#STEMGems book by Stephanie Espy and STEM education created to #GiveGirlsRoleModels in STEM and open their eyes to a world of opportunity. 💎
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Apr 3
💜🩷💙💚 The 10th Annual STEM Gems Summit with @ATLSciFest @SpelmanCollege celebrated a decade of impact. Thank you to the volunteers, educators, parents, incredible #WomenInSTEM, sponsors, partners, and the team led by the phenomenal Careshia Moore. 10 years takes a village 💎
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Jun 12
The skills rising to the top of employer wish lists in the AI era look a lot like the ones many women have spent their entire careers developing.
🔗 forbes.com/sites/kimmeninger…
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Jun 11
This high school grad spent the last 2 years developing a drug treatment for PMOS, a condition affecting 1 in 10 women worldwide, after being diagnosed herself.
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Jun 10
Peer-reviewed research says seeing someone who looks like you succeed in STEM is one of the strongest predictors of whether a girl stays in it. The environment sends the message before anyone says a word.
🔗 psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
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Jun 9
70% of teen girls want to work in cybersecurity, we’re losing them before they start. Here’s what @GirlsWhoCode CEO Tarika Barrett says we need to change.
🔗 fortune.com/2026/05/29/girls…
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Jun 8
Dr. Ayanna Howard, roboticist, AI pioneer, and former NASA engineer, has been named the 12th president of @SpelmanCollege. A historic appointment!
🔗 spelman.edu/news/2026/06/spe…
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Jun 5
Today is World Environment Day. Alannah Vellacott is a Black Bahamian marine ecologist restoring coral reefs in the Bahamas one reef at a time. Her work is urgent, personal, and history-making. 🌊
🔗 essence.com/lifestyle/black-…
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On this day in 1987, Mae C. Jemison became the first black American woman to be admitted into NASA’s astronaut training program.
5 years later she became the first Black American woman to travel to space.
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Jun 4
Sisters Fifi Kara and Dr. Lailah Kara-Newton built Aster after a traumatic pregnancy nearly cost Dr. Kara-Newton her son. Now their AI-native women’s health startup has been acquired by Elation Health.
🔗 peopleofcolorintech.com/arti…
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Jun 3
Black founders have raised $643M in VC so far in 2026, nearly 70% of all of last year’s total. Progress is real, but U.S. VCs raised $250B in Q1 alone. The gap remains.
🔗 afrotech.com/us-based-black-…
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Jun 2
AI could make high-paying jobs less hostile to women by reducing the premium for constant availability. The mechanism involves a concept economists call ‘greedy jobs.’
🔗 fastcompany.com/91548317/ai-…
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Jun 1
Shaleen Chadha Guzgan is a pharma founder, mother of two, and Miss Universe Ireland finalist fighting the motherhood penalty in STEM. Her story is one every woman in science should read.
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May 29
When Katalin Karikó, the scientist whose mRNA research made the COVID-19 vaccines possible, spoke at Johns Hopkins this week, her message was simple: “Success is never achieved alone.”
🔗 hub.jhu.edu/2026/05/21/comme…
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May 28
ER physician Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne saw patients with nosebleeds and no easy fix, so she invented one. Her device, NasaClip, helped LA Sparks' Cameron Brink control a nosebleed mid-game.
🔗 afrotech.com/nasaclip-a-pate…
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May 27
Sejal Pradhan grew up in India, taught computer skills to kids in West Bengal, and just built child-safety AI at Drexel that flags emotional distress in students. Her story is one to know.
🔗 drexel.edu/engineering/news-…
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May 26
Wendy Okolo became the first Black woman to earn a PhD in aerospace engineering from UT Arlington at 26. Now she’s at NASA making air and space travel safer.
🔗 guardian.ng/life/7-things-to…
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May 25
Men are more likely than women to use AI at work. Kim Meninger argues it’s not a training gap, it’s a confidence gap rooted in how women have spent their careers building credibility.
🔗 forbes.com/sites/kimmeninger…
#WomenInAI
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May 22
At 18, Mia Heller invented a water filter that removes 95% of microplastics. It uses ferrofluid, a reusable magnetic oil, to grab the particles as water flows through, then a magnet pulls them out. She's a 2025 Regeneron ISEF finalist. 💧
🔗 smithsonianmag.com/innovatio…
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May 21
Tendai Moyo turned a teenage frustration into a biotech beauty brand. Ruka Hair just raised $4.5M to bring lab-grown hair extensions designed for curls, coils, and kinks to the U.S. market.
🔗 afrotech.com/black-women-own…
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May 20
Only 14% of aerospace engineers are women. On National Women in Aerospace Day, Hannah Swindell, Rhonda Staudt, and Dr. Susan Ying remind us the fix starts long before the job posting.
🔗 aerospacetestinginternationa…
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May 19
Dr. Kemi Doll is a gynecologic oncologist using science and storytelling to close the gaps in care that have cost Black women their health and their lives.
🔗 scientificamerican.com/podca…
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