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Register for The Nation’s Biggest Computer Science Competition for Middle School Girls
It’s one thing to have a computer science contest for middle school girls — it’s quite another to have that contest be run by high school and college girls who are incredibly passionate about computer science. 2015 ProjectCSGIRLS does just that, not only giving middle school girls the confidence they need to know that they…
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US Patent & Trademark Office Launches Website to Encourage STEM in School
Innovation is clearly vital to the success of the US Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO recently launched USPTO KIDS!, which includes games, coloring pages, audio and video, to encourage students of all ages in the inventive thinking process. Students will get to explore profiles of students their own age such as Marissa Streng, who…
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The Engineer Who Hated Math
As an engineer, I had what most would consider a ridiculous amount of math in college. Here’s the thing — I hated every math class I ever had, except maybe high school algebra. Why? I found them fairly boring and disconnected with the real world (especially proofs). Obviously math is very important to engineering, and…
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Women in Science, Interview with Renee Hlozek, Princeton University Cosmologist & TED Fellow
Renee Hlozek is a South African female cosmologist and TED Fellow living and working at Princeton University. She is passionate about getting young women and girls interested in science and being creative. She feels that we need to change the way we see women and girls and their ability to do science, to dream and…
