Professor Oteíza Brings the Arts to STE(A)M
Professor Oteíza’s teaching is a prime example of finding the intersectionality between different – even seemingly opposite – disciplines like theater and the IDEAS program.
Profiles
One Asian American Woman in STEM Everyone Should Know
Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal was a Chinese American virologist. Her life’s work was dedicated to the genetic structure and regulatory mechanisms of HIV and she proved that HIV caused AIDS.
Celebrating the women trailblazers of entomology
How four brilliant women shaped the study of insects and awakened us to the impacts of harmful pesticides
Watson Fellow Livia Cox ’22 Studies Pain
What is pain? Why do we experience pain? Is pain perceived the same way across different cultures? To answer these questions one might ask Livia Cox ‘22, a Thomas J. Watson awardee who spent her fellowship year studying the connection between cultural, political, and social definitions of pain. The Watson fellowship is a unique opportunity … Read more
Inspired by the Astronomy Department, Hopeful for the Future: An Interview with Sofia Rinaldi ‘25
Pictured: Sofia Rinaldi ’25 presenting at the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) symposium. I had the pleasure of interviewing Sofia Rinaldi for Wesleyan’s Inclusion in STEM Initiative. She speaks about her experiences in various STEM classes at Wesleyan, astronomy research, and Wesleyan’s Doula Project. Through all of her experiences, she shares what it is like … Read more
Renee Sher, ’07, Assistant Professor of Physics, Promotes Girls in Science
The Girls in Science Camp builds a community of friends and female role models ranging from high school students to undergraduate students to Wesleyan faculty.
Evelyn Fox Keller, Who Turned a Feminist Lens on Science, Dies at 87
Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.
Kamala Sohonie’s 112th Birthday
Today’s Doodle celebrates the 112th birthday of Indian biochemist Dr. Kamala Sohonie. She was the first Indian woman to achieve a Ph.D in a scientific field during a time when Indian women were conspicuously underrepresented in scientific disciplines. By breaking barriers and proving her doubters wrong, Dr. Sohonie not only did pioneering work in her … Read more