Four Cornell professors discussed the educational challenges and difficult life decisions they faced as women in the technology field at a panel hosted by Women In Computing at Cornell on Tuesday. Prof. Christina Delimitrou, electrical and computer engineering, discussed her background growing up in Greece and studying math and physics. According to Caitlin Stanton ’20, director of WICC Faculty Relations, less than 20 percent of computer science graduates are female. “We want to make an encouraging environment for underrepresented minorities, primarily women, in the tech sphere,” Stanton said. Stanton added that she chose professors with diverse backgrounds in different areas for the panel to provide attendees with a complete picture of what it means to be a woman in STEM.

Source: Daily Sun May 03, 2017 02:48 UTC