Tag: women of color

  • Nation & World

    Making a place for herself

    Harvard College 2020 graduate Mahlet Shiferaw talks about briefly feeling lost and then regaining her confidence as a woman of color studying astrophysics.

    5 minutes
    Mahlet Shiferaw.
  • Nation & World

    Unhidden figures

    LaNell Williams wants to encourage more women of color to pursue doctorate degrees in fields such as physics. To help make that happen, she founded the Women+ of Color Project, which last week hosted a three-day workshop that invited 20 African American, Latinx, and Native American women interested in pursuing a career in a STEM…

    7 minutes
    Vinothan Manoharan and Lanell Williams