STEMPowerment Blogs

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...

By Rosemary Gong While taking STEM-based classes at school is a crucial step to furthering your path in the field, the intertwinement of grades, quizzes, and exams can pose a serious distraction from realizing the full range of amazing STEM opportunities you can...

By Freeha Anjum Stanford University includes an entire page on their website dedicated to explaining why the humanities remain important. They agree that these studies allow us to “think creatively and critically, to reason, and to ask questions” and that to study...

By Aiman Altaf Reading a research paper is an essential skill in high school and university, as it is required for many classes and independent research. Properly interpreting and deeply understanding a research paper takes a lot of practice, so we have compiled some...

By Freeha Anjum Growing up, many of us are told to “do something worthwhile” by going into STEM. In school, we rarely hear of people who want to pursue English or social studies in university, and we have many opportunities related to STEM that we love to pursue. But...

By Aiman Altaf Looking back at 2020, we realize that much of the science news was saturated with stories about COVID-19. We decided to review some of the biggest scientific achievements, discoveries, and news stories throughout 2020 that don’t have to do with the...

By Freeha Anjum If you’re a student in STEM, you’ve likely read about the best ways to take notes, or maybe you’ve looked into active recall as well - but there are lots of factors that go into studying, and I doubt you’ve ever had them all laid out for you in one...

By Freeha Anjum If you’re a student in STEM, you’ve likely read about the best ways to take notes, or maybe you’ve looked into active recall as well – but there are lots of factors that go into studying, and I doubt you’ve ever had them all laid out for you in one...

By Freeha Anjum Interviews are a very important part of most application processes - a resume can tell you about a person’s background and experiences at a surface level, essays give you more context to how the person thinks and how they learn from their experiences,...