This article is part of STEMinism in the Spotlight, a monthly interview series. Zvezdelina Stankova is a teaching professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley and the founder and director of the Berkeley Math Circle, a weekly math circle for elementary, middle and high school students. She found her passion for mathematics as an elementary school
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The Berkeley Science Review (BSR) needs your help to fulfill our two-fold mission of producing engaging, accessible scientific articles for the general public and training early-career scientists as scientific communicators! We are running a crowdfunding campaign during February to raise money to improve our magazine and blog’s outreach by (1) designing and hosting a new
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There is an oppressive sense of isolation that most experimental scientists feel at some point in their careers. Alone, submerged in a vessel beneath the vast sea of knowledge, the scientist struggles with the walls of this cage to explore the unknown depths of the universe. A single question propels the vehicle: what is out
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You may have come across the term “informational interview” at some point during grad school. In fact, you may have already conducted informational interviews without realizing it! Talking to a professor about the academic hiring process or asking a former lab member what their life in industry is like are just a few types of
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“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.” -Edward Abbey. For better or for worse, the last six months in the United States have made us reconsider a lot of things. The past few months have brought a public health
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The Fall 2020 issue of the Berkeley Science Review is available now! Our dedicated team of authors, editors and designers have put together a wonderful issue, including feature articles on new technologies to improve surgery, gene therapy advancements, and Berkeley’s energy emissions. But there’s so much more that reflect our new reality at the BSR
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