“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”- Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg is a technology executive and activist. Although she was not educated in a STEM field, her executive business skills help make her an excellent leader of a STEM company and definitely qualify her as an extraordinary woman in a science, … [Read more...] about Extraordinary Women in STEM: Sheryl Sandberg
Archives for April 2016
The Recycled Orchestra: Transcending Trash into Music
Located on the outer edge of Asuncion in Paraguay, a community lives on a landfill of Catuera. A majority of people living there sell any recyclable materials they find as a source of income. This area is stricken with poverty and a general lack of education: inducing youth towards delinquency and drug consumption. More than 40% of … [Read more...] about The Recycled Orchestra: Transcending Trash into Music
Medical Institutions Perpetuate Unethical Physicians-Industry Interactions
Kasra Behizad is a first-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC with a concentration in primary care and community medicine. His research interests include designing community health empowerment programs and investigating the role of spirituality/religion in the healing … [Read more...] about Medical Institutions Perpetuate Unethical Physicians-Industry Interactions
Unweaving Africa: Meet Bino and Fino
That "the world's largest black nation does not produce cartoons for its children that reflect any of its own culture" is a problem Adamu Waziri was not willing to take very lightly. So much so that in 2008, this animator based in Abuja, Nigeria decide to take matters into his own hands. And thus the concept of Bino & Fino was born. Set in a fictional modern city, Bino … [Read more...] about Unweaving Africa: Meet Bino and Fino