All posts by Madalyn Weston
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Fan Chung
Have you ever wondered how many different ways your life could have turned, if you made one or two different choices? Math has you covered!...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Hilary Haley
Happy Earth Week, UMKC! This week, we’re bringing attention to one of the smallest organisms to face casualties of climate change: the humble bee. There...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini
What do you do when things get tough? How do you find a way to pursue your dream in the face of adversity? One women...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Kamilah Taylor
Women of color account for roughly 18 percent of the U.S. population, but less than 10 percent of bachelor’s degrees earned in computing, and less...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Donna Nelson
The AMC series “Breaking Bad” was one of the most-watched cable shows of 2013, winning 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes. Viewers were...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Susana López Charretón
Worldwide, rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhea in children under the age of 5 and was responsible for an estimated 215,000 deaths in this...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Naomi Ceder
The STEM fields are changing, with more and more researchers turning to programming to solve the world’s problems. There are many programming languages to choose...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Tahani Amer
NASA is working hard to change the STEM fields for women, with a third of NASA’s employees and nearly half of its latest astronaut class...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Talithia Williams
The movie “Hidden Figures” brought to light the stories of three incredible black women in STEM. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson worked in...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal
When it comes to medical research, few scientists can compete with the legacy of Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal. Her groundbreaking work on the human immunodeficiency virus...
