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Latinx

Saint Xavier University Receives First NSF Grant as HSI

Saint Xavier University recently received a $1.46-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), making the award the first NSF grant SXU has received as a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI). The funding is also the largest NSF award in the school’s history. As a participating school in the NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program, […]

August 14, 2018

Students

Federally Funded Programs Are Not Enough to Diversify the STEM Workforce

Despite billions of dollars being invested on hundreds of programs that are created to increase the number of minorities who enter STEM fields, data from Change the Equation, indicates that today’s STEM workforce is no more diverse than it was 15 years ago.

July 24, 2018

Opinion

Getting ‘PhinisheD’ or ‘FinishEdD’: Strategies for Future Doctors

The pursuit of a doctoral degree often is an arduous journey with challenges that may include but are not limited to financial limitations, imposter syndrome, standardized test-taking bias or anxiety, academic hazing and various forms of discrimination. Nevertheless, the tam and tassel are worth the hassle,

July 20, 2018

HBCUs

Claflin Wraps Up HBCU-UP, CECOR Cybersecurity Summer Programs

The importance of early-college summer programs was on display last week when the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Under Graduate Program (HBCU-UP) and the Consortium Enabling Cybersecurity Opportunities & Research (CECOR) program at Claflin University hosted an awards and recognition luncheon for participating high school students planning to enroll at the institution this fall. HBCU-UP […]

July 19, 2018

Students

Study Explores Challenges to Black Graduate Engineering Students

A new study that follows 21 Black men pursuing graduate degrees in engineering explores themes of structural racism, unfair treatment, unwelcoming environments and feelings of isolation.

April 10, 2018

Latinx

Forum Advocates for Enhanced Hispanic Higher Education Legislation

WASHINGTON — The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities convened educators and thought leaders from Hispanic Serving Institutions to advance the organization’s legislative agenda during the 23rd Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education.

April 9, 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

HBCUs’ Relevance in Diversifying the STEM Workforce

Global scientific competitiveness of the United States depends on the nation’s ability to sustain and grow the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. An important approach to this goal is ensuring that groups historically underrepresented (HU) in STEM fields play larger roles.

March 6, 2018

Community Colleges

Report: Stark Gender, Racial Gaps Persist in Engineering, Computer Science

Very few female and minority students pursue engineering and computer science degrees at Texas universities, according to an eye-opening Society of Women Engineers (SWE) report that analyzed the state’s community-college transfer students.

January 17, 2018

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Tech Professor Charged with Fraud in Grant Funding

ROANOKE, Va. — A Virginia Tech professor has been accused of defrauding the university and the federal government in a case that involves more than $1 million in grant funding. An affidavit filed in the U.S. Western District Court of Virginia says Yiheng Percival Zhang was charged last week with wire fraud, making criminal false […]

September 26, 2017

News Roundup

Penn State Professors Get Grant for ‘Fake News’ Detector

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out “fake news.” The university says Dongwon Lee, a professor of information sciences and technology, and S. Shyam Sundar, a communications professor, are working on the project. Lee says, […]

August 31, 2017

STEM

Boeing Helps Diversify STEM Fields

A longstanding partnership between The Boeing Company and Washington University in St. Louis is being hailed as a potential model for how to diversify STEM fields in general and America’s aerospace industry in particular.

August 9, 2017