At Madhu Lal-Nag’s high school in India, students were required by the 10th grade to declare whether they would major in science and math or in the humanities. After choosing the former, “there was no turning back,” says Lal-Nag. “The wheels were set in motion.”   She was largely inspired by her parents, both of […]

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Susan Fitzpatrick, president of the Association for Women in Science and vice president of the James S. McDonnell Foundation, has observed that in the earliest stages of a woman’s STEM career, situations tend to be highly individual. “As long as you get into a good lab and they give you two feet of bench space,” […]

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