The U.S. News and World Report – Allie Bidwell
“In many ways, Dianna Cowern is the quintessential role model STEM education advocates have been searching for. She’s young, female and a successful college graduate with a bachelor’s degree in physics from a prestigious university. And she understands the urgent need to make science, technology, engineering and math fun and appealing to young students. “The main reason it’s important to have more women in the ‘hard’ sciences, like chemistry and physics, is that they’re underrepresented now,” Cowern recently told curiosity.com. “We’re missing out on a huge portion of the population that could be contributing to research and engineering.” When it comes to STEM, kids – especially girls – aren’t always encouraged to follow their hearts.”(more)