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Girl Rising Debuts Powerful Short Film ‘Brave Girl Rising’

wyskMarch 8, 2019

On this International Women’s Day, Girl Rising, the non-profit behind the global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment, debuts their powerful new short...

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Downloadable STEM Role Models Posters Inspire Global Frenzy, Released In 7 Additional Languages

wyskMarch 8, 2019

Last month we featured a downloadable set of eight stunning and brilliantly inspiring STEM Role Models posters commissioned by Nevertheless podcast, and illust...

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60 Minutes Cut Women Leaders Out Of A Story On Getting Girls Into Tech, And It Broke The Internet

Guest ContributorMarch 7, 2019

By Ruthe Farmer & Dr. Leigh Ann DeLyser, CSforALL - Sunday March 3, at the start of Women’s History Month, 60 Minutes aired a segment on changing the rates...

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Period. End Of Sentence. The Menstruation Taboo-Busting Documentary Short That Just Won The Oscar

wyskFebruary 25, 2019

"When a girl gets her period in the United States, she may miss a class. When a girl gets her period in a developing country, she may never go to school again....

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Our Favorite Science Teacher, A 9-Year-Old Aspiring Nobel Laureate, Demos Hair Raising Lesson

wyskFebruary 11, 2019

When we first met Samatha Kranthijanya she was 6 years old and taught us the fundamentals of dark matter using cake (as dark matter) and candy (as the stars in...

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Girl Scout To Galaxy Explorer: How Caeley Looney Discovered Her Path To Aerospace Engineering In Middle School

Guest ContributorFebruary 11, 2019

By Shruti Kumar - It’s almost as if the stars aligned to bring Caeley Looney into the world of aerospace engineering. Caeley was born to two engineers?—?her mo...

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The Little Moments: Middle School Educator Offers Valuable Lesson On Why Teaching Matters

Guest ContributorJanuary 11, 2019

By Casey Ainsworth - When teaching at the elementary or middle school level, teachers may not always see the fruits of their labor. Often times, it could be ye...

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Joann DiGennaro On Guiding Record Numbers Of Women Into STEM Careers Through Pioneering Programs

Guest ContributorOctober 26, 2018

Dr. Pam Taub, general cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego, who discovered that dark chocolate has a compound that can improve the m...

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Mars Needs Young Innovators: Woman-Founded, STEAM And Space Nonprofit Seeks Student Nominees For Annual Awards Program

wyskOctober 25, 2018

The Mars Generation, a non-profit founded in 2015 by then 18-year-old Abigail Harrison (aka Astronaut Abby), has quickly grown to become a global leader in exci...

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