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By: Ariana Bull While there is currently an underrepresentation of women from diverse backgrounds in STEM, many groups, colleges, and...

By Christine Leavitt It is hard to believe that another year has flown by. As we commence a new calendar year, it is important to reflect...

By: Rachel Ware On September 23rd, I was a speaker on a panel about Equity in STEAM hosted by the Metropolitan Phoenix YWCA. This event...

By: Jayashree Iyer My name is Jayashree, and I recently joined CGEST as a Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) student. I am an...

By Christine Leavitt School has started up, and the hot days have continued. For a quick and delicious after-school snack, homemade ice...

By Pranati Guduru The second session of the Cozmo Social Robot camp took place from August 2nd to August 6th. There were around 14...

This month we are delighted to share with you one of our Graduate Research Assistants (GRA) Rachel Ware! Rachel has been with CGEST for...

By Rachel Ware and Pranati Guduru The Social Robots virtual camp took place last week from August 2nd to the 6th. Fourteen middle school...

Written by: Rachel Ware From July 6 through the 9th the Cozmo camp took place on Zoom, with 4 great middle school students who are a part...

Many of the pieces in this newsletter describe our most recent achievement--that is, implementing the culturally responsive STEM camp,...

As the final day of the 2021 Girls in Tech Camp comes to a close we asked all the staff and mentors what they thought of the week they...

By Alexis Faison The Girls in Tech (GIT) Summer Program is a week-long program for middle and high school girls to explore and learn how...

Ah April! Here we are a full third of the way into 2021 and it is once again time for another staff spotlight! This month we asked...

By: Dr. Toni Kaui On Saturday 20 February, nearly 80 traditionally under anticipated girls, in grades 8 through 12, hailing from Hawaiʻi,...

Written by: Alexus Robertson Summertime is here and the living is easy. Kids are out of school and the boredom is high!! What do you do...

The Digital Culture Summer Institute at ASU has received grant support to offer two free classes for 6th–9th graders in June. Both of...

Kaylie’s Black History Month Project Black History month 2021, no different than any other month, I continue to prioritize educating...

Written by: Dr. Christine O'Donnell CGEST’s CompuGirls programs were a main draw for me to join CGEST as a Postdoctoral Researcher. My...

The Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics is seeking local high school students to participate in a 5-week paid summer...

There are so many inspiring, influential, and impactful women in technology so we wanted to highlight a few from Hackernoon's 2021 list...