Re: [Air-L] nerd culture and new media

A post on the Chronicle of Higher Education Wired Campus has an interesting 'Nerd Girl' Group at Tufts U. Seeks to Challenge Stereotypes of Engineering June 16, 2008 The latest issue of Newsweek features an article about?and plenty of glossy pictures of??Nerd Girls,? a student group at Tufts University. They group is working on building a solar car that they plan to drive around the country visiting schools and encouraging girls to pursue engineering?and making a documentary about their adventures. ?They?re ?Beauty and the Geek? all in one package!? says their Web site. ?Jeffrey R. Young Posted on Monday June 16, 2008 | Permalink |