By Dr. Ken Armijo, systems engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
As a second-generation Hispanic growing up on a rural New Mexico farm, I was inspired by my parents and mentors to seek a college education. Continue reading Inspiring the Next Generation of Hispanics in STEM
The number of female executives in the food and beverage industry is shockingly low, especially when compared to other industries. Only 16 percent of executives in food and beverage manufacturing are female, as opposed to 21 percent across all industries. Continue reading Meet Three Female STEM Leaders Disrupting The Food & Beverage Industry
By Michael Li
We’ve seen no shortage of scandals when it comes to AI. In 2016, Microsoft Tay, an AI bot built to learn in real time from social media content turned into a misogynist, racist troll within 24 hours of launch. Continue reading To Build Less-Biased AI, Hire a More-Diverse Team
By Penelope Lopez of ABC
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa has a message for the next generation of Latinx students who are aspiring to work in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields: “We need you.” Continue reading NASA astronaut has a message for Latinx STEM students: ‘We need you’
‘Invisible’: that is how many scientists from sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) describe their status at their institution, laboratory, classroom or office. Continue reading How LGBT+ scientists would like to be included and welcomed in STEM workplaces
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Almost 50 years ago, in June 1972, attendees at the First National Conference on Minority Participation in Earth Sciences and Mineral Engineering [Gillette and Gillette, 1972] held one of the first formal discussions on the lack of diversity in the geosciences. Continue reading Raising Our Voices for Diversity in the Geosciences
By Nell Greenfield Boyce and Mark Katkov
The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded this year to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their work on “genetic scissors” that can cut DNA at a precise location, allowing scientists to make specific changes to specific genes.
Continue reading 2 Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Genome Editing Research
By Trevor English
Around the world, there are a plethora of engineers, physicists, scientists, and otherwise just normal people making superhuman efforts at fighting back against COVID-19. From 3D printed masks to mechanical ventilators, the STEAM community is putting up a solid fight.
Continue reading How Engineers are Contributing to the COVID-19 Fight
By Taylor Kubota
Although women are graduating with science degrees in increasing numbers, their representation diminishes by the time they reach more senior levels.
by Kat Castagnoli – Editor, Diversity in STEAM Magazine
While there are many uncertainties in our current coronavirus climate, there’s one thing that’s for sure: The focus on STEAM has never been more crucial. Across the globe, scientists, engineers, medical professionals and corporate innovators are working on everything from researching and testing for a viable COVID-19 vaccine to printing 3D face masks to creating robots that can act as ventilators and communicate with infected patients.
