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About 60 girls from Los Angeles middle schools visited UCLA Tuesday to learn about different fields in the sciences. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)

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EmpowHer event encourages women to pursue science careers

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Children passed around a preserved brain in a ziplocked bag after a lesson on the organ&#039;s functional geography Tuesday during &quot;EmpowHer STEM Day,&quot; an educational event aimed at teaching girls about careers in science and math. &quot;I&#039;ve been waiting my whole life for this!&quot; said Grecia, a thirteen year old, as she held the brain, garnering laughs from her peers and adults. She said seeing the brain helped her understand how its functions are generally divided by area, and touching it kept her attention.

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EmpowHer event encourages women to pursue science careers

By Alex Torpey

May 28, 2014 12:25 a.m.