Here’s a pitch for girls everywhere: Want to create life-changing tech Set your sights on Abbott (No. 10 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list). It takes commitment at an early age to build successful careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Women make up just 15-25 percent of…
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Archived: General Motors: Building a Future for Girls in STEM
This video features the Mercy Midnight Storm, an all-girls robotics team, founded by an Autonomous Engineer at General Motors (No. 42 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list) in partnership with The Mercy Education Project. General Motors values and supports programs that create future professionals and engineers, especially…
Archived: Abbott's Top Engineer Receives Advocating Women in Engineering Award
Abbott is No. 10 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list (Originally published on Abbott.com) Corlis D. Murray Corlis Murray‘s grandfather farmed cotton in Louisiana for most of his life. Though he had just an eighth-grade education, he was quick as ever with numbers something he passed down to his…
Archived: GM's Muktar Onifade: Engineer by Day, Fashion Designer by Night
When Muktar Onifade starts a new project, he looks at his message board, which reads, “Engineered to perfection, inspired through innovation.” In some manufacturing sectors, you’re either an engineer or a designer very rarely are you both. But Onifade has an aptitude for numbers and fashion. By day, Onifade is…
