Veronica Arreola is no stranger to The Maker Mom. We featured her as a STEM Wonder Woman back in 2015. Now she's back talking about her exciting new position as the director of the new L@s GANAS program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Formally known as L@s GANAS, the name stands for Latin@s Gaining Access to Networks for Advancement in Science. It's a center. It's a program. It's a service (a bunch of them, actually). L@s ... [ Read More ]
STEM Gifts for Adults: Small Business Saturday
Clearly I've got you covered if you're looking for great STEM gifts for the children in your lives, but what about YOU and your nerdy adult friends? And let's not forget about the need for math and science teacher gifts. Well, in the name of Small Business Saturday, Brandie and I scoured Etsy and other parts of the World Wide Web to find some seriously cool STEM stuff just for grown-ups. Bonus: most of the artists below are women. Also, I'm an ... [ Read More ]
Great TED Talks by Women in Computer Science
Don't miss Angelica Lim's playlist of TED Talks by Women in Computer Science, a list of 24 videos with super smart women talking about bleeding edge technology. These fab women in computer science cover topics like: Ground-breaking wearable tech--this is not your tech geek friend's wristwatch. Don't miss this talk by MIT's Pattie Maes. Robotics Tinkering Online education These videos are especially great to share with girls based on ... [ Read More ]
Meet Ballerina Turned Chemical Engineer, FirstBuild’s Amelia Gandara: It’s STEM Girl Friday!
Amelia Gandara is a professional ballerina turned turned chemical engineer. She earned a ChemE degree from the University of Louisville and has recently joined FirstBuild, a new platform to bring innovation to home appliances through co-creation. Why did you choose to study chemical engineering and what was it like working as one of just a handful of women working toward your degree in chemical engineering? I chose to study it because I ... [ Read More ]
Interview with Emily Calandrelli of Xploration Outer Space: STEM Girl Friday
Emily Calandrelli in Zero G Emily Calandrelli is the host and co-producer of Fox's Xploration Outer Space- showing off the coolest space projects around the country (coming soon to Fox and Hulu). She has an engineering degree from WVU* and a Master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics as well as Technology and Policy from MIT. The Maker Mom: You have a really exciting job now, but how did you get to this place? Why did you decided ... [ Read More ]
Guide to Women in STEM on YouTube: STEM Girl Friday
What a great idea- creating a list of women in STEM on YouTube vlogging about STEM topics. We can like and subscribe and follow each other on Twitter and all that stuff. Fabulous! I wish I'd thought of it. This STEM Girl features comes courtesy of Tech-Girls. As I'm queuing this post up there are 30 channels listed on topics from botany to neuroscience. Check out the full list of STEM Girls who vlog at Tech Girls. Given that one of my most ... [ Read More ]