{"id":27984,"date":"2018-03-08T16:36:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&p=27984"},"modified":"2018-03-09T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:53:55","slug":"beyond-curie-exhibition-opens-at-n-c-museum-of-natural-sciences-march-24","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/beyond-curie-exhibition-opens-at-n-c-museum-of-natural-sciences-march-24\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBeyond Curie\u201d exhibition opens at N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, March 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

(RALEIGH, N.C.) \u2014 We all know Marie Curie. Born Maria Sklodowska, she was a Polish\/French scientist who did pioneering research on radioactivity. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person ever to win it twice, and the only person to win it in two different sciences. She was a legend, and one of the greatest scientists to have ever lived. And yet, too often, Marie Curie is where the conversation begins and ends when it comes to women in science. The truth is, there are numerous women scientists, mathematicians and engineers who have made incredible advances in their fields, and never earned the recognition they deserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond Curie: A Celebration of Women in Science\u201d \u2014 a new, free exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences opening March 24 \u2014 is a celebration of 40 of these women, including all 16 female winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine\/Physiology.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite all the progress that has been made, science, math and engineering are still too often biased against women,\u201d says artist\/designer and neuroscientist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya. \u201cEach one of the women featured in \u2018Beyond Curie\u2019 has surmounted incredible odds and faced down countless challenges for decades in the pursuit of knowledge, understanding and impact. Their stories will take your breath away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phingbodhipakkiya designed vibrant full-color illustrations that feature the female scientists\u2019 portraits as well as images and design elements connected to their groundbreaking work. \u201cIncluding the women\u2019s faces was important to me,\u201d she adds. \u201cI wanted to show the human side of science.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more to this exhibition than what\u2019s on the walls. The Museum\u2019s Exhibitions and Digital Media team, collaborating with Phingbodhipakkiya and N.C. State University College of Sciences, enriched the exhibition by adding content about female scientists who work at the Museum, as well as an interactive iPad display, a 3D model, and a cutting-edge augmented reality app. By using this app, visitors will see beautiful 3D animations hidden inside some of the portraits.<\/p>\n

Phingbodhipakkiya will be on hand to discuss her work on Saturday, March 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Museum\u2019s SECU Daily Planet Theater. Phingbodhipakkiya is an award-winning neuroscientist-turned-designer, TED mainstage speaker, professor and STEM advocate. Before becoming a multidisciplinary designer, she studied Alzheimer’s disease at Columbia Medical Center. Her work brings science and society closer together and has been recognized by Fast Company, Forbes and The New York Times. She won a 2016 TED Residency and this past year, her work garnered a WeWork Creator’s Award, and she was named one of NBC\u2019s 26 Emerging Asian American Voices. Through writing, speaking and design, she is trying to help the world better appreciate the importance and wonder of science.<\/p>\n

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