The Bighorn wildfire has threatened communities, destroyed landscapes, and consumed our bold mountains here in Tucson, Arizona. Fighting a wildfire means fighting for families and communities, the environment and endangered species’ habitats, but for many women it also means fighting against stereotypes. When I say…
Read More →Hi, I’m Shrudhii Kundu, a New York State Student Ambassador for ThinkSTEAM. Our goal is to raise STEM (with Arts) awareness in middle school girls in order to get them engaged in STEM today so that they can pursue a STEM career in the future….
Read More →Hey, I’m Arushi from Texas. In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, I thought now would be a good time to reflect on how the world has dealt with major outbreaks in the past using scientific innovation and new technologies. Throughout history, humanity has dealt…
Read More →Hi everyone! I’m Mahati Rayadurgam, a junior ambassador from Minnesota. Before you read this, I want you to replay every advertisement where you’ve seen a doctor, engineer or other jobs talk to you in front of a TV screen. When you imagine this, out of…
Read More →With millions of people affected, medical equipment shortages, and a search for treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19, an opportunity for innovation in the STEAM fields is upon us! I saw recently a patent application for new medical equipment to ensure the protection of healthcare…
Read More →Although the number of women pursuing careers in STEM has been steadily increasing over the past couple of years, women are still in the minority. Only 27% of students taking the AP Computer Science exam in the United States are female and a mere 18%…
Read More →Hello everyone! This is Sofia from Tucson, Arizona. I just had the incredible opportunity to visit the Architecture and Design Museum (ArkDes) in Stockholm, Sweden. The building’s own modern architecture illustrates the captivating abilities of artistic design when blended with the fields of math and…
Read More →Hello to everyone! This is Sofia from Arizona again! I wanted to share with you an incredible opportunity I was honored to participate in. I am just flying back from a trip to Estonia. Estonia has been deemed the most digitally advanced country in the…
Read More →Doctor Jill Berkowitz-Berliner, DPM, CWS Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. Board Certified Podiatrist. Board Certified Wound Specialist Interview by Caroline Pope Caroline Pope: How did you decide to be a podiatrist? Jill Berkowitz-Berliner: I was always interested in medicine. In my group of high school friends…
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