Professor Grace McKenzie-Smith on Social Perturbations in Insects and in Physics
A large part of seeing oneself as a physicist is seeing others like oneself in positions of power in physics.
Women
It’s Not All About the Money
Garcia-Nieto began to believe that she could become a doctor, but everyone around her told her to give up that dream. When she asked her high-school counselor about college applications and revealed she was undocumented, her counselor offered this advice: “You just need to go back to Mexico.”
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.
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.
Overlooked No More: Henrietta Leavitt, Who Unraveled Mysteries of the Stars
The portrait that emerged from her discovery, called Leavitt’s Law, showed that the universe was hundreds of times bigger than astronomers had imagined.
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
Lecture on under-representation of women in STEM fields
The Wasch Center for Retired Faculty is pleased to invite you to the first in our Wednesday afternoon lecture series: on Wednesday, February 28 at 4:30, Amrita Sanyal will speak about the work she has done on the under-representation of women in STEM fields. A recent recipient of the Ph.D. from Purdue, Amrita is Visiting Assistant Professor in … Read more
Celebrating Black History Month and Black Women of Science
At Lost Women of Science we tell the stories of women who have been forgotten by history.