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PRETTY BRAINY EMPOWERS GIRLS TO GAIN STEAM SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART + DESIGN, AND MATH SO THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO DEVELOP THEIR ABILITIES AND GENIUS TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. THROUGH PRETTY BRAINY, GIRLS ALSO GAIN THE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND SELF-EFFICACY TO HELP SHIFT THE ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS THEY ENTER AND IN WHICH THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BELONG.THAT'S GIRL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH STEAM AND RESILIENCE.

"MISSION INNOVATION: GIRLS INNOVATE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS" DELIVERS SERVICE LEARNING FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN (A) HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING; AND (B) CODE + ENGINEERING DESIGN THINKING. THE RESULT: SENIOR DEVELOPERS, WHOSE AVERAGE AGE WAS 17, ARE BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL, MOBILE APPLICATION TO HELP CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES IN FORT COLLINS, CO, REDUCE THEIR CO2 EMISSIONS. PRETTY BRAINY CREATED MISSION INNOVATION TO SUPPORT THE CITYS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND GOAL OF NET ZERO EMISSIONS. TO CREATE THE TECHNOLOGY, OUR ALL-GIRL TEAM ESTIMATES THAT THEY ORIGINATED ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF CODE. GIRLS GAINED MENTORING FROM STEM PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERIENCE IN TAKING RISKS AND LEARNING THAT MAKING MISTAKES LEADS TO GREATER LEARNING, ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND SUCCESS. OTHER STRONG OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A. GIRLS LEARNED TO REPLACE PERFECTIONISM WITH PROTOTYPING AND EXPERIMENTATION; B. GIRLS DEEPENED THEIR EXPERIENCE IN FORMING CRITICAL QUESTIONS, INCLUDING REALIZING THAT TO EXPERIMENT MEANS SOMETIMES NOT KNOWING WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK; C. GIRLS USED STEAM -- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART + DESIGN, AND MATH -- TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND ENRICH THEIR COMMUNITY.

"SHE HAS THE FLOOR," A WOMEN IN STEM SPEAKER SERIES, IS A COLLABORATION OF PRETTY BRAINY, JILA, AND JILA EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY (JEDI). JILA, FOUNDED IN 1962 AS THE JOINT INSTITUTE FOR LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS, IS ONE OF THE NATIONS LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND IS LOCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER. THE SERIES COMPRISED SIX 20-MINUTE STEM CHATS FOR GIRLS AGES 11 PLUS. DELIVERING THEIR TALKS VIRTUALLY, SCIENTISTS AND LEADERS FROM JILA, JEDI, AND COLDQUANTA DEVISED TALKS AND ACTIVITIES TO INSPIRE GIRLS TO STAY SCIENCE-STRONG AND KNOW THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO CHANGE THE WORLD. FOR THE SERIES, GIRLS JOINED OTHER GIRLS, COLLEGE WOMEN, AND PROFESSIONALS TO HEAR HOW SCIENCE IS ABOUT CURIOSITY, FORMING AND TESTING IDEAS, MAKING SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE UNIVERSE, AND DOING ASTOUNDING WORK WITH LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS, COLD ATOMS, SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS, AND LEADING OTHERS. GIRLS GAINED INSIGHT TO HOW WOMEN ARE CRUSHING SCIENCE AND LEADING LIVES AS SCIENTISTS AND LEADERS. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO WELCOME GIRLS INTO A WORLD IN WHICH WOMEN ARE DRASTICALLY FEW, WITH DOCTORAL DEGREES IN PHYSICS BEING AWARDED TO ROUGHLY 30 TO 50 WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES EACH YEAR. SPEAKERS INCLUDED DRS. JUDITH OLSON AND ANN-MARIE MADIGAN AND BETH KROGER, COO, JILA. "SHE HAS THE FLOOR" WAS THE FIRST OF TWO PROGRAMS PRETTY BRAINY PROVIDED VIRTUALLY, EVER, WORKING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC. SKILLED VOLUNTEERS' TIME AND TALENT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS VALUED AT NEARLY 20,000.

"ADA LOVELACE DAY 2021: GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN BUILDING RESILIENCE" WAS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL GATHERING, PANEL PRESENTATION, AND DISCUSSION THROUGH WHICH WOMEN IN THEIR COLLEGE YEARS AND EARLY, MID- AND LATTER-CAREER STAGES SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCE, INSIGHT AND ADVICE ON THE FOLLOWING. TRAINING IN AND COGNIZANCE OF THESE AREAS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO MORE GIRLS AND WOMEN CHOOSING TO REMAIN IN STEM STUDIES AND CAREERS -- A. THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF FAILING FORWARD IN STEM AND STEAM; B. LEARNING AND REBOUNDING FROM FAILURE; C. HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER SET-BACK; D. CONTINUING TO SUCCESSFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY SHOW UP FOR STEM AND STEAM OPPORTUNITIES IN SCHOOL AND CAREER. PRETTY BRAINYS ADA LOVELACE DAY WAS AN INDEPENDENTLY ORGANIZED EVENT AND COLLABORATION OF PRETTY BRAINY AND HP, INC. GLOBALLY, ADA LOVELACE DAY IS AN INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN IN STEM, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE PROFILE OF WOMEN IN STEM AND CREATING NEW ROLE MODELS FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN. THIS PROGRAM WAS THE SECOND OF TWO PRETTY BRAINY GAVE VIRTUALLY, WORKING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC. SKILLED VOLUNTEERS' TIME AND TALENT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS VALUED AT MORE THAN 19,000.