This page details the events of the opening of Amherst College’s new Science Center. The section “Science in the Liberal Arts” covers a panel during which Julie Segre discussed HSTEM. Click the image below or follow this link for the whole story. “Panelists also noted that Amherst is becoming a proving ground for increasing diversity…
Prof. Sheila Jaswal answers “How do we increase STEM enrollment for women and underrepresented minorities?” through describing the origins of HSTEM. Visit the Academic Minute website or click the image below to listen to the interview or read the transcript. …
This profile follows the progression of the HSTEM course, from the Amherst Uprising to the 2018 summer workshop to courses at other institutions. Read the full article on the Amherst website by clicking here or on the image below. “’My colleagues and I have a deep commitment to student success, and are genuinely distressed that…
We were at the 2018 Massachusetts PKAL Regional Meeting! Emily Ma ’20, a student in the 2017 Fall HSTEM course, presented at the student panel on HSTEM and interventions at Amherst College to promote inclusion in STEM. Here are some pictures from the meeting!…
Amherst Student covered the growth of HSTEM course in one of its November issues. It covered our growth from the first course in Spring 2016, to the Fall 2017 course, also acknowledging the growth of the HSTEM community across the STEM departments at Amherst. To read the full article, click the image below or visit…
This article discusses the broader scheme of increasing inclusivity and visibility in STEM courses and fields, mentioning the Yale HSTEM course. Read the full article by clicking here or on the image below. “Gender, class, sexuality and religion are all characteristics of a person that vastly impact their ability to succeed within the field. The…
Yale HSTEM students hosted a faculty workshop where students would be free to share their experiences in STEM classrooms. This article announces the event and briefly discusses the course at Yale. Follow this link to the full article or click the image below….
This article covers an interview with Ashley Bohan and Emma Ryan about the impact of the HSTEM class. Click the image below or follow this link to the Amherst Student site to read the full article….
Yale News discussed the inception of the HSTEM program at Yale and its Amherst origins in this article. Read some excerpts below. Click the image below or follow this link to the Yale News webpage to read the full article. “’One of the big things that I’ve felt like I’ve learned, being a woman of…
On November 4th, 2016, we had the amazing opportunity to attend the Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education Conference in Boston. At this conference many professors and administrators from around the country came together to present the research they have done on the subject of diversity in STEM. This information ranged from understanding the current environment at…