaloo</a> over <a href="http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/blogs/2007/10/on-the-retention-of-women-in-s.html#more" title="">women in science and engineering</a>, let's hear if for the girls <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/nyregion/04siemens.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin" title="">who just made history</a> in New York! </p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><blockquote><p>Girls won top honors for the first time in the <a href="http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/competition.htm" title="">Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology</a>, one of the nation's most coveted student science awards, which were announced yesterday at New York University.</p></blockquote><p> And most importantly, congratulations to <u>all</u> of the extraordinary young participants in this wonderful competition--These girls and boys give me <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2007/10/jane.php" title="">great hope</a> for a brighter future! <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/nyregion/04siemens.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin" title=""></a></p><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/34959/girls600-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/34959/girls600-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/34959/girls600-s.jpg" title="girls600.jpg" loading="lazy" data-id="34959"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure>

Celebrate the incredible achievements of girls in the Siemens Competition, paving the way for women in science and engineering. 

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CONGRATULATIONS Girls!  And Boys!

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Sheril Kirshenbaum

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With all the hullabaloo over women in science and engineering, let's hear if for the girls who just made history in New York! Girls won top honors for the first time in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, one of the nation's most coveted student science awards, which were announced yesterday at New York University. And most importantly, congratulations to all of the extraordinary young participants in this wonderful competition--These girls and boys give me great hope for a brighter future!

Celebrate the incredible achievements of girls in the Siemens Competition, paving the way for women in science and engineering.

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