👩‍🔬 It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science! To celebrate, take a look at some of the many scientists and programs at Columbia that have inspired the next generation of #WomenInSTEM. 🔹 The Columbia Lioness Quantitative Club (Columbia.CLQ) at ColumbiaEngineering is building a community and industry pipeline for women breaking into quantitative finance 🔹 Each summer, stem cell researchers at ColumbiaMed open their labs for middle and high school girls to explore, hoping to spark curiosity for scientific research 🔹 Led by Professor Jasmine McDonald, the YES in THE HEIGHTS Program at ColumbiaCancerHICCC has developed a pipeline for high school and undergraduate students to enter STEM fields through summer courses and hands-on experience 🔹 Mentors at every stage of her education gave ZuckermanBrain researcher Anastasia Zavitsanou confidence to pursue a career in oncology, and then again to take a leap of faith and switch to studying the brain 🔹 ColumbiaLamontEarth v...