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June 14, 2015 – Pretty Brilliant: A Pretty Brainy Program

May 9, 2014 – How To Get Girls To Like STEM

Dec. 2, 2013 – STEM Students Zoe Cirillo and Kylee Rinker Join Pretty Brainy CEO Heidi Olinger on Colorado’s Best

Nov. 7, 2013 – Girls in STEM Learning & Fashion Design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wobIWOEw6l4

Aug. 4, 2013 – Girls Using Science, Math for Fashion

Apr. 13, 2012 – Clothing as Communication: Colorado Matters Host Ryan Warner Interviews Pretty Brainy Founder Heidi Olinger

http://www.cpr.org/news/story/clothing-communication

Oct. 13, 2009 – Steamboat Today Host Harper Louden Interviews Pretty Brainy CEO Heidi Olinger

Fort Collins, Colorado – (Feb. 19, 2015) — Lighting Design Promotes STEAM Fields, Community Service
The Coloradoan reports on Pretty Brilliant, a service learning project in which engineering majors from Colorado State University are mentoring girls in middle and high school as they design the lighting for a Habitat for Humanity home for a single mother and her children.

Fort Collins, Colorado – (Jan. 16, 2015) — Pretty Brilliant Aims to Inspire Girls to Pursue STEM Studies, Careers
InnovatioNews reports on Pretty Brilliant and how the program is engaging girls in STEAM by combining philanthropy, the science of electricity, and engineering design thinking.

Fort Collins, Colorado – (Oct. 28, 2014) — Artists Team to Help Pretty Brainy, Promote Girls Entering Educational Path for STEAM Careers
InnovatioNews reports on #ChangeThePattern, an initiative launched by eBay Creative Director Kate Lindeen to promote, and urge girls’ engagement in, STEAM. Collaborating with Lindeen is Terri Fry Kasuba, who is donating profits from her art series, Full STEAM Ahead, to Pretty Brainy.

TEDx Boca Raton – (May 9, 2014) — How To Get Girls To Like STEM
In this TED Talk, education expert and Pretty Brainy CEO Heidi Olinger outlines the four things we must do to engage girls in STEM right now in the Digital Age, when neither girls nor the U.S. can afford to be STEM illiterate.

Denver, Colorado – (Dec. 2, 2013) — Girls Can Be Pretty and Brainy
In a Cyber Monday feature, Colorado’s Best invites Pretty Brainy to demonstrate the eco fashion and soil science lessons of its program in the STEM of fashion design. Host Paula Haddock interviews STEM students Zoe Cirillo and Kylee Rinker, with Pretty Brainy CEO Heidi Olinger.

Fort Collins, Colorado – (Nov. 7, 2013) — Girls in STEM Learning & Fashion Design
Ken Campbell, host of KRFC 88.9 FM Community Spotlight, talks with Pretty Brainy CEO Heidi Olinger about how she’s combining art, science, and math to create STEM workshops for girls.

Fort Collins, Colorado – (Aug. 8, 2013) — Fashion Meets Math, Science
Inside a Pretty Brainy STEM-fashion design workshop: photo gallery of girls in STEM learning by Fort Collins Coloradoan chief photographer Richard Haro.

Denver, Colorado – (Aug. 4, 2013) — Girls Using Science, Math for Fashion
KUSA 9News Denver reports on Pretty Brainy’s use of fashion design to expand how girls experience STEM. 9News anchor TaRhonda Thomas interviews STEM student Sadie Buggle and Pretty Brainy CEO Heidi Olinger.

Fort Collins, Colorado – (July 15, 2013) — Pretty Brainy Offers STEAM Workshops for Girls 10-14
InnovatioNews features Pretty Brainy’s upcoming STEAM workshops July 30, Aug. 6, and Aug. 13 at ArtLab in Fort Collins.

Fort Collins, Colorado – (June 21, 2013) — LulzBot-Donated 3D Printers Help Girls Design Jewelry, Learn 3D Tech
InnovatioNews reports on the partnership between Pretty Brainy and Aleph Objects, whose donation of a Lulzbot 3D Printer is making it possible for girls to create technology in a new Pretty Brainy program.

Fort Collins, Colorado — (Jan. 1, 2013) — Brainy Girls Program Advocates for STEM
In this news brief, STEMcareer.com points out that too few girls are interested in science and math, and points to Pretty Brainy as a solution.