Category Archives: STEM

Picture A Scientist NOVA, PBS April 2021

Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the US, and numbers are even lower for women of color.

There is a growing group of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists, exposing longstanding discrimination, and leading the way in making science more inclusive. A biologist, a chemist, and a geologist lead viewers on a journey through their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from outright harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, scientific visionaries, including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists, provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.

Aired April 14, 2021

The Majesty of Music and Math Sept. 6

The Majesty of Music & Math is a New Mexico PBS multi-media program that explores the interconnectedness of music and mathematics. Featuring remarks by Santa Fe institute mathematician and composer scientist Cris Moore and musical selections by the Santa Fe Symphony with Principal Conductor Guillermo Figueroa.

NM PBS Thursday Sept. 6 at 7 pm MDT.
Repeats Tuesday Sept. 11 at 10 pm MDT.

Stream the Solving the Equation Launch Live!

The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing
March 26, 2015
Time: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m Pacific/2–3:30 p.m. Eastern
Location: Online (You just need to register.)
Cost: Free
Event Description:

From the research team who brought you Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics comes a deeper dive into engineering and computing, fields that offer 80 percent of STEM jobs but still boast dismal numbers of women students and workers.

Watch the launch event for Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing live from the new Samsung headquarters in Silicon Valley to find out why women aren’t in these fields — and what we as employers, educators, and parents can do about it.

A panel of experts from the industry and academia, moderated by leading gender-in-science researcher Londa Schiebinger, will discuss the report’s findings and what they mean for anyone who cares about tapping the innovative solutions that half our population offers.

Expanding Your Horizons in Northern New Mexico

Albuquerque,   grades 5-9                   Saturday, January 25, 2014,                   University of New Mexico (UNM), main Campus                  
Contacts: bybequiessence@aol.com   and central_EYH-L@list.unm.edu

Attendees: http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/Albuquerque/

Volunteers: http://nmnwse.org/ceyh/volunteer.php
Los Alamos,  grades 5-10  March 6, 2014, Santa Fe Convention Center
Contact: jfrigo@lanl.gov

Attendees: http://nmnwse.org/lawis/eyh/registration.shtml

Volunteers: http://nmnwse.org/lawis/eyh/volunteers.shtml

Independent Lens: The Graduates 11/7 and 11/14

THE GRADUATES is a two-part special that examines the roots of the Latino dropout crisis through the eyes of 6 inspiring young students who are part of an ongoing effort to increase graduation rates for Latinos. Challenges facing these young students include over-crowded schools, crime-ridden neighborhoods, teen pregnancy, and pressure to contribute to the family finances.

Watch on PBS Nov. 7 and Nov. 14 at 8 pm.

New Mexico Drop Out Crisis

 

Our Time Is Now

NM has the most diverse rural population in the U.S. and one of the lowest graduation rates of any state. Follow 6 NM teens as they strive to finish high school on KNME Thurs. 9/19 at 7 PM or Sun. 9/22 at 5 PM or KNMD Thurs. 9/26 at 7 PM.

Then watch American Graduate Day on KNME Sat. 9/28 10 AM to 5 PM as reports tell how community partners provide support, advice, and intervention services to at-risk-students, families, and schools.

 

Adelante! March Book Club Selection

Women’s History Month The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor, Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells — taken without her knowledge — became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today even though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons — as much as 100 Empire State buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells and Lacks’ small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia — a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo — to East Baltimore, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.

Available in print, Kindle, NOOK Book, and audiobook formats.

Wonder Women of Stem

Wonder Women of STEM!

Watch this archived replay starring women in STEM!

Original Broadcast: April 26, 2012, at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. EDT

Join the JASON Project and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for a day of live webcasts featuring two women who exemplify excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Log on to any of the four live webcasts at jason.org/live.
Christianne Corbett’s passion to get more girls and women interested in engineering led her from a career in aerospace to authoring groundbreaking research for AAUW. She will be interviewed at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EDT.
Lisa Lord protects our nation’s top secret information at Northrop Grumman, where she is an expert in one of the fastest growing professions today — cybersecurity! She will be interviewed at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. EDT.
This show is a pre-expo event of the USA Science and Engineering Festival, so if you’re in town for the festival you can view our show during the 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. programs at the Jack Morton Auditorium in the Media and Public Relations Building at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Inspire kids to get involved! Have them log on now to submit a video answering a challenge question through April 18 or let us know their questions for Christianne and Lisa.
For more information: STEM@aauw.org

live@jason.org