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Alexa Gonzalez, President of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Committee on Women, poses for a photo. - Photo via Alexa Gonzalez.

Alexa Gonzalez works to close gender gap in STEM

Dakim Marcel Randolph, Staff Writer October 2, 2024

The Association for Computing Machinery’s Council of Women represents the contribution of women involved in making difficult decisions and providing a pathway for achievement for other women as well....

Dr. Kristyn Voegele and a student prepare to plaster jacket a Triceratops frill. Voegele is a professor of geology in Rowan's School of Earth and Environment. - Photo courtesy of Dr. Kristyn Voegele

Dinos and Ice Hockey: The Paleontologist Whose Childhood Dream Came True

Kalie VanDewater April 20, 2021

Dr. Kristyn Voegele, an assistant professor of geology at Rowan University, resides in a temporary office space in engineers’ Rowan Hall. A promotional handout for the geology department is just above...

"Opticks" is a stainless steel and alumnium sculpture created by Beth Nybeck using the handwritten notes from Rowan engineering students as reference. It is meant to convey a student's head being filled with mathematical knowledge. - Photo from Rowan University Public Art Libraries.

Lonsdorf: How my female brain learned to love math

Tara Lonsdorf February 29, 2020

Here's my darkest secret as a science major: I took algebra one in seventh grade, and did so poorly that I then repeated it in eighth grade. I've cried over math. I've had panic attacks over math. I've...

- Image courtesy of SciTechEuropa

Lonsdorf: Dismantling the myth of the Empowered Woman in STEM

Tara Lonsdorf November 20, 2019

When you’re a woman in a field dominated by men, there are expectations all around. Sure, it may be 2019, but there are still sexist men who expect you to fail. There are a lot of people who think of...

Students talk about labeling women at LGBTQA+ event

Cierra Lewis March 20, 2017

A handful of students gathered in the small conference room in the Social Justice, Inclusion and Conflict Resolution Center (SJICR) in Robinson Hall Wednesday night to discuss one of society’s oldest...

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