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The Polytechnic of Cartagena has celebrated the Day of Women and Girls in Science discovering the names of Rita Levi-Montalcini and Ada Lovelace on their façade, chosen by popular vote

The rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Alejando Díaz, has claimed today, Women's and Girls' Day in Science, that "women are not at the same level as men, but that they exceed them" in the disciplines Scientific-technological, revealing that UPCT students have 10% higher academic performance rates than their male peers.

The UPCT has discovered this morning the name of the most voted scientists in the popular consultation that has been held again on the occasion of this international day sponsored by the UN, which have been incorporated into its facade of illustrious in the R + D + i building of his Campus Muralla del Mar. The chosen ones have been the Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini and the English mathematician Ada Lovelace, of which the rector has stressed that “it was the first one that knew how to see that computing served for much more than to handle quantities.

The first steps in Artificial Intelligence, thematic of which our last Doctor Honoris Causa is an expert, she gave them �.

The objective of this UPCT initiative, which in previous years allowed the incorporation to this list of honor of the scientists Hipatia and Rosalind Franklin, is "to break down myths about the presence of women in science," said Alejandro Díaz, pointing out as "an anomaly" that there are only 3% of women working in the computer sector and 8% of engineering technologists.

"We must see why women do not prefer technology to other fields of knowledge and claim the transformative role of technology in society and how it helps improve our lives to improve the social image of women in technology," he added the rector recalling the efforts in this regard of polytechnics.

"We hope to continue advancing in making normal what has not been so far, the presence of women on an equal footing in Science," he concluded.

The event was also attended by the Vice Chancellor for Research, Beatriz Miguel, and the Councilor for Culture, Youth and Equality, David Martínez.

"We appreciate the work towards equality carried out by the UPCT and we trust that the girls of tomorrow fill our University, because they are the best in these careers," he said.

In the popular vote, for which Rosalyn Yalow, Lise Meitner and Carolina Herschel were also candidates, more than half a thousand people participated.

The United Nations chose February 11 as the day to promote women's and girls' access to education, training and research in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Source: UPCT