AWM to Host Girls in STEM Event for Girls Ages 7 to 14

April 11, 2023

AWM to Host Girls in STEM Event for Girls Ages 7 to 14

Photo Submitted

The UARK Student Chapter of the Assocation for Women in Mathematics is hosting a Girls in STEM event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, on the fourth floor of the Science and Engineering Building.

The events are intended for girls ages 7 to 14, but all are welcome. Activities include welcome by Shauna Morimoto, chemistry experiments, making jewelry from code, using angles to measure a tree, building a Barbie zip-line and designing a Rube Goldberg machine.

Contacts

Association for Women in Mathematics, U of A Chapter
Department of Mathematical Sciences
479-575-3351, awm@uark.edu

Headlines

Doctoral Student Maria Clara Faria Chaves Earns Awards From American Society of Plant Biologists

Faria Chaves was recognized as Ambassador of the Year, awarded the Henry Daniell International Scholar Award and given the Recognition Travel Award by the American Society of Plant Biologists' EDI Committee.

Min Zou Announced as a Fellow in National Academy of Inventors

Zou becomes the fifth member of the U of A faculty to be inducted into the prestigious academy as a fellow.

U of A Students Sweep Awards at International Model UN Conference

The U of A National Model United Nations team recently returned from the Galapagos Islands, where 11 students from both Walton College and Fulbright College received top honors.

Rhetoric and Composition Professors Launch Writing Studies Podcast

The new podcast, Everyone's Writing With AI (Except Me!), is produced by professors Maggie Fernandes and Megan McIntyre, and it questions the embrace of generative AI in writing studies.

Honor Society Leader Recognized Nationally for Outstanding Research Achievement

Alassandra Holsted, a U of A student majoring in communication, sociology and criminology, was recognized as runner-up for the prestigious Stephen A. Smith Award by the National Communication Association.

Submit News