To honour Dame Miriam, the Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS), of which Dame Miriam was Patron, hopes to bring together all New Zealanders to celebrate New Zealand women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths).
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Whether it's a student winning a national design competition, or memorializing historical figures, the 'Google Doodle' has given multiple shout outs to Connecticut.