Stephen Shepherd and his guest, Emily Mahana, a Syracuse University senior majoring in civil engineering and the current Miss Upstate New York, discuss the Miss New York pageant and Emily’s platform of STEM advocacy and women empowerment.

In The D.O.’s biweekly science podcast, Orange STEM, Stephen Shepherd, a Syracuse University graduate student studying chemistry and forensic science, explores science topics with guests relating to science news affecting the university and nearby areas.

Links:

• Emily Mahana crowned Miss Upstate New York
• Miss New York Organization
• Some more awesome women in STEM at SU
• Women in STEM Statistics (2011)
• Women in STEM Statistics (2017 Update)
• More statistics
• Women in STEM across the globe
• Why so few?
• Rochester March for Science
• Albany March for Science