Lake City High School sophomore Alyssa Fenton, right, uses an ear thermometer to measure Kacilynn Uecker’s body temperature Tuesday afternoon at University of Idaho’s 10th annual Women in Math and Science event at North Idaho College. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
October 3, 2018
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October 3, 2018 1 a.m.
STEM fields are for women, too
COEUR d’ALENE — Tiny organisms wiggled in drops of water carefully placed on slides beneath microscope lenses Tuesday morning, giving local high school girls a peek into the weird and wonderful world of microbiology.