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From Mechanical Engineer to Project Leader: Lessons from My Journey as a First-Generation Woman in STEM

By |2025-10-01T15:28:00-04:00October 1st, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Mary Seelam shares what she wishes she knew when she started her STEM career, plus what she wants to share with other first-gen women carving out their path in engineering. Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day

By |2025-10-01T13:44:24-04:00October 1st, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was from a supernova, or exploding star, and record the expanding debris cloud as the Veil Nebula, [...]

2025 SWE Recognition Recipients: Celebrating Leaders, Innovators, and Advocates in STEM

By |2025-09-30T12:10:00-04:00September 30th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

See the complete list of the 2025 Society of Women Engineers recognition recipients who are shaping engineering and advocating for women in STEM. Source

Two Camera Comets in One Sky

By |2025-09-29T13:44:24-04:00September 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day It may look like these comets are racing, but they are not. Comets C/2025 K1 ATLAS (left) and C/2025 R2 SWAN (right) appeared near each other by chance last week in the featured image taken from France's Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Fainter Comet ATLAS is approaching our [...]

Safety, Respect, and Inclusion: Our Stance Against Harassment at the WE25 Annual Conference & Career Fair

By |2025-09-29T10:28:00-04:00September 29th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

The SWE Annual Conference & Career Fair is a place where women, nonbinary individuals, and men as allies of all backgrounds can support the overall persistence and success for the engineering and technology profession of those underrepresented in the field. Those who think otherwise should reconsider attending. Source

Engineering a New Equation: How Women Are Shaping the Future of the Chemical World

By |2025-09-29T10:14:00-04:00September 29th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

The chemical industry thrives on innovation, but it won’t reach its full potential until women are equally represented and empowered. Akanksha Prasad discusses the progress made so far and the continued action needed in the chemical field. Source

A Rocket in the Sun

By |2025-09-27T13:44:28-04:00September 27th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day On the morning of September 24 a rocket crosses the bright solar disk in this long range telescopic snapshot captured from Orlando, Florida. That's about 50 miles north of its Kennedy Space Center launch site. This rocket carried three new space weather missions to space. Signals have now been successfully [...]

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