Women in STEM

Women in STEM

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Women in STEM episodes

  • Carolyn Porco
    On July 19, 2013, the Cassini spacecraft turned to take an image of much of our solar system that included Saturn, Mars, Venus, and the Earth. This historic picture of The Day the Earth Smiled was possible thanks to planetary scientist Dr. Carolyn Porco.
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    3 min
  • Katalin Karikó
    Dr. Kariko spent most of her career working in the much-maligned field of RNA research – which was finally brought into the spotlight when it was used to create two of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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    3 min
  • Maya Warren
    Part of the Amazing Race winning team, the Sweet Scientists, Dr. Maya Warren was honored to represent women in science and to inspire young people to get into the field as well.
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    3 min
  • Patricia Bath
    As the first African American woman to be granted a patent for a medical purpose Dr. Patricia Bath has dedicated her career to protecting and improving the eyesight of all people.
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    3 min
  • Joceyln Bell Burnell
    Discovering pulsars, a type of neutron star, Dr. Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, changed the way we understood the death of massive stars. That instead of the supernova explosion scattering all of a dying star’s material into the universe there is a very small core of very dense material left over that gives off regular radio pulses.
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    3 min
  • Florence Bascom
    Dr. Florence Bascom worked for the U.S. Geological Survey and founded the geology program at Bryn Mawr College.
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    3 min
  • Sheila Widnall
    Dr. Sheila Widnall spent the majority of her career balancing research, teaching, and public service. She was the Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and was the first woman to head a branch of the military.
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    3 min
  • Mildred Cohn
    Inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2009, Dr. Mildred Cohn has also been awarded the National Medal of Science.
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    3 min
  • Joanna Haigh
    Since 2014 Dr. Joanna Haigh has been the co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College.
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    3 min
  • Florence B. Seibert
    Stricken by polio at the age of three, Dr. Florence Seibert turned to academics because she couldn’t go out and dance and play like other children.
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    3 min