Astrophysicist Wants To See More Girls Studying STEM

Astrophysicist Wants To See More Girls Studying STEM

By Cody LaGrow
April 2, 2019

April 2, 2019

Michelle Larson, president and CEO of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, teaches girls they already have the tools to be successful in science.

SHOW TRANSCRIPT

Michelle Larson is a boss in a glow-in-the-dark T-shirt at one of the world's top planetariums. She sat down with Newsy's Cody LaGrow to chat about girls studying STEM, the need for more women astronauts and the beauty of science.

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