Girls Rule at Penn GEMS

At the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, women make up approximately 30 percent of each year’s incoming class, 10 percent higher than the national average. Penn’s Girls in Engineering, Math and Science, or GEMS, program provides girls with a fun introduction to the fields. Part of Penn’s Advancing Women in Engineering program, Penn GEMS teaches the next generation of college students how engineering is a part of everyday life, as well as how it can transform the world. At the GEMS 2010 summer camp for middle-school girls, 40 students participated in hands-on laboratory instruction, robotics training and classes about renewable energy, computer science and biotechnology with enticing titles such as Glow in the Dark Science, It’s a Robot and Nanotech 101. Visit the GEMS website, www.seas.upenn.edu Visit the School of Engineering and Applied Science website, www.seas.upenn.edu