Tagged - stem
Mental Health
Senior Spotlight: An Evening with Epiphany Adams
Her favorite teacher, taken from her best subject, told her words that would redirect her studies from psychology, to sciences, then back to psychology. Read More
ableism
Why you shouldn’t roast STEM majors (although you know you want to)
I was raised around ableist jokes. I went to high school with them (I bet you did, too). But mediocre jokes point to ignorance, and often, complicity. Read More
Humanities
STEM vs. humanities: The ongoing, counterproductive debate
Maybe we’ve all been wasting our time debating the relative worth of the two fields, and instead accidentally devaluing both by overlooking their individual and combined merits. Read More
stem
The Future of STEM isn’t in the S,T,E, or the M
It's actually not fair to put down people who don’t trust science; they have a good reason to not trust STEM — scientists are bad at communicating and haven’t always wanted to communicate with the people the science affects. Read More
Diversity
Students talk racism in STEM
“This is exactly why we’re here,” Colberg said, later adding, “Hajim definitely could have had a spot in the Scholar Strike [...] It’s kind of disappointing that not one professor took the time to center [a] lecture around that." Read More
Science Competition
Award-winning STEM program aims to shape Rochester’s youth
“Book learning is great, [but] having the experience of feeling and touching the world gives real meaning to what you learn in the book.” Read More
economics
Economics is in STEM, where it belongs
Recently, UR moved Economics from a social science to a STEM major. At first glance, I can see how economics could be classified as a social science — economics is the study of human behavioral responses to incentives. But if we take a closer look into economics, we can see that it’s actually much more […]
Alumni
Economics now a STEM major thanks to two alumni
Is Economics a STEM major? It is now, according to UR — which might make all the difference for international students looking to work in the U.S. And for alumni Alhassan Omar ‘18 and Vitraag Mehta ‘17, two international students who majored in economics, that might become their unexpected legacy. Foreign students on F-1 visas […]
stem
STEM needs to branch out
While I understand that the University is a private research institution, our research could be doing so much more if it was brought into the Rochester community, which is in great need. Read More
Education
Don’t put STEM on a pedestal
We do not have the right to compare these majors to one another as they demand different knowledge and skills from the student. While topics such as coding might seem difficult to STEM students, non-STEM students have to face similar problems in learning material such as the International Phonetics Alphabet. Read More
