– Erica Hawkins – – The story below originally appeared on Erica’s Phd Freaking Out Blog on August 9, 2017 – Anxiety ebbs and flows. One...
– Cara Florance – [dropcap]I[/dropcap]’m the daughter of a physicist and chemist. My parents exposed me to many types of science from an early age and...
by Sean M. McCaffery | Senior Research Assistant | The PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education & Resilience [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n May the Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018...
– Julia Bates – [su_boxbox title=”About” box_color=”#262733″]Julia Bates, PhD, has over 15 years experience in the research sector. Although she originally trained as a structural biologist,...
– Julia Bates – “No Julia, you are still a scientist. You will always be a scientist”. [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hose were the words spoken by my mentor Professor...
– Hyunseung Hong – [dropcap]F[/dropcap]or as long as I can remember, my scientific pursuits have given me the eyes to see and understand the world around...
– Cordon Purcell & Nicole George – [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the fall of 2016, we were both in our first year of grad school and living together in...
– Bill Hinchen – Is it time I let go of the academic dream? I seem to have been battling with this question for several years now....
Our team is thrilled to announce that our first book Journeys in Science: Inspiring the Next Generation has finally been published by Elsevier! The book was authored...
by Michelle Dookwah, Fanuel Muindi, & Jessica W. Tsai [dropcap]G[/dropcap]rowing concerns about science literacy in the United States have led to an increased need for science...
– Taylor Richardson | High School Student | The Bolles School – Speech below was delivered at the 2017 March for Science in Washington, D.C. [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y...
Jennifer Gatti - "My message to my students is simple: don’t be afraid to try new things and don’t get stuck doing something simply because you...
– By Stephanie Halmhofer | Bioarchaeologist – [dropcap]F[/dropcap]or some, the line from point A to point B is fairly straight. For others, it’s a zig-zag. I...
by Melanie Seiler, PhD | Biologist, Conservationist, Behavioral Scientist and Founder of The Female Scientist – The article below was originally published by The Female Scientist on...
After a 10-year career as a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Illinois, I returned to my home state of Oregon and took...
– Marguerite Matthews, PhD – [su_boxbox title=”About” box_color=”#262733″]Marguerite Matthews is currently a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow[/su_boxbox]. [dropcap]A[/dropcap]t 4 years old, I was sure I’d be a superstar! My father...
Dr. Khameeka Kitt-Hopper: "There are so many questions still unanswered, and my role as a scientist is to shed light on these basic questions and encourage...
– by Claudia Segovia-Salcedo | Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE | Coordinator and co-founder of the Ecuadorian Network of Women in Science (REMCI) – The story below was...
by Fanuel Muindi | Co-Director, STEM Education Advocacy Group [dropcap]A[/dropcap]round the world, countries continue to produce more and more PhDs each year [1]. In the U.S., many...
– Rowena Fletcher-Wood | Programme Delivery Officer at Science Oxford – The story below by Rowena was originally published in 2014 through the Story Collider. You can listen...
Abstract Grad Spark is a Boston based organization that is driven to provide a “platform to help students of color in doctoral programs develop a network...
– Published by Michaeleen Doucleff on NPR on June 20, 2017 – “Two years ago, Eqbal Dauqan was going to work in the morning as usual....
Average Median Education Spending as percent of government expenditure in Latin America (06-15)(1). Top performer refers to the highest ranking country in Latin America in the...
– by Myron Shekelle – Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Western Washington University – [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f your job didn’t pay any money, would you continue to do it...
Below is an interview by Mary Preap (Associate Acquisitions Editor from Elsevier about our Stories in Science Initiative. Originally published on SciTech Connect Elsevier on May 11 2017 – [dropcap]S[/dropcap]tories...
– by Tiffany N. Brannon | Assistant Professor | Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles – [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s children, my sister, Taquesha and I had a love...
– by Robin McLachlan – [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e teach school children that science is inaccessible and scientists are socially inept. Crazy scientists hide behind lab benches. They are disguised...
– by Silas Stafford – [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou can’t do geology without a nice gin and tonic. It’s gotta be Tanqueray, none of this Gordon’s crap. After a few you’ll start...
by William Yakah | Undergraduate Student (Neuroscience) | Michigan State University | [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ike many others in middle school, I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to be in...
by Natalie Hamer | Biomedical Science Student at Newcastle University | [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y favorite question has always been ‘why?’ As a child, this question frustrated my mother to...
by John Kropowensky | Curriculum Coordinator at Harvard University | [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he relationship I have had with science has been one of many ups and downs, a roller...
Alessandra Abe Pacini I am the youngest child in a multi-cultural Brazilian family. I am the result of an immigration wave that happened in the beginning...
by Tyler A. Allen | NC State University, College of Veterinary Medicine | [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y journey into science was a seemingly unexpected yet inevitable one. I am the...
By Jiang He | Postdoctoral Scholar | MIT | [dropcap]I[/dropcap] grew up as a farmer in China in a pre-industrial farming society. When I was born,...
by David Denlinger | Department of Biology | Utah State University [dropcap]E[/dropcap]veryday when we wake up, whether we recognize it or not, our lives are inspired by...
– Lia Paola Zambetti – Senior Project Officer |Research Development and Collaboration |The University of Sydney [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n a dull Saturday morning in the lab, I heard...
by Jessica Okoro | TEDxLeicester Jessica Okoro the founder and director of BeScience STEM. Their mission is to “bring STEM to communities that do not currently have...
Rodolfo Jimenez [su_boxbox title=”About”]Dr. Jimenez is the Assistant Director of the Summer Bridge at The University of Texas at Austin. [/su_boxbox] [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y parents were so young when...
– Robin McLachlan – <> In Part 1 of this journey, I bumbled down into Crystal Cave, the rocky heart of Sequoia National Park, where my...
Dinner table discussions centered around political and economic analysis of world events but most importantly the future of the African continent.
