Women in STEM

Mothers Being in STEM

by Wensi Wu In the United States of America, when new parents in STEM have their first baby, 43% of women and 23% of men will switch...

HeLa: Mother of Modern Medicine

by Lexin Chen HeLa is the immortal human cancer cell line used in scientific research. HeLa cells belong to Henrietta Lacks, an African...

Challenges of female doctoral students in STEM

by Lexin Chen Although women receive about 53% of all doctorates in the United States, they are often underrepresented in STEM,...

Females Interest in STEM Decreasing

by Wensi Wu In a survey done by Junior Achievement in 2019, there was a decrease in teenage girls’ interest in STEM from 11% to 9%. On...

Black Women in STEM: Alice Ball

by Lexin Chen “Contribution of minorities are often overlooked and forgotten in history, but their presence gives a lot of inspiration to...

Rosalind Franklin: Darkhorse in the discovery of the double helix

by Lexin Chen Miss Franklin said ‘No, we all stand on each other’s shoulder’ The discovery of that DNA is a double helix marked as a...

Women in STEM

by Wensi Wu According to the National Science Board, Science & Engineering Indicators 2018, only 28% of women in the United States are in...