How SWE and Design Squad Latinx Are Empowering Young Innovators and Bridging STEM Gaps
SWE is proud to have served as a national partner and co-developer of Design Squad Latinx, a bilingual engineering education initiative. Source
International Space Station Crosses the Sun
Photo of the Day Typically, the International Space Station is visible only at night. Slowly drifting across the night sky as it orbits the Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) can be seen as a bright spot about once a month from many locations. The ISS is then visible only just after sunset or [...]
How Pamela Cosman Built a Fulfilling Career in Engineering, Academia, and Children’s Books
Distinguished professor Pamela Cosman, Ph.D., proves that engineering can be a path to creativity, confidence, and making a difference — both in the lab and on the page. Source
Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
Photo of the Day This close-up from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera shows weathered craters and windblown deposits in southern Acidalia Planitia. A striking shade of blue in standard HiRISE image colors, to the human eye the area would probably look grey or a little reddish. But human eyes have not gazed across [...]
2025 WE Local Collegiate Competition Results
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 WE Local Collegiate Competition awards! Find their names and research topics in this article. Source
Exploring Gender Bias Across Science Classrooms in India
Asambhava Shubha shares how conducting “draw a scientist” experiments in numerous classrooms inspired a documentary project on girls in STEM. Source
Military and Veterans Affinity Group: Advocacy
As part of the Military and Veterans AG's spotlight month, AG co-lead Helen Mills discusses how to be an ally and advocate for the military and veteran community. Source
NGC 1360: The Robin’s Egg Nebula
Photo of the Day This pretty nebula lies some 1,500 light-years away, its shape and color in this telescopic view reminiscent of a robin's egg. The cosmic cloud spans about 3 light-years, nestled securely within the boundaries of the southern constellation of the Furnace (Fornax). Recognized as a planetary nebula, egg-shaped NGC 1360 doesn't [...]
Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy
Photo of the Day What does our Milky Way Galaxy look like from the top? Because we are on the inside, humanity can’t get an actual picture. Recently, however, just such a map has been made using location data for over a billion stars from ESA’s Gaia mission. The resulting featured illustration shows that [...]
Big Wins and Bigger Heart: Highlights from the PCES Outreach Challenge #1
SWE Global Ambassador Kannagi Kumari shares the results of this exciting outreach challenge, including a Python workshop and a team that generously shared their prize. Source