Bethanie Statler Meet Kathleen (Kate) Proudfoot, the social media co-coordinator for EYH Chicago. Kate remembers having a pretty extensive science education in high school, including calculus, biology, chemistry, computer science, and physics. She was not too fond of lab work then, but loves doing lab work now and wishes she’d found her passion for [...]
Tamanna Gulati Sasha Ariel Alston believed that the field of STEM needs more female role models--so at just nineteen years old, she became one herself. Her Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the publishing of a children's book that engages young girls in STEM met its modest goal of $5,000 in just four days. [...]
Bethanie Statler Happy holidays! This season EYH Chicago introduces you to organizing committee member Rosalind (Roz) Norkett. Roz is originally from London, United Kingdom (UK). The UK education system differs from that in the United States, in that Roz was able to specialize in Math, Chemistry, and Biology early in her teen years. Through [...]
Jordan Greer Dr. Janet Voight is an invertebrate researcher who has made a career of exploring the depths of the ocean. There, she works to uncover the secrets of the mysterious organisms that reside on the seafloor. Through her inquiry, she has become a renowned biologist who has discovered and/or described several deep-sea invertebrates (including [...]
Bethanie Statler This month we spoke with Dr. Kari L Jordan, the Director of Assessment and Community Equity at The Carpentries. The Carpentries is a community of “instructors, trainers, maintainers, helpers, and supporters who share a mission to teach foundational computational and data science skills to researchers.” Before her current position, Dr. Jordan conducted [...]
