Girls In KC STEM
By Adriana Suarez According to KC Stem Alliance and a government report, “in 2015 women filled 47 percent of all U.S. jobs but occupied only 24 percent of STEM jobs.” In a world where males…
Celebrating Jedidah Isler, Ph.D.: A Woman in STEM
By Ann Varner I stumbled upon an article titled “5 Powerful Women in STEM You Need to Know” (http://news.janegoodall.org/2018/03/08/5-powerful-women-stem-need-know/ ) and while reading it came across someone I found incredibly interesting and wanted to write…
Time Magazines Top 100
By Caitlin Easter Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of the year came out recently, and it’s one of the most diverse and intersectional issues ever. The list also features the most…
Celebrating Vera Rubin
By Ann Varner On this day, July 23, in 1928, a woman who made “ground breaking observations that provided evidence for the existence of a vast amount of dark matter in the universe” was born.…
Marie Curie: The Pioneer for Women in Science
By Ann Varner Marie Curie not only was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, she was also the first person to win the Nobel Prize twice. Born in Poland on November 7, 1867,…
Fridays are for Feminism
By Ann Varner Last Friday, the Women’s Center had a great turn out for the showing of the movie Hidden Figures. There was all the pizza, popcorn, and M&Ms you could ever want while watching…
Panel Discussion: Women in STEM Careers
by Thea Voutiritsas Women are widely underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM fields). In 2011, women made up about half of the workforce, while filling less than a quarter of…
Why making science “cute” doesn’t cut it
By Thea Voutiritsas There has been a recent effort from multiple major companies to promote women in STEM, and while the idea is great, the execution has been poor. As we’ve seen from EDF’s #prettycurious…
The Science of Safety
By Thea Voutiristsas It’s no secret that women have been outnumbered by men in STEM, and that far too often, female scientists face unwanted sexual behavior from their superiors. Such situations have stayed behind closed…
Female scientists’ #prettycurious campaign aimed at young women
By Thea Voutiritsas The latest effort from energy company EDF to get girls engaged in science has created a polarizing debate. The #prettycurious campaign was an attempt to encourage girls to pursue study in the…