By Nitika Chakraborty, Public Relations Chair 2025-2026 Research shows that nearly 70% of women in STEM fields feel Imposter Syndrome. Interestingly, most of these women characterized themselves as high-achieving, yet still felt out of place compared to others. Formally, Imposter Syndrome is defined as “the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or…

By Nitika Chakraborty, Public Relations Chair 2025-2026 With the popularity of social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, there are more opportunities for students to make content related to their path of study. For example, on Instagram, #womeninSTEM has over 1 million posts [1]. The exposure of women in STEM and their successes, especially…

By Rachel Martinez, Public Relations Chair 2024-2025   Many individuals are familiar with the tale of Frankenstein, but not many have considered the engineering reality behind it! To give a quick synopsis, the story follows a talented scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who manages to create life through one of his experiments. However, this isn’t an immediate…

By Keira Woodhead, Public Relations Chair 2024-2025 In UF SWE, we like to edit words or phrases to have a SWE twist to them. Here are some of our most commonly used ones compiled in a list! SWEetie (noun) A UF SWE member.  SWoffice (noun) The SWE office in Weil.  SWeekly (noun) The weekly SWE…