All posts by Madalyn Weston
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Idelisa Bonnelly
Madalyn Weston It’s hard not to be fascinated by the ocean and the many strange creatures living in it. Though the closest we get to...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani
Some people in this world are destined for greatness. From being the first girl on the Iranian Mathematical Olympiad team to the first and only...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Janaki Ammal
Covering topics from structure of plants to genetics, botany – the study of plant life – has applications in medicine, agriculture, climate change and even...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Karletta Chief
Happy Earth Week 2018, UMKC! This week, we reflect on the miracle of our planet and the work of environmentalists and conservationists to preserve its...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Megan Smith
Women in technology are scarce, holding only about 25 percent of all computing occupations; a number which has been declining since 1991 (according to the...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Alexa Canady
You would be hard-pressed to find a better role model than Dr. Alexa Canady. Alexa Irene Canady was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1950. The...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Nabilah Al-Tunisi
Nabilah Al-Tunisi walked into the male-dominated oil world, and became a chief engineer at the largest oil and gas company in the world. “Never in...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. France A. Córdova
Dr. France A. Córdova has one of the most successful careers in science today. Born on August 5, 1947 in Paris, Córdova was the oldest...
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Celebrating Women in STEM: Ann Caracristi
When you hear “mathematician,” you probably think of a man in a sweater vest and large glasses, sitting in a stuffy office or teaching a...
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Celebrating women in STEM: Tetchi Cruz-Capellan
The world is reaching a breaking point with climate change, and the rush for clean energy has started. In the Philippines, however, the use of...
