What happens when a scientist discovers something that contradicts what most people believe to be true? In this week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series, we feature Elizabeth Gould, a behavioral neuroscientist, who discovered that neurons can regrow in adults and how she persisted when those before her said she was Read more…
Can you imagine your research lab being on top of a glacier? This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM features Michele Koppes, a Glaciologist with the University of British Colombia. Koppes graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with her PhD in Geography. She is currently an Associate Professor who Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features the fabulous Mentors from our June Parent-Daughter Workshop. These women volunteered their time to help lead activities, guide participants through Design Challenges, and speak to the girls about their backgrounds and experiences in STEM. The women in our STEM Mentor Panel had Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features another STEM mentor you will meet at our Parent-Daughter Workshop on June 24th. There are only a few spots left and registration closes on Friday, so don’t wait! Kimberly Beatty is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Physiology & Pharmacology at Read more…
This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features one of our volunteer STEM mentors. Stephanie Peck is a Deployment Engineer with Amazon Robotics. Read on to hear how she combined her creative interests with STEM and how her job gives her the opportunity to travel the world! “I grew up Read more…
With our first Parent-Daughter STEM Workshop just a month away, we wanted to feature some of the STEM mentors you will get to meet and talk with at the workshop. These women come from diverse backgrounds and work in different STEM fields in the Portland Metro area. Check back over Read more…
In honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday, this week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features the ultimate scientists and engineers, MOMS! You might not have a fancy degree or work for a big biotechnology company, but you are more of an inventor than you think. We know that our kids Read more…
In this week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series, we show the power women have when they support each other in their STEM professions and how to overcome adversity. Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider are two female biologists who worked together at the University of California Berkeley where Blackburn mentored Greider Read more…
For this week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series, we highlight a woman who shows girls that you don’t have to chose science OR dance, but can pursue both at the same time. Mae Jemison was the first African- American woman to travel in space on the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992. She Read more…
In this week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series, we are highlighting Stephanie Kwolek, the woman who invented Kevlar. If you aren’t familiar with Kevlar, its a polymer fiber that is used most commonly to make lightweight body armor for police and military personnel. Read on to learn more about how Read more…