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Tag: STEAM
News Roundup
ESA Foundation Partnership Aims to Increase the Number of Females in the Technology Field
With the goal of diversifying the technology workforce, the ESA Foundation has collaborated with Black Girls Code (BGC) as part of a multi-year investment. BGC, an organization that offers workshops and after-school programs to underrepresented communities, plans to train one million women on coding and other technology skills by 2040, ESA reported. Under the $1 […]
March 11, 2021
HBCUs
New Denver High School Modeled After HBCUs
A new public high school founded upon the principles of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is scheduled to open its doors in Denver in fall 2021.
January 4, 2021
News Roundup
Lilly Endowment Inc. Awards Vincennes University a $2.5 Million Grant
Vincennes University in Indiana was recently awarded a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help fund various programs according to WTWO News/MyWasbashValley.com. Initially, the grant was created via Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities, an initiative to strengthen higher education attainment and resources across the state. The grant will provide opportunities […]
September 29, 2020
STEM
Clemson Wildlife Ecology Professor Giving Credit to Creativity in Science
For wildlife ecology professor Dr. J. Drew Lanham, his relationship with the natural world isn’t just scientific and objective, but deeply personal — it runs “bone marrow deep.”
August 20, 2020
African-American
HBCU Leaders, Industry Partners Meet on Capitol Hill for HBCU STEAM Day of Action
Collective advocacy for greater resources and support for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and their students was the goal of this year’s HBCU STEAM Day of Action on Capitol Hill, a day hosted by the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus that brought together members of Congress, industry leaders and the presidents and administrators of the nation’s HBCUs.
March 7, 2019
Social Justice
International Conference to Examine Urban Education
Teachers, researchers, community members and other educational stakeholders committed to supporting youth in urban environments will gather in Nassau, Bahamas in November for the third biennial International Conference on Urban Education.
July 3, 2018
HBCUs
HBCU Alum Promotes Diversity in Tech
A tech strategist and proud alumnus of Tuskegee University, Arif Gürsel made it his purpose to empower communities of color in metropolitan Seattle through science, technology, entrepreneurship, arts and media.
July 3, 2018
STEM
STEM Conference Tackles Student Readiness for Evolving Workforce
WASHINGTON — The seventh annual U.S. News and World Report STEM Solutions Presents: Workforce of Tomorrow conference brought together leaders in education, business, government and the nonprofit sector to discuss strategies to develop the next generation of students in STEM fields.
April 5, 2018
HBCUs
HBCU, Tech, Political Leaders At ‘Day of Action’
WASHINGTON — The Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics Caucus hosted technology companies and HBCU presidents and leaders on Capitol Hill for the first HBCU STEAM Day of Action.
March 20, 2018
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