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If you live in Chicago, Atlanta, D.C./Baltimore, San Francisco, Detroit, Houston, or New York and you picked up a copy of USA Today this morning, you would have seen a centerfold insert titled, "Manufacturing in America." Flip open to the insert's second page, and you'd see a page-long piece authored by WiM Director Allison Grealis titled, "Bridging the Gender Gap in Manufacturing."   In the article, Allison describes the growing opportunities for women in today's manufacturing sector and what WiM is doing to support women in manufacturing. Don't live in one of the print markets?  No problem!  Check out the digital copy here .

The fourth annual WiM SUMMIT is NEXT WEEK!  Here's another highlighted event planned for this year's SUMMIT: The next panel in the summit we’d like to highlight is called the “Attraction, Retention, and Advancement of  Women in Manufacturing”, also taking place on Tuesday morning. The panel is being moderated by The Manufacturing Leadership Council, and includes four fabulous speakers we’re excited to hear. Lisa Blais is a partner at Egon Zehnder International . She leads the firm’s North American Industrial Practice, focusing on industrial and private sectors. She also Is experienced in CEO, board, and senior executive searches for various business operations. Natalie Panek is the Mission Systems Engineer for MDA Space Missions . She is an engineer, rocket scientist, explorer and a vocal advocate for women in technology. Diana Peters is the Executive Director and Founder of the Symbol Training Institute , a post-secondary manufacturing training facility dedicated to combating...

Many women have felt the frustration of searching for that perfect shade of makeup, only to have it discontinued a few weeks later. For most people, the search for the perfect shade will just cycle back to the beginning  and the search will continue. But for tech genius Grace Choi, “no solution” was not an option. In  this Business Insider article , journalist Alyson Sho n tell sat down with Choi to learn  about her startup, Mink, which promises to help anyone easily 3D print their own makeup from any home computer. After graduating with a hotel administration degree from Cornell University in 2005, Choi became an assistant to Dr. Martin Prince, an established inventor and physician in New York. According to the article, it was there that her interest in technology began to blossom. Dr. Prince took her under his leadership, where she was able to work on his inventions, learn from other physicians, and experiment. Choi later continued onto Harvard Business School, in hopes...