STEMPowerment Blogs

By Angela Zhu Many high school students struggle with learning Math, especially Calculus. But when they get to know the “story behind the scenes”, calculus can no longer be a monster. In this article, we will explore the story of the famous Calculus Controversy and...

By Edris F. Stress, anxiety, anger, failure, exhaustion, and despondence. These are some of the many feelings we as students have experienced at some points in our lives. Sometimes, our emotions can consume the little that is left of our fuel and leave us in an abyss...

By Rosemary Gong   It’s no shocker that the global population has dramatically increased over the past few centuries. With industrialization came better technology, healthcare and overall living conditions, and as a result, people lived longer, had more children,...

By Freeha Anjum We’ve all been there: constantly worrying about what the future holds for us, feeling like there’s no escape from our anxiety. No matter the reason, everyone can feel trapped by stress.  You’ve probably heard that stress can be good for you, but a lot...

By Ashmi Shah Day by day, we’re all getting one step closer to meeting our end goals. Throughout your academic career, you will encounter students who have specific career end-goals in mind, and others from whom these endpoints are less defined, unclear of where their...

By Freeha Anjum Talking about the essentialness of the humanities in a STEM world is important, but it’s even more crucial to actively integrate these skills into your life. This doesn’t necessarily mean you need to do a degree in the humanities, but doing some...

By: Rosemary Gong Welcome to the second part of our mini-series on getting involved in medicine and healthcare as a high school student! Our last article worked as a list of several ideas and resources to get involved in the field, and as planned, this article...

By Freeha Anjum People say you can’t do much with a liberal arts degree, and Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos are constantly praised for bringing new ideas and technology to our day-to-day lives. In school, we sometimes learn about influential thinkers like...