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Women in STEM - Yoky Matsuoka
Yoky Matsuoka was born in Japan and moved to California when she was just 16 years old. A professional tennis player in her youth, Yoky’s...
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- Apr 24, 2022
- 2 min
Women in STEM - Valentina Tereshkova
Born 150 miles outside of Moscow in 1937, Valentina Tereshkova became fascinated with skydiving at a very young age. After graduating,...
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- Apr 16, 2022
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Women in STEM - Limor Fried
When Limor Fried was studying Electrical Engineering at MIT, she was also busy starting her own company from her dorm room. That company,...
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- Apr 10, 2022
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Women in STEM - Dr. Cynthia Breazeal
The daughter of two scientists, Cynthia Breazeal became enamored with robots when she watched Star Wars when she was 10 years old. With...
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- Apr 3, 2022
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Women in STEM - Tarah Wheeler
Tarah Wheeler has a lot of serious cred in the world of tech. CEO, Cybersecurity expert, poker enthusiast, and accomplished author, Tarah...
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- Mar 26, 2022
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Women in STEM - Cheryl Volkman Knight
Today is Assistive Technology Awareness Day, and we’d like to introduce you to an Assistive Tech pioneer!
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- Mar 19, 2022
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Women in STEM - Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock had some radical ideas in the 1930s and 40s that are now commonplace in our understanding of DNA and genetic structure.
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- Mar 12, 2022
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Women in STEM - Valerie Thomas
The next time you see a 3D image, give a little thanks to American Scientist, Valerie Thomas. Dr. Valerie L. Thomas was born in...
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- Mar 6, 2022
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Women in STEM - Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr was more than just a pretty face. She also invented the technology that brought us Bluetooth, GPS, and WiFi.
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- Mar 2, 2022
- 3 min
Coaching for Equity in Computer Science Launches Nationwide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Minnesota, US - March 3, 2022 – Through funding provided by the National Science Foundation, a new initiative...
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- Feb 27, 2022
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Women in STEM - Camille Hearst
Camille Hearst grew up in San Francisco during the 1980s and 90s, and saw the effects of the first dot-com bust, first hand. She then...
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- Feb 20, 2022
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Women in STEM - Ayanna Howard
We kick off National Engineers Week highlighting Ayanna MacCalla Howard. She is a roboticist, entrepreneur, and educator that is also a...
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- Feb 13, 2022
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Women in STEM - Dorothy Brunson
Oprah Winfrey got her start in radio telecommunications, which is the science and technology of communication at a distance through the...
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- Feb 7, 2022
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An Introduction to Open Source
An introduction to what open source is and why more people should get involved in it as developers.
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- Feb 6, 2022
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Women in STEM - Joy Buolamwini
Known as the “Poet of Code,” Joy Adowaa Buolamwini is the driving force behind any discussions happening around bias in Artificial...
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- Jan 29, 2022
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Women in STEM - Elizebeth Friedman
Elizebeth Smith Friedman became known as “America’s First Cryptanalyst.” One of nine children, and only one of 2 to attend college,...
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- Jan 22, 2022
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Women in STEM - Mae Nishioka
Mae Nakatani Nishioka was the first woman to graduate with an Engineering degree from the University of Hawai‘i, in 1950. The only woman...
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- Jan 16, 2022
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Women in STEM - Mary Allen Wilkes
In eighth grade, Mary Allen Wilkes had a geography teacher tell her that she ought to be a computer programmer when she grew up. Little...
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- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
Women in STEM - Katherine Johnson
This week's Women in STEM Sunday is dedicated to Katherine Johnson - real-life hero of the "Hidden Figures" movie.
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- Jan 2, 2022
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Women in STEM - Mary Shelley
In honor of National Science Fiction Day, we turn our Women in STEM Sunday focus on Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. The Story of...
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