The SJU Biology Club and SJU Women in Physics club held a poster-making event March 18 in Doyle Banquet Hall North to honor women who have made important contributions to science as a part of Women’s...

When Lisa Lam ’25 began college this fall, she knew what to expect, in part because of her participation in a summer university program designed to help underrepresented students in STEM (science, technology,...

Lillie Bennett ’23 first considered a career in computer science when she was in high school at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering in New York, New York.  There, Bennett attended...

Delving into the absence of women in STEM As our society is geared more and more towards equity for all, we need to discuss a certain problem that is still happening within our society: the fact that there...

Recognizing minorities in STEM fields. When Raven Moses ’20 attended the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Awards and STEM conference at the beginning of February, she didn’t expect to leave with an...

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to a comment made by a male student in the article “A thread of interrelationship” written by Mark De Leon, ’17, in the March 29 issue of The Hawk. His comment,...

Highlighting women in STEM If you’ve read this column before, you know that I really love math, but my first love was books.  I was the kid who got scolded for reading past her bedtime. (I would dutifully...

The need to diversify STEM in the media In honor of Black History month, I would like to start this week by highlighting a project I heard about at a conference I recently attended.  The project, a website,...