BULLETS AND BODIES

Dr. Amy Goldberg has spent thirty years as a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital in North Philadelphia, which treats more gunshot victims than any other hospital in the state. She is the chair of Temple University’s Department of Surgery, one of only sixteen women in American to hold that position at a hospital. Goldberg […]

WOMEN CHANGE THE WORLD. STAY IN STEM.

Today is International Women’s Day. In some countries, this holiday involves women receiving flowers and gifts from all the men in their lives; however, in others, women will protest and demand policy changes–particularly in the nations where women’s rights are newly under threat. For instance, in the United States, women are going on strike in […]

OPENWATER

Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen is the founder and CEO of Openwater. Openwater is creating a device that will enable us to see inside our brains or bodies in great detail. With this comes the promise of new abilities to diagnose and treat disease. It will provide constant monitoring. The implications are broad for detection and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular […]

BARBARA MCCLINTOCK

Barbara McClintock was born to a family with little money, and grew up in Connecticut and New York. Her interest in science and research was viewed with great skepticism and disapproval, since her family believed that it was more important for her to get married. Despite this, with her father’s support, McClintock began studying at […]

JANET IWASA

Janet Iwasa, a molecular animator, was one of the many women featured in the article “Meet 12 Badass Scientists… Who Also Happen to be Women.” Iwasa created a colorful, interactive, 3-dimentional animation that illustrates a molecule’s actions. This animation has allowed scientists to visualize their hypotheses and convey complex scientific discoveries to all people. In […]

WHY IT IS CRUCIAL TO GET MORE WOMEN INTO SCIENCE

Today, millions of women gathered in Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and around the world to stand up for women’s rights and protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The presidency of Donald Trump threatens the rights and liberties of all women in the United States of America: black women, white women, native women, poor women, […]