Posts tagged women in science
Cosmic Focus
Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins, astrophysicist. Image: Harvard University.
“On a clear night, it can be overwhelming to look up and see the billions of stars in our galaxy, but Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins thinks about what we can’t see. ‘About 80 percent of all the matter in the universe is totally different from the stuff we’re [...]
Celebrating the Grandmothers of STEM
Astrophysicist Carol Jo Crannell, mathematician Annalisa Crannell, and Iolanthe Good, three generations of women who love STEM. Image: Ximena Catepillan.
In honor of my grandmother’s birthday last Thursday, I wrote about Grandma Got STEM, a blog that collects stories of older women in science careers.
Some have had illustrious careers a [...]
Two Evelyns and a Katie: a Snapshot o...
Yours truly and Evelyn Ho, a high schooler who is doing some interesting research on Parkinson’s disease.
Evelyn Ho is a senior at Plano Senior High School, just 20 minutes from my parents’ house. The summer before her sophomore year of high school, her grandfather died of Parkinson’s disease, and her grandmother was diagnosed with the [...]
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