A free training program is underway to promote female STEM careers and combat stereotypes, aimed at teachers and students in primary and secondary schools.
The project is a collaboration between Deascuola, the Bracco Foundation , and #100esperte to raise awareness of gender equality and career opportunities for women in scientific subjects.
In each session, some of our #100experts will share their educational journeys, the topics they're working on, their challenges, choices, mistakes, successes, and the beauty of their work. This will provide useful tools and insights to use in the classroom to guide students' choices.
THE CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
S FOR SCIENCE
The first of four webinars for teachers in "The 100 STEM Experts Go to School" will take place on Thursday, January 26th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, just a few days before International Education Day. It will focus on topics more closely related to medical sciences, such as medical statistics and neurolinguistics. Speakers will include Sara Gandini , director of the "Molecular and Pharmaco-Epidemiology" unit in the Department of Experimental Oncology at IEO; Valentina Bambini , full professor of Linguistics at IUSS Pavia; and Luisa Torsi , full professor of Chemistry at the University of Bari and at Albo Academy University in Finland.
T FOR TECHNOLOGY
The second meeting, which will be held on Tuesday , February 7, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, precedes the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11) and will focus on topics such as robotics for neuroscience and international cooperation in aerospace. It will feature Monica Gori , head of a research group at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), and Simonetta Di Pippo , Professor of Space Economics and Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab (SEE Lab) at the School of Management at Bocconi University in Milan.
AND ENGINEERING
The third event, scheduled for Monday, March 13th, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, focuses on the "E" of Engineering, covering topics such as management and aerospace engineering. Participants will include Bianca Maria Colosimo , full professor of Manufacturing Technologies and Systems at the Polytechnic University of Milan, and Elisabetta Lamboglia , Aerospace Engineer at the European Space Agency (ESA).
M FOR MATHEMATICS
In the last meeting for teachers - M for Mathematics - which will take place on Thursday , April 20 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm - Maria Grazia Speranza , full professor of Operations Research at the University of Brescia, will talk with young mathematicians working in different fields, from research to corporate applications.
The first meeting for primary and secondary school students is scheduled for February 28th from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and will focus on science and technology. It will feature Paola Santini , a researcher at the INAF Astronomical Observatory in Rome, and Giulia Grancini , an associate professor of physical chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pavia.
The second appointment will be held on April 28th from 11:00 to 12:00 - Engineering and Mathematics, it will be an opportunity to meet and interact with Lucia Cattani , researcher and professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Pavia, and Isabella Nova , full professor of Industrial Chemistry and Technology at the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Both meetings will be moderated by the physicist and climatologist Serena Giacomin .
