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Katianne Williams

Engaging Games

December 1, 2020 by Katianne Williams

Illustration of a game controller in a stadium.

Dr. Constance Steinkuehler was working on her master’s of science degree in educational psychology with a focus on cognitive science when the Internet began to take off. With the Internet entering homes and becoming a mainstay, she started looking at how people learn together and solve problems online. These were the days of chat rooms, and she found it hard to build inspiring … [Read more...] about Engaging Games

The Future of Malawi

June 1, 2020 by Katianne Williams

President Joyce Banda has a strong vision of the future In 2009, Joyce Banda was elected Malawi’s first female vice president, but only months later she found her job in jeopardy when she refused to back the nomination of President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s brother Peter as successor of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mutharika fired her as vice president of the DPP … [Read more...] about The Future of Malawi

Pipelining Attractive Programs for Women: Stony Brook’s Women in STEM Leadership Program

June 1, 2020 by Leslie Prives, Katianne Williams

There is a wave of gender-equality initiatives sweeping the United States. Melinda Gates recently pledged US$1 billion toward the advancement of women, and some of the greatest impacts of this increased scrutiny on equality may be felt in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, where the female minority has been an issue, requiring address for decades. … [Read more...] about Pipelining Attractive Programs for Women: Stony Brook’s Women in STEM Leadership Program

WIE From Around the World: Women in Control Luncheon Event

June 1, 2020 by Mike Spector

Last summer, in between sessions ranging from "Aerospace Applications" to "Autonomous Systems" and "Neural Networks" at the European Control Conference in Naples, Italy, a group of women (and men) convened for a luncheon to network, share stories, and provide different perspectives on the current state of women in engineering, science, and industry. Held on the final day of the … [Read more...] about WIE From Around the World: Women in Control Luncheon Event

Women to Watch: A Bold Revolution

June 1, 2020 by Leslie Prives

When Francesca Scire-Scappuzzo was awarded the 2019 IEEE Region 1 Managerial Excellence in an Engineering Organization Award last October "for starting a bold revolution in the defense and aerospace industry," she felt many emotions: gratitude, excitement, and pride, above all. She was grateful to the IEEE for the acknowledgment and to the many people she collaborated with … [Read more...] about Women to Watch: A Bold Revolution

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