IWWA_OfficialSep 17, 20203 minMothers Being in STEMby 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...
IWWA_OfficialAug 29, 20205 minHeLa: Mother of Modern Medicineby Lexin Chen HeLa is the immortal human cancer cell line used in scientific research. HeLa cells belong to Henrietta Lacks, an African...
IWWA_OfficialAug 27, 20205 minChallenges of female doctoral students in STEMby Lexin Chen Although women receive about 53% of all doctorates in the United States, they are often underrepresented in STEM,...
IWWA_OfficialAug 27, 20202 minFemales 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...
IWWA_OfficialAug 11, 20203 minBlack Women in STEM: Alice Ballby Lexin Chen “Contribution of minorities are often overlooked and forgotten in history, but their presence gives a lot of inspiration to...
IWWA_OfficialJul 27, 20205 minRosalind Franklin: Darkhorse in the discovery of the double helixby 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...
IWWA_OfficialJul 23, 20202 minWomen in STEMby Wensi Wu According to the National Science Board, Science & Engineering Indicators 2018, only 28% of women in the United States are in...