Competition is fierce, as 42 high school girls make-up the Bronx High School Robotics team, The Fe Maidens (pronounced “Iron Maidens”) and compete to win. These girls have discovered that they can get their hands dirty and take-on STEM-related challenges, competing “neck and neck” with boys, despite consistent messages that say, “you’re pretty good- for […]
STEM: More Than Just A Career, It’s Fun Too
March 21st, 2016 by Jenn Long
Posted in: Competition, Girls, High School, Robotics, STEM Career
Two High School Girls Prove that Girls Can Code
April 30th, 2015 by Rich Feller
The Webby Awards, aka the “Oscars of the Internet,” were announced on Monday. Winners include two New York City teenage girls who created the video game “Tampon Run“.
Posted in: Girls, International Business Times, Kerry Flynn, Tampon Run, Teenage, The Webby Awards
The Women Who STEM-ed Their Way to Power
September 22nd, 2014 by Brad Graham
One of my favorite days of the year at Fortune is MPW day, the day the list of Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women in business comes out. It’s a great celebration of women in power, of women
High Paying Careers & Degrees for Women in STEM
August 25th, 2014 by Brad Graham
STEM careers, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, are among the highest-paying positions in any field. Most positions in these fields are currently held by men, but
Why is STEM Still a Four-Letter Word for Women?
July 22nd, 2014 by Brad Graham
In the last few decades, women have made immense strides in both educational and occupational success, garnering higher degrees, wages and visibility in the workforce. Today, according
Supporting Our Girls: The Key to Closing the Gender Gap in STEM Education
March 27th, 2014 by Brad Graham
The American economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of all its people, yet women are being left behind in the critical fields of science, technology, engineering, and
Posted in: Education, Gender-gap, Girls, STEM, Women
U.S. Naval Academy workshops for girls in middle school build interest in math, sciences
March 3rd, 2014 by Brad Graham
Twelve middle-school girls hovering around a lab table at the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday had just begun testing the artificial heart valves they’d built out of rubber tubing and a piece of latex glove when Cmdr. Jill Richards bounded up. Link>>
Posted in: Girls, Naval Academy, STEM
Women’s Group: ‘Common Core Will Help Close STEM Gender Gap’
February 20th, 2014 by Brad Graham
The American Association of University Women came out in support of the Common Core State Standards yesterday.
