Women in STEM

The Hidden Cost of Saying No for Women in the Workplace

By Jamie Li December 9, 2022 UPDATED 12:00 PM EST [Photo Credit: Nature] More female scientists say yes to tasks that don’t advance their...

Girls in STEM?

By Rayanny Paula August 21, 2022 UPDATED 12:00 PM [Photo Credit: iStock] If I told you to think about a scientist, what would be the...

National Science Foundation: quantifying fundamental indicators for women and minority educatioN

By Yasmin Silva Nilsson March 10, 2022 UPDATED 12:00 PM EST Respected scientific institutions exist, for our sake, all over the globe....

Chen Wei, “The People’s Hero”

By Emma Ferraro February 10, 2022 UPDATED 12:00 AM [Image source: CGTN] Chen Wei, a Chinese military medical scientist, has helped...

The Impact of the Gender Stereotype of STEM

By Yasmin Silva Nilsson December 10, 2022 UPDATED 12:00 PM EST Gender biases have always been, and are everywhere. In STEM, it’s no...

The Battle Against Infertility

By: Michelle Ren [Photo Credit: Health] Whether it's being treated respectfully or having equal standing, it is common knowledge that...

The Discovery of DNA - with a pinch of scientific gossip

“People like to put people in boxes, but they have so much more in their lives than ever seen.” - Rosalind Franklin’s niece (named after...

Remembering Her Name

By： Michelle Ren In the past and present, women have faced countless difficulties in STEM-based fields. Women of color, specifically,...

The Problem with “Female Hysteria”

Historically, women who fell ill were rarely given proper medical treatment and instead, were diagnosed with ‘female hysteria,’ an...

The “Masculine” Culture of STEM Fields

We all know that a gender gap exists in STEM fields and most of us understand that this has to do with the lack of STEM education catered...