Indonesian Climate Activist Emmanuela Shinta Is the Center of a New Documentary, “Fire Beneath Her”
February 5, 2024
Eiza González, Who Plays a Female Scientist on Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem,’ Applauds Women in STEM: “Just Being Able To Represent Women in the Field Itself Is an Honor. Let Alone Be a Latin Woman Playing a Role Like That.”
April 8, 2024
A New Study Reports That U.S. News Coverage Is Less Likely To List Scientists With African or East Asian Last Names
April 8, 2024
Journey to the Arctic With Susan R. Eaton, One of the Greatest Modern Day Geoscientists and Explorers
April 9, 2024
NBA’s Atlanta Hawks Players Introduced Elementary School Kids to STEM Through Music Production
April 9, 2024
#STEMINISTUpdates:
Stay up to date about the important work being done in STEM
Meet Wiz Kid, a New YouTube Personality Teaching Kids How To Do Science Experiments at Home
April 4, 2024
IF/THEN Ambassador Allie K. Miller on How To Get Into AI Without a Tech Background
April 3, 2024
Together, Jennifer Buchli and Meghan Everett Lead the Full Suite of Research and Science Happening on Board the ISS
March 29, 2024
Lemonade Circle Is Providing Mentorship to Young Black Women in San Antonio
March 23, 2024
Katie Etsitty, a Navajo Pine High School Teacher, Was Selected Among an International Pool of Applicants as a 2024 Science Communications Fellow
March 24, 2024
Jaya Halepete-Iyer, PhD Created a STEM Themed Fashion Line for Young Girls After She Noticed There Weren’t Any
March 23, 2024
San Diego Non-Profit, “Expanding Your Horizons” Is on a Mission To Bring Science to Local Girls
March 18, 2024
Anna French, Ecology PhD Student at Montana State, Is Also One of the World’s Top 10 Female Biathletes
March 18, 2024
Five Female Scientists Were Awarded the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Prize for Their Humanitarian Research in the Global South
March 21, 2024
Dr. Joy Buolamwini Was Awarded the 2024 Digital Civil Rights Award by Prince Harry and Meghan’s Charitable Foundation
March 14, 2024
The Automotive Industry Is a Promising Place for Women To Launch Their Careers
March 14, 2024
Eva Longoria Was Awarded 50 Million Dollars From Jeff Bezos To Fund Her Foundation To Support Young Latina Women in STEM
March 15, 2024
What Does a Scientist Look Like? This Is What a Class of 3rd Graders Thinks
March 14, 2024
Zeita Merchant Is the First Black Woman To Become Admiral of the U.S. Coast Guard
March 4, 2024
Catherine Macdonald, U of Miami’s Shark Research Program Director, Wants To See More Girls in Oceanography
March 8, 2024
Meet Dr. Beth Orcutt, the Woman Who Discovered Four New Species of Deep Sea Octopus
March 8, 2024
Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, Received the 2024 Power of Radiance Award
March 9, 2024
Cecilia Aragon’s Career Trajectory Brought Her From Stunt Flying to Computer Scientist and Entrepreneur
February 28, 2024
Etre Girls Released a New Study Outlining the Importance of Mentorship for Girls in Early Childhood
February 28, 2024
John Deere Hosted “Introduce a Girl to Engineering 2024” for Local Teens
February 28, 2024
New Study Reveals Possible Reason for the Citation Gender Gap: Male Researchers Cite Women’s Work Less Often
February 26, 2024
Looking for New Educational Material This Women’s History Month? Discovery Education’s Got You
February 29, 2024
The Department of Energy Has Announced Ten HBCUs Will Receive Clean Energy Prizes
February 29, 2024
Catch IF/THEN Ambassador J’Tia Hart’s Q&A On Nuclear Physics And The Importance of Mentorship
February 22, 2024
Besa Masaiti, the Highest Ranked Female Chess Player in Botswana, Adds Engineer to Her Resume
February 24, 2024
46 Ecuadorian Women in STEM Are Being Honored in a Traveling Exhibition, “Women Leading Science”
February 19, 2024
Marlena Fejzo Has Been Named One of Time Magazine’s 2024 “Women of the Year” for Groundbreaking Work in Genetics Research
February 21, 2024
Shivi Royal Is Literally Redefining Girl Math by Compiling the Stories of Female Mathematicians
February 23, 2024
Kristen Wells-Collins Is Introducing Young Girls to Science Through Makeup
February 26, 2024
“Portray Her 2.0”, a New Study by IF/THEN and the Geena Davis Institute, Pinpoints the Status of Female STEM Characters in the Media
February 15, 2024
Clarice Phelps Is the First Black Woman To Help Discover a New Periodic Table Element
February 13, 2024
The American Academy for the Advancement of Science and Subaru Have Announced the Winners of Their “Excellence in Science” Books
February 14, 2024
Some of the IF/THEN Statues Have Found Their Way to Stanford’s Engineering Quad
February 14, 2024
Colorado Women in AV and IT Introduced Students to Physics With DIY Harmonicas
February 15, 2024
Physics Professor “Dr. Tatiana” Brought Her Crazy Experiments to TikTok– And Millions of Fans
February 12, 2024
An All-Girls Team of Michigan Middle Schoolers Won NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge for the Second Year
February 5, 2024
Dr. Joy Buolamwini Is the Tech Expert Protecting Women of Color From the Dangers of AI
February 6, 2024
For National Children’s Dental Health Month, Local New York Dental Students and Professionals Hosted “Give Kids a Smile” Event
February 6, 2024
Why Robotics Professor Dr. Carlotta Berry Decided To Start Writing Black STEM Romance Novels
February 6, 2024
IF/THEN Ambassador Allison Fundis Has Been Leading the Search for Amelia Earhart’s Plane
September 21, 2023
Nancy Hopkins Is the Winner of the National Academy of Science’s Public Welfare Medal
January 30, 2024
G-Force Robotics Is an All-Girls Team Representing STEM Inclusion at the Pentagon
January 31, 2024
Africa Will Launch It’s First Private Satellite Into Space – It’s Been Built by a Team of High School Girls in Cape Town
February 2, 2024
Molecular Biologist Elisabetta Citterio Created a Stunning Portrait Collection of Women in STEM
Feburary 3, 2024
Dr. Uche Blackstock Is Out With a New Book Exploring Racism in the Medical Field
January 22, 2024
Sundance Film Festival Awards “Love Me” With the Prize for Science-in-Film
January 22, 2024
Read Jordana Dahmen’s Piece on the Importance of IF/THEN’s Traveling Statues
January 22, 2024
Melonie Parker, Google’s Chief Diversity Officer, Offers Advice for Creating “A Culture of Belonging”
January 22, 2024
Kimberely Moore Built a Multimillion-Dollar Firm From Scratch - Now, She Is Determined To Help Nurture Future STEM Leaders
January 26, 2024
A Girl Scouts Food Drive Turned Engineering Challenge– Proving “Girls CANDo” It All
January 15, 2024
De Oro Medical Devices Has Named IF/THEN Ambassador Alum Cori Lathan as CEO!
January 18, 2024
Check Out The Lost Women of Science Initiative’s Lineup of Projects Launching in 2024
January 18, 2024
Minnesota Has Proven Itself To Be at the Forefront of a Diverse Engineering Workforce
January 15, 2024
Over 300 Companies and Organizations Across the UK Are Joining Forces To Introduce a More Inclusive and Diverse Science Workforce
January 18, 2024
The National Children’s Museum in D.C. Unveils New Shaun the Sheep Exhibit, Promising “Shear” Delight
January 16, 2024
How Peggy Whitson Became the First Female Commander of the International Space Station
January 10, 2024
Hey Seattle! Check Out 6 of Our IF/THEN Exhibit Statues at the Pacific Science Center
January 8, 2024
In 1973, Twelve Women Founded the First Cohort of Professional Scientists in India. Today, They Are 2,000+ Members Strong– And Growing
January 7, 2024
Chemical Engineer Dianne Plummer Hopes To Pique Kids’ Interest in STEM With “Science in the Sun”
January 12, 2024
This Howard University Class Assignment Was To Improve the Wikipedia Pages of Black Women in STEM
January 12, 2024
Jessica Clague DeHart, CEO of LYTE Foundation, Is Providing a Beacon of Hope for Breast Cancer Survivors
January 4, 2024
Commonwealth Business Women Africa Has Pledged To Equip One Million Girls With Coding Skills
January 5, 2024
Four Female Marine Scientists Are Rowing Across the Atlantic Ocean for Ocean Conservation
December 25, 2023
Margaret Oguntala Is the First Female President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers
December 24, 2023
These Are the European Countries for Female Scientists To Keep an Eye on in 2024
December 28, 2023
A Snowflake Building Competition Is Getting Kids Excited About Engineering
December 14, 2023
Engineering Graduate Ella Gardiner Created a Solar Powered Unicorn Toy for Her Senior Project (and It’s Adorable)
December 14, 2023
Cosmetics Brand Mary Kay Is Depending on Female Leadership To Curb Water Usage and Ramp Up Sustainable Production
December 14, 2023
Black STEM PhD Recipients Leave School With Significantly More Debt, New Study Finds
December 4, 2023
Watch IF/THEN Ambassador Alum Jennifer Stimpson on Talk Girls in Science on NBC
December 5, 2023
Mozilla Adds New Board Members on a Mission To Diversify Their Leadership
December 5, 2023
DeJuan Strickland Is Creating Science-Based Comic Books To Increase Black Representation in Pop Culture
November 28, 2023
A Science Conference Was Exposed for Adding Fake Female Speakers to Their Panels – Is This the First Time It’s Happened?
November 30, 2023
Role Model and Champion of Women in Tech, Meet DocuSign’s President Inhi Suh
December 4, 2023
Jamaica Will Open Six STEM Specialty Schools for the First Time in the Island’s History
November 20, 2023
Engineer Kara Branch Explains Her Motivation for Launching “Black Girls Do Engineer”
November 22, 2023
Mary Hayden, Professor at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, Was Recognized With Multiple Awards for Work on Climate Change
November 20, 2023
Get an Inside Look at the Antarctic Voyage of Over 100 Female Scientists
November 25, 2023
Dilfuza Egamberdieva Won the UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize in Microbiology for the Invention of Super Crops
November 14, 2023
Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence Reached Gender Parity in Only Five Years
November 16, 2023
One Third of Science Conferences in India Don’t Include Women – Read About the Effort To Change That
November 15, 2023
Emory University’s School of Nursing Received 1.7 Million Dollars To Fund Research on Women’s Health and Medical Intersectionality
November 17, 2023
The Lyda Hill Philanthropies Made a $5.25M Gift to the American Cancer Society
November 6, 2023
Women in STEM Who Utilize Career Services Receive More Job Offers Than Men
November 8, 2023
High School Students Srinija Darapureddy and Jahnavi Avula Published a Book Chronicling Women in STEM
November 5, 2023
Chandrayaan-3 Proves Cultural Dress Is Essential to Workplace Diversity in STEM Fields
November 8, 2023
Bridgestone Partners With “Play Like a Girl” To Introduce Girls to Sports and STEM
November 8, 2023
Black Female Science Teachers Are Enriching STEM Education With Anti-Racism
November 12, 2023
New Research Suggests Rewarding Female Employees As Much as Male Counterparts Could Reduce the Gender Wage Gap
November 2, 2023
Women Bear The Brunt Of Climate Change - Female Scientists Can Also Be The Climate Fight’s Biggest Asset
November 2, 2023
Jessica Wan Is the Most Successful Contestant in the History of MIT’s “Math Prize for Girls” Competition
October 30, 2023
Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code, Talks About the Importance of Failure
October 26, 2023
Mission Unstoppable Is Proof That “Narrative Change” Is a Powerful Tool for a Culture Shift
October 25, 2023
Nobel Prize Winner Claudia Goldin Explains the Reasons Women Earn Less Today, and How To Help Them Succeed
October 21, 2023
Lisa Munoz Is Out With a New Book That Explores the Experiences of Women in STEM
October 18, 2023
Quantum Physicist Michelle Simmons Is Awarded Australia’s Prime Minister Prize in Science
October 16, 2023
Georgia Tech Computer Scientist Candace Mitchell Harris Is Now Using AI To Revolutionize Hair Care for Black Women
October 19, 2023
22-Year-Old Robotics Student Danielle Boyer Is Making Technical Education More Accessible to Indigenous Youth
October 19, 2023
For National Fossil Day, Read About IF/THEN Ambassador Myria Perez and Her Work in Paleontology
October 11, 2023
IF/THEN Ambassador Dr. Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil Is Featured in the Online Exhibit “Reimagining Women in STEM”
October 10, 2023
Even in the Top Labs and Universities, Female STEM PhD Holders Are Less Likely To Become Inventors
October 12, 2023
Don’t Miss IF/THEN Ambassador Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant Hosting the New Season of “Wild Kingdom”
October 5, 2023
IF/THEN Ambassador Alum Mercedes Taylor Was Named a 2023 Moore Inventor Fellow
October 4, 2023
There Is a Shortage of Female Engineers in Formula 1 – Red Bull Wants To Change That
October 4, 2023
IF/THEN Ambassador Alum Johanna Varner Is Expanding Research Opportunities at Colorado Mesa University
October 5, 2023
The Cambridge Science Festival Kicked Off the Weekend With the #IfThenSheCan Exhibit!
September 25, 2023
17 Year Old Rebecca Wang’s App, “Dare To Dream” Introduces Women and Girls to Coding
September 28, 2023
An Old Radio Telescope Site in Puerto Rico Will Become a STEM Education Center Instead
September 29, 2023
Scientists Say “Mud Science” Is a Key to Bolstering STEM Education Among Native Alaskan Children
September 27, 2023
The “Trucks Are for Girls” Event Introduced Local Girl Scouts to the Industry
September 30, 2023
Sarah Loguen Fraser Was One of the First African American Physicians in the U.S. - Learn About Her Incredible Journey on “The Lost Women of Science” Podcast
September 28, 2023
IF/THEN Ambassador Shyla Raghav Appointed As TIME’s Chief Climate Officer
September 19, 2023
UMass Amherst Is Launching the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Sciences
September 18, 2023
Ellen Ochoa, the First Latina in Space, Was Added as a Character on Minecraft Education
September 19, 2023
Swedish Researchers Led by Dr. Astrid Linder Developed the First Ever Female Crash Dummy
September 20, 2023
“Talking About Staying” Is Professor Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo’s Groundbreaking Study Into Retaining Underrepresented Engineers
September 11, 2023
Lyda Hill Philanthropies Awarded a STEM Grant to Texas Women’s University
September 11, 2023
Seven Brooklyn High Schoolers Want To See More Women and Gender-Nonconforming People in STEM, So They Created myNetworkerHer, a Mentorship Platform
September 14, 2023
“Creativity Is A Huge Part Of Being A Scientist," Says 17 Year Old Sanjana Kumar, An International Science And Engineering Fair Finalist
September 12, 2023
New Research by IF/THEN Ambassador Alums Afua Bruce, Claire Meaders, Jaye Gardiner, and Samantha Wynns Explores How Comic Based Science Curriculum Can Help Shift Student Perceptions on Who Can Be a Scientist
September 10, 2023
Meet Ava N. Simmons, the 10-Year Old Who Is Not Letting Dyslexia Get in the Way of Her Passion for Science
September 8, 2023
Charity Kgotlaebonywe, a Graduate Researcher From Botswana, Was Honored With the Prestigious Schlumberger Foundation STEM Fellowship
September 5, 2023
Hackathons and Coding Clubs – How Hackergirl Is Preparing the Future Tech Workforce
September 4, 2023
Two Asteroids Have Been Named for Annie Maunder and Alice Everett – Two of the First Female Astronomers
September 10, 2023
Check Out #IfThenSheCan, the Exhibit, at the MIT Cambridge Science Festival
September 2, 2023
Measuring The Scully Effect Today: How Much Of An Impact Did One TV Character Have for Women in STEM?
September 1, 2023
In 1923, Eleanor Davis Became the First Known Woman To Climb the Grand Teton – 26 Women Climbed It in Celebration 100 Years Later
September 1, 2023
£485,000 in Grants Awarded to UK-US Partnerships To Boost LGBT+ Inclusion in STEM
August 31, 2023
Girls From 70 Schools Were Brought Together for a STEM Event in Ghana, Organized by Yinson Production West Africa, the Ahanta West Educational Directorate, and the Youth Bridge Foundation
August 26, 2023
17 Year Old Elizabeth Nyamwange Developed an App To Aid in the Global Identification Crisis
August 14, 2023
India’s Prime Minister Congratulates the Women Scientists Who All Played Vital Roles in the Country’s First Successful Lunar Mission
August 26, 2023
Riot Games Is Teaming Up With DonorsChoose To Support Gaming and Esports Programs in Schools
August 23, 2023
A New Book by Reporter Kate Zernike Uncovers the Historical Battle for Gender Equity at MIT
August 21, 2023
IF/THEN Ambassador Adele Luta Gave a Keynote Address at This Year’s International Space Station Conference
August 26, 2023
In Case You Missed It: The James Webb Telescope Captured a Giant Question Mark in Space. Here’s What It Could Be
August 17, 2023
Alena McQuarter Is the Youngest Black Person Accepted to Medical School– EVER
August 17, 2023
Aristocrat Gaming Providing $500,000 To Increase Indigenous Representation in STEM
August 17, 2023
Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkey’s First Female Astronomer Honored in Recent Google Doodle
August 14, 2023
Susan Montgomery Reflects On Her Career As The First Female Mathematics Professor To Receive Tenure
August 23, 2023
The STEMM Opportunity Alliance Has Reached 125 Total Partners Committed to Diversifying STEM Fields
August 7, 2023
EasyJet’s ‘Summer Flight School’ Program Targets Outdated Gender Stereotypes in Aviation
August 7, 2023
Read IF/THEN Ambassador Alum Afua Bruce on the Importance of Diversity in AI Programming
August 11, 2023
The “Unladylike” Study of Fungi Did Not Stop These Nineteenth Century Female Mycologists
August 9, 2023
MIT Professor Canan Dagdeviren Developed a Wearable Ultrasound-Enabled Bra That Detects Breast Cancer
July 28, 2023
The Stories of Great Female Scientists That Lay Buried in School Bookshelves
August 2, 2023
ComEd Hosted an Electric Vehicle Rally in Which 45 Teen Girls Built and Raced Their Own Cars!
July 30, 2023
Scientists Have Discovered That a 2,000 Year Old Iron Age Warrior Was Female
July 27, 2023
Inclusive STEM Environments Recognize the Value of Disability in the Workplace
July 26, 2023
Preeti Aghalayam Is the First Woman To Lead an Indian Institute of Technology
July 26, 2023
What Barbie’s Professional History Tells Us About the Plight of Women in the Workforce
July 27, 2023
After Fleeing Her Home Country, Post-Doctoral Researcher Zahra Nazari Is Now the Head of the Afghanistan Chapter of ‘Women in Tech’ Organization
July 19, 2023
Fanduel Has Partnered With STEM Returners, a Female-Focused Job Placement Agency, To Bring More Women Into the Gaming Industry
July 19, 2023
Get Ready for Shark Week 2023 With Shark Scientist Valerie Taylor, Who Is the Center of a New Documentary “Playing With Sharks”
July 23, 2023
Indigenous Educators Are Working To Develop a STEM Curriculum Tailored to Native American Students
July 21, 2023
The Sylvia Earle Is an Antarctic Expedition Trip Led Entirely by Women Scientists
July 14, 2023
Tune In to IF/THEN Ambassador Alum Adele Luta Talk About the Future of Space Exploration
July 16, 2023
Q&A With Aerospace Engineer Edwina Paisley on How Young Women Can Get Into and Thrive in the Male-Dominated Field
July 12, 2023
Meet Lisa Moneymaker and Learn About Her Unique Entrance Into the Medical Field
July 12, 2023
Rear Admiral Tracey Hines And The Lasting Impact That Being A Girl Scout Has Had On Her Life And Her STEM Journey
July 13, 2023
New Research Confirms the Most Esteemed Leader in Copper Age Iberia Was the “Ivory Lady”
July 6, 2023
IF/THEN Ambassador Alum Johanna Varner, in Partnership With the Denver Zoo, Launched an App To Track Wild Pika Populations
July 7, 2023
Case Western Reserve Students Developed a Video Game To Teach K-9 Grade Students Math as Part of Their Mission To Build a More Diverse STEM Community
July 7, 2023
Watch Now: The Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists Is Working Hard To Increase the Number of Black STEM Professionals
July 5, 2023
Women Have Demonstrated Biological and Physiological Advantages For Space Travel, So Why Is The Field Still So Male-Dominated?
July 7, 2023