“The purpose of this conference was to reiterate to these students that they have a right to science, they have a right to the joy of physics, and of discovering science,” said Shannon Swilley Greco, the senior science education program leader at PPPL who organized the conference. “I’m hopeful the conference gave them the language to confront systemic discrimination and the tools to identify it, to survive and to dismantle it.” ‘’
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Read MorePPPL oversees programs for middle and high school, college, and graduate students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Perry (left) talks with Shannon Greco (center), program leader in science education, and Deedee Ortiz (right), program manager in science education, while PPPL and University administrators and summer interns listen to the conversation.
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Read MoreShannon Greco, a science education program leader at PPPL, has been named one of the YWCA Princeton’s “women of excellence” for her work in “empowering women and eliminating racism,” including her help in starting two all-girls robotics teams for the YWCA Princeton.
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