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By Ivy Haight

Issue 2.2 – Spring 2021

    Issue 2.1 – Fall 2020

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    • “Building Equity”: A Talk with Prof. Janice Hudgings
      In the early weeks of Fall 2016, Prof. Janice Hudgings of Pomona College tasked the sophomores in her Modern Physics course with identifying the scientists whose work was presented in the course textbook. The results: of the credited scientists, 99% were…
    • Bridging the Gaps of Art and Science: The Expansive Realm Of BioArt
      In 2007, a performance artist named Stelarc permanently integrated a synthetic ear into one of his arms in hopes of “amplifying” his body. As unorthodox and unrealistic as this sounds, it offers an iconic example of BioArt: an art practice where…
    • Planetary cradles: UMass/FCAD colloquium speaker Feng Long presents ALMA view of early solar systems
      Solar systems like ours begin as pancakes of dust and gas left over after a star forms. Over time, the dust within these “circumstellar disks” coagulate into planetesimals that will eventually form planets like the Earth. During this early stage of…
    • The Math and the History Behind the Archimedean Solids
      In his colloquium “Polyhedra: Plato, Archimedes, Euler,” Professor Robert Benedetto explains the mathematical history of the Archimedean solids – which include geometric forms like the truncated icosahedron, very reminiscent of a soccer ball but with flat faces instead of imposed on…

    Issue 1.2 – Summer 2020

    • Issue 1.2 – Summer 2020
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    • Reflection on my SURF experience
      Hi everyone. It has been a while since I posted my last blog. I am editing this blog from my dorm room at Amherst College. I moved in a few days ago and it has been wonderful reconnecting with this lovely…
    • Remote Research with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
      Going into the summer, I hoped that my research would not be entirely remote. I hoped I would be able to go into the lab towards the end of the summer. That I could go on a research cruise. I had…
    • A Summer at Scrub Pocket
      Hello everyone! I’m Julia Zabinska, a rising junior at Amherst majoring in neuroscience and French on a pre-med path. I’ve been writing for the STEM Network since February now, and I am a Summer Reporter for the newsletter. To give you…
    • Creating Videos, Becoming Politically Active and Adapting to Remote Learning
      Hi everyone! It has been more than an entire month since my last/first post and since I started my internship! I cannot believe that July is over and that in less than two weeks, some of us might be back on…

    Issue 1.1 – Spring 2020

    • Issue 1.1 – Spring 2020
      Issue 1.1, Spring 2020 (View on Canva) Specific features to look out for: HSTEM Logo: One group we decided to showcase in this edition is Being Human in STEM, an initiative spearheaded by Professor Sheila Jaswal to create a more inclusive and…