WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
The show's based on the Tufts University student club formed in 2000 by Karen Panetta, professor of electrical and computer engineering, which has since gone "viral" with the website www.nerdgirls.com, featuring a community forum, blog and curriculum site. The TV producers, who hope their program will attract more girls to engineering, scoff at the notion that their high-heeled glam nerds send an antifeminist message. As Panetta told Newsweek, "It's cool to be a nerd, and the girls are just embracing that."- TG
The show's based on the Tufts University student club formed in 2000 by Karen Panetta, professor of electrical and computer engineering, which has since gone "viral" with the website www.nerdgirls.com, featuring a community forum, blog and curriculum site. The TV producers, who hope their program will attract more girls to engineering, scoff at the notion that their high-heeled glam nerds send an antifeminist message. As Panetta told Newsweek, "It's cool to be a nerd, and the girls are just embracing that."- TG
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