Excel at Math and Science
Posted on Saturday, January 9th, 2010
People used to believe that girls weren’t good at science and math; my high school physics teacher thought it was just luck when I got the high score on our weekly quiz. Until I aced [...]
continue readingTake Charge!
Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The subject of feminism continues to trouble people a lot smarter than me. I did, however, live at a critical time of “Women’s Lib” as my mom called it. She sent me off to a [...]
continue readingSleep Out for Reggie
Posted on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
As the weather gets colder, I feel more and more sympathy for the homeless people I see on the street. A few years ago, a young homeless man named Reggie died in Des Moines, bringing [...]
continue readingEngineer Your World
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
When I was growing up and even up until I went on college visits with my nephew Wil, I had no idea how much engineering is a part of all aspects of life–travel, energy, safe [...]
continue readingShuffle Power
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Sexual harassment has touched many women and men; I have dealt with it personally only a year ago. We can only hope that instances of such insensitive, bullying behavior will decrease as our society evolves [...]
continue readingLearn about Relationships
Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Several years ago we were brainstorming about different approaches to adolescent pregnancy prevention, and came up with the idea of an adventure education program framed around healthy relationships. Part of the rationale is that it [...]
continue readingRun Like a Kenyan
Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
This program caught my ear tonight; how hard would it be to make a living running marathons? Salina Kosgei has done so since she was 16 years old, and won the 2009 Boston Marathon by [...]
continue readingGo Ask Alice
Posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
It’s so important to have reliable information when kids come to us with questions about sex. Or at least we need to be able to FIND that reliable information. This is a great resource for [...]
continue readingThat’s Not Cool
Posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
This is a pretty funny video about what might happen if you talk to your parents, counselor or boyfriend about “textual harassment.” It was developed by Brandon Hardesty and you can also find it on [...]
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