Women in STEM

Women in STEM

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Women in STEM episodes

  • Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
    Today, meet Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the woman who changed our view of the universe and the first recipient of the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy.
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    3 min
  • Maria Klawe
    Former Harvey Mudd College President Dr. Maria Klawe is a gifted computer scientist and artist.
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    3 min
  • Noramay Cadena
    As Mother’s Day approaches, we celebrate an engineer who earned her degree at MIT while raising her daughter as a single mom, Noramay Cadena.
    Image Courtesy of Noramay Cadena on LinkedIn.
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    3 min
  • Jacqueline Barton
    Starting in 1985 when she was the first woman to receive the Alan T. Waterman Award, Dr. Jacqueline Barton has been continually honored for her groundbreaking work.
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    3 min
  • Charlotte Angas Scott
    Dr. Charlotte Angas Scott spent her lifetime challenging the status quo in regards to women in mathematics and was able to help pave the way for many female mathematicians.
    Image: Bryn Mawr College.
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    3 min
  • Mary Dixon Kies
    On May 5, 1809 Mary Dixon Kies was granted the first American patent given to a woman.
    Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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    3 min
  • Peg Hunter
    Today, we’re celebrating a woman whose work at ILM helped bring Return of the Jedi to life. Happy Star Wars Day and may the force be with you.
    Image Via ILM/Lucasfilm.
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    3 min
  • Marleen Sundgaard
    Marleen Sundgaard knew from the age of five she wanted to be an astronaut and has pursued that dream with great drive and passion.
    Image: NASA/JPL
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    3 min
  • Radia Perlman
    You can call Radia Perlman a pioneer in computer science, a visionary in networking, and an innovator in teaching children programming – but don’t call her the “Mother of the Internet.”
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    3 min
  • Evelyn Boyd Granville
    May 1st marks the birthday of mathematician and educator Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville, a native of Washington D.C., one of the first African American women to earn a doctorate in mathematics, and computer programmer for various space missions.
    Image Courtesy of the Smith College Yearbook.
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    3 min