Students spark discussion about the “Culture of STEM”
Sruthi Meka, Staff Reporter
November 18, 2016
SPARC [conversations], a student group, held its first-ever scholarship competition on Nov. 12. The event began with a TED Talk-style conference that featured 12 speakers from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, and culminated with SPARC [scholarships], an event which featured six student speakers c...
SPARC [conversations] sparks speeches of minority experience in STEM
Sarah Parr, Social Media Editor
October 28, 2016
SPARC [conversations] will host the first scholarship competition after its second annual TED Talk-style fall conference on Nov. 12. The conference will be from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and the scholarship competition will follow, from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center. A young organization...
Nguyen: On Amy Tan and STEM careers
Phuong Nguyen
October 7, 2016
When I was young, my teachers taught me two rules to survive in school: First, the teachers are always right, and second, if they are wrong, go back to rule one. Teachers are the authority figures that you don’t want to mess with. Growing up with those two rules, I tend to have the habit of agreeing w...
Parr: The perks of being a non-STEM major
Sarah Parr, Columnist
September 16, 2016
“I’m majoring in biomedical engineering.” “I’m biology, possibly pre-med.” “I’m mech-E, pre-law.” If you haven’t heard these phrases at least a few (hundred) times in the last couple of weeks you might wanna book the next flight to Cleveland, because you probably aren’t at Ca...
Jawhari: On rethinking the size of our STEM
Sarah Jawhari, Columnist
September 2, 2016
National academics, for the past decade, have been characterized by a conscious, if not combative, effort to boost the size of the American STEM—that is, our science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula. As an institution for higher learning, Case Western Reserve University is a s...
