Celebrating another Role Model in Science & Engineering Achievement! Noted Materials Science Researcher Swati Vilas Pol is creating a new green technology that converts plastic bags and plastic bottles into carbon waste material for a wide range of uses — from water purification to powering electronic devices. Awesome! To read her full biography click here

We are excited to announce that Dr. Mary Cleave will be serving as a Nifty Fifty Speaker for the Festival! Long considered a role model in science and space exploration for her achievements, Mary is the recipient of various honors, including  being the recipient of the American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award (1989); NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal…

Celebrating Role Models in Science & Achievement! Biochemist and molecular biologist Severo Ochoa is best known for sharing the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with American biochemist Arthur Kornberg for discovering a bacterial enzyme that enabled him to synthesize RNA (ribonucleic acid). To read his full biography and other STEM Role Models click…

Celebrating Women’s History Month with another STEM Role Model! Dr. Anita Roberts was one of the most cited scientists in history and she served as an inspiration to many cancer patients when journaled details of her own battle with cancer- a disease she spent 25 years researching. Read the full biography of Dr. Roberts here.

Celebrating Women’s History Month with another STEM Role Model! Read the biography of Nifty Fifty Speaker & NerdGirls Founder Dr. Karen Panetta and how YOUR SCHOOL can host a Nifty Fifty Speaker here 

Celebrating Women’s History Month with another STEM Role Model! To read the fascinating biography of Hedy Lamarr and all of our STEM role models click here

Celebrating Women’s History Month with another STEM Role Model! Dr. Penelope Boston, geologist-microbiologist from the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, loves exploring caves where she finds a “virtual treasure trove of scientific information!” Click here to read Dr. Boston’s full biography and find out how you can host one of our Nifty Fifty Speakers at…

Guest Blog by Festival Nifty Fifty Speaker Joe Schwarcz PhD Unfortunately chemistry is a mystery to many.  And that suits the hucksters just fine.  It sets the stage for cashing in on chemical ignorance by bamboozling people with scientific sounding balderdash.  Ignorance, though, is not total.  There is one molecular formula that people do tend to…

Celebrating Women’s History Month with another Role Model in STEM! Combining her skills in math, science and the arts, Italian Architect Gae Aulenti has become known as a leading figure of contemporary architecture. To read her full biography and all of our STEM profiles click here