The STEMinist Exhibit is especially aimed at all students, graduates, and professors to acknowledge the growing and evolving field of STEM, and to emphasize the importance and confidence of young girls and women at UConn in these fields considering the subtle ways in which the gender gap, gender bias, and stereotypes persists, especially in the computing and engineering fields.
UConn's Women's Center and Women in STEM Mentoring Program presents the untold history of women in STEM; an eye-opening, interactive event that celebrates women whose miraculous discoveries and innovations have changed the course of history and examines past and present gender inequity through awareness, a keynote speaker, and a visual exhibit. On this journey to finally complete the history books, meet female scientists you've never heard of, their inspirational stories, and their empowering motives - the STEMinists.
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Student Union, Women’s Center Program Room 421G
Starts 8:30am until 4:30pm - Women in STEM Open Exhibit
-----Come tour through the lives of women of the past, present, and future as we honor the significant contributions of women in science, educate ourselves about their stories, and inspire the continued achievements of women and girls in STEM. Throughout the exhibit, there will be TedTalks by STEM undergraduates (specific times TBA), an interactive STEM wall, a scavenger hunt, and free prizes.
1:45pm - Pushing Past “No”: Overcoming Obstacles on the Path to Success
----Has anyone ever told you that you couldn’t succeed? How have you proved them wrong? Join us for an interactive multi-media program by the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame and be inspired by the stories of some of Connecticut’s remarkable women who overcame obstacles and objections to achieve great things!
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“Talking with my sis today, reminiscing about how she had to dress up as a guy who invented peanut butter for the sixth grade scientist day, because apparently inventing peanut butter is a more important scientific advancement than curing leprosy, which was accomplished by the female chemist Alice Ball. People ask me why I care about empowering women in STEM, and the reason is because I don’t want another generation of 6th grade girls to have to wear scratchy beards and wigs to school because the bulk of scientists remembered and valued by history are men.”
– Christine Doherty, UConn’s Women in STEM Mentor
Watch this powerful video here: https://www.microsoft.com/about/philanthropies/youthspark/youthsparkhub/makewhatsnext/?OCID=iwd_social_fb_Null_Null_USA_OCB-IWD-60s-ISV_null
For more information, contact: Women's Center at nehan.saleem@uconn.edu