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Women chemists who are also trying to raise a family can get a lot of heat, even from other women, says Bevin Parks. It helps, she says, to get to ...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 04:12
In the face of harassment, Isabel Escobar learned the hard-earned lesson of standing up for herself. From men assuming she had a temper and could “...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 04:36
When Kathryn Lysko began her undergraduate work, there were 15,000 men and 100 women in her entire college. She talks about the camaraderie that em...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 04:15
A fun video game teaches college-level computer programming skills to 10-year-olds.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 03:00
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 02:35
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Without mentors, says Judith Iriarte-Gross, she would have never become a chemist. She talks about the importance of encouragement, the necessity o...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:57
The obstacles facing women today have not disappeared—they’ve just become more subtle, says Bonnie Charpentier. In this week’s episode, she discuss...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 03:54
Joan Brennecke talks about how spending Saturdays with her dad pulling apart cars and old calculators led to a lifetime of curiosity.
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 04:06
In a small town in South Carolina, chemistry students at a high school were doing accomplished, innovative work—yet no one was paying attention. De...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 02:41
Using frozen DNA, researchers have created early-stage embryos of an extinct frog.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
In her role with the Chemical Security Engagement program of the U.S. Department of State, Nancy Jackson travels throughout Asia and the Middle Eas...
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- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 03:57
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Chemists can be narrowly focused, says Rebecca Guenard. In a field that encourages scientists to follow a pre-defined path, she encourages young wo...
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 04:43
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...
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- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 03:00
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What if everybody ran everywhere, and walking seemed as slow as crawling?
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:30
You hear about it all the time, but how many people truly know what diversity is all about? Can a traffic light teach us?
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:30
In her job as a technical writer Rachael Brady is an artist surrounded by scientists. She talks about the challenges, joys, and importance of using...
- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 04:07
Amanda Field, senior administrative assistant of the Chemical Engineering Program for Texas A&M University at Qatar, believes that careers aren’t s...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 03:44
After being told she wasn’t particularly smart, Mary Shultz, a professor of chemistry at Tufts University, set out to prove otherwise. She talks ab...
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- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 05:09
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Lucy Eubanks, retired professor at Clemson University, discusses the importance of flexibility and recalls how telling men she was a chemist elicit...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 04:06
Linda Wang, senior editor at Chemical and Engineering News, talks about how she incrementally turned a beloved hobby into a vital and exciting part...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 03:04
When Maria K. Burka began looking for jobs in chemistry, she was told not to use her first name on applications because “if the interviewer saw you...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 04:11
Sharon Haynie, principal investigator at DuPont, shares the advice that helped her get savvy and make the most of her experience at MIT.
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- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 04:50
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Ruth Woodall, director of Tennessee Scholars at the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Nashville, Tennessee, talks about the rewards of ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 03:19
Sarah Mullins, a researcher in the chemistry of inorganic materials for 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, talks about her love for science and how...
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 05:03
