{"id":237146,"date":"2026-04-29T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/multiplying-curiosity-technology-and-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:55:09","slug":"multiplying-curiosity-technology-and-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/multiplying-curiosity-technology-and-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiplying Curiosity, Technology, and Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiplying Curiosity, Technology, and Opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/04\/multiplying-curiosity-technology-and-opportunity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-29 14:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: today.uconn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

At the 30th anniversary of the Vergnano Institute for Impact\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Multiply Your Options (MYO) conference, the room buzzes with the energy of 150 middle school girls. With all eyes on the stage, Teresa Boyd Cowles, founder of the MYO conference, takes the stage.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Multiple Your Options conference (Christopher LaRosa\/UConn Photo).<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get loud,\u201d she tells the crowd of young women.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0just a call for volume. It is a call\u00a0to\u00a0redefine what\u00a0leadership in science and technology\u00a0looks like.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That mindset, she explains, has powered generations\u00a0of women in STEM\u2014from the pioneers of Baby\u00a0Boomers and Gen X to today\u2019s purpose-driven Gen Z\u00a0<\/span> and Gen Alpha.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to know how to build it,\u201d she says.\u00a0\u201cYou just have to be ready to learn.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, the conference was held on March 27 and April 10 on the UConn Storrs campus.<\/p>\n

Her keynote address centers a \u201cmultiplier\u201d theme, highlighting just how far technology\u2014and opportunity\u2014has come. She points to trailblazers like\u00a0<\/span>Ann Tsukamoto<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Radia Perlman<\/span>\u00a0as proof that women have long shaped the technological world, even if they\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0always recognized.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A proud graduate of the University of Connecticut, earning a B.A. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Boyd Cowles has built a career at the intersection of education and innovation. Her work spans the k-16 system, serving in roles starting at UConn and branching to public school, the state college system, and the State Department of Education before circling back to UConn again. Her path, as she describes, has always focused on one thing: empowering students.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout her talk, Boyd Cowles challenges students to think not just as learners but also as creators. Her message to the young women is crystal clear. Innovation doesn\u2019t start in a lab. It starts with curiosity. And as technology accelerates, so do the questions surrounding it. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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