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Students

3 Rowan University Diversity Programs Awarded NSF Grants

Three programs at Rowan University with goals to promote diversity and equality for underrepresented races and sexualities on and off campus recently have been awarded grants by the National Science Foundation to aid those efforts.

July 26, 2017

African-American

Experts: Minority Successes Don’t Mean an End to STEM Diversity Issues

Panelists discussed the state of STEM from the diversity viewpoint last week at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., after the screening of Crystal Emery’s “Black Women in Medicine.”

June 25, 2017

STEM

Universities: Trump Climate Decision Creates Uncertainty

BOULDER, Colo. — A consortium of U.S. universities that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research says President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the nation out of an international agreement on climate creates new uncertainties. In a statement Thursday, Antonio Busalacchi, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, stopped short of explicitly criticizing the […]

June 1, 2017

STEM

West Virginia U. Researchers Patent Method to Strengthen Buildings

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University researchers have patented technology for reinforcing the T-shaped joints of concrete beams in buildings to better withstand shocks like earthquakes without breaking. Doctoral engineering student Praveen Majjigapu and his adviser, Professor Hota GangaRao, are co-inventors and share the two patents. At a demonstration Thursday for potential partners in an […]

May 18, 2017

African-American

The Importance of Early, Consistent Exposure to STEM Fields

An increased level of early exposure will help to make the requisite math courses needed for many STEM careers more relevant to students.

May 3, 2017

Students

Integrating STEMployable Skills at HBCUs

STEM career development training must not merely consist of disparate actions on HBCU campuses, rather preparation for a STEM career must be seamlessly integrated into the fabric of the educational curriculum.

April 13, 2017

HBCUs

Expert: Career-based Courses Could Help Diversify STEM Workforce

Career-based courses that function like a virtual apprenticeship could be the answer to cultivating a diverse STEM workforce, an IBM executive said Wednesday.

April 5, 2017

Students

National Science Foundation Awards $2.9 Million to National Diversity-Serving Organizations

The National Science Foundation has awarded to $2.9 million to several national engineering diversity organizations in a collaborative effort to increase the number of underrepresented engineering faculty across all institutional types. The organizations Great Minds in STEM (GMiS), American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), MAES: Latinos in Science and Engineering , National Society of […]

August 17, 2016

STEM

LSAMP’s Progress in Diversifying STEM Workforce not Exact Science

The program has produced 509,954 holders of STEM bachelor’s degrees among underrepresented minority students but the number who have gone on to work in STEM has proven difficult to ascertain.

March 1, 2016

STEM

Howard, Southern University Mentors Receiving Presidential Award

Dr. Lorraine N. Fleming and Dr. Murty S. Kambhampati were among the 15 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematic, and Engineering Mentoring.

March 30, 2015