On December 10, the night the 2011 Nobel Prizes were presented in Sweden, as well as the centennial of Marie Curie’s 2nd Nobel Prize, The New York Academy of Sciences hosted an event entitled Celebrating Women in Science at the Academy’s New York headquarters. The Academy will support these efforts by providing Academy memberships and mentorship to these women, connecting scholars with a large network of women in STEM fields through its Science Alliance program. The Academy and the Girl Scouts of the USA announced a partnership to design and implement a STEM Mentoring Program for Girl Scouts, modeled on the Academy’s Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program.