Thursday, July 9, 2009

Program Aims to Keep Girls Interested in Science

A few years ago, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University helped close a gender gap in the Department of Computer Science. But several studies have suggested girls began to lose interest in the sciences earlier, around middle school. A program called TechGYRLS is trying to change that. DUQ's Katherine Fink visited a local TechGYRLS program at the YWCA in Homewood-Brushton.

Listen to the story here.

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