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CHEN | A STEM Look Into the Opinion Section

By Jonna Chen | May 13, 2021

I shouldn’t have worried about my reach or doubted the Daily Sun’s reach either. My team members for my Intro to Game Architecture course and fellow E-Board members for Women in Computing at Cornell loved resharing and boosting the links to my columns as soon as they came out. Even my ode to Duffield somehow reached my sister, who works in the Bay Area and has been out of school for five years, via her coworker. A junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln emailed me a four-paragraph response to my “Stop Catfishing Computer Science Majors” piece offering a separate angle from his personal experiences. My words were getting somewhere. Someone was reading. That was all that mattered.

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Cornell Women Overcome Isolation, Stereotypes in Male-Dominated STEM Fields

By William Cox and Omsalama Ayoub | March 23, 2021

Gender bias in academic settings directly shapes the sense of belonging that college women feel in STEM — a key factor that affects whether they will jump into related professional fields. Here’s a look into the setbacks and successes that characterize the world of STEM through the eyes of trailblazing Cornell women.

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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Highlighting Female Professors’ Contributions to Science

By Shriya Perati, Natalie Monticello and Emma Rosenbaum | March 9, 2020

In the world of academia, women are often under-represented in their field. In light of International Women’s Day, the Sun has highlighted three female professors who have made significant contributions in their field of science and continue to do so, despite facing setbacks.

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Mann Exhibit ‘Unturned Leaves’ Showcases the Work of Early Female Scientists

By Caroline Chang | May 6, 2019

Women have contributed much to the advancement of scientific knowledge, yet their contributions have been poorly documented, often overlooked, and greatly under-celebrated.

Women’s Entrepreneurship Program Aims to Address Gender Imbalance in STEM

By Vivian Fan | November 19, 2018

“We received an overwhelming set of applications from brilliant, passionate women who are tackling really important societal needs,” Ippolito told The Sun.

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Profs Unmask Challenges for Women in STEM

By Emily Yang | May 2, 2017

Four Cornell professors discussed the educational challenges and difficult life decisions they faced as women in the technology field at a panel hosted by Women In Computing at Cornell.

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Cornell Alumnae Named “Women Worth Watching in STEM”

By Anne Snabes | April 13, 2017

The Profiles in Diversity Journal has recently named two Cornell alumnae as “Women Worth Watching in STEM.”