Women with strong networks and communities are most likely to succeed in the STEM fields. LWA/Dann Tardif via Getty Images As a graduate student in physics, I was often the only woman in the room. As ...

For years, STEM fields have been known to favor a certain type of student, and that student typically isn’t young, working class, or Black. There’s also evidence to suggest it’s not just colleges that ...

New research shows that belonging insecurity in a STEM course, specifically a first-year chemistry course, can affect a student's midterm scores, which can then feed back into the student's belonging ...

Filomena Nunes receives funding from NSF and DOE. As a graduate student in physics, I was often the only woman in the room. As I gained more experience, I learned valuable lessons about the scientific ...