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Girls in STEM, featuring young women scientists and engineers who wowed the President and the nation at the White House Science Fair in February, shines a spotlight on these extraordinary young role models and their exciting projects -- ranging from a machine that detects buried landmines, to a prosthetic hand device, to a lunchbox that uses UV light to kill bacteria on food. http://www.whitehouse.gov/stem
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More than half of the employees in STEM professions today are white males. Experts say that will need to change.
Via Anne Jolly
While the consumption of tech is becoming more widespread and even accessible, the creation still remains in the hands of a few. What about teen girls?
Center City chemical company FMC Corporation today announced a $100,000 partnership with the Franklin Institute and the Math + Science Coalition to offer training and resources to local STEM teachers.
Women's STEM Careers A Matter Of Choice, Not Ability By: Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor Published: 03/21/2013 07:35 AM EDT on BusinessNewsDaily Having skills suited for a variety of careers helps explain why few women pursue math and science jobs, new research finds.
Syracuse University's College of Engineering & Computer Science shows off its ...
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photo.JPG Prasanta Ghosh, faculty member at Syracuse University's College of Engineering, shows some of the equipment in the Smart Grid Lab.
Sense about Science ? Equipping people to make sense of science and evidence
Engineers who pioneered many technologies we now take for granted gathered in Washington to collect $1.5 million in awards.
"Host Melissa Harris-Perry was joined by an all-female panel on Saturday to discuss S.T.E.M. (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and its relationship to girls in our country. They addressed how important each of the S.T.E.M. fields are in promoting self-esteem and nourishing potential, as well as in eliminating negative stereotypes for women. First lady Michelle Obama spoke about this topic during a speech in 2011: 'Young people, particularly our girls, need to understand that doctors and scientists are something that anyone can become, no matter how much money your family has, no matter where you come from, or whether you are a man or a woman–and that message is more important than ever in today’s world.' A major deterrent for females is the existing stereotype that girls are not as good at math as boys. Corbett noted a study from Stanford University: 'Among the girls and boys with the same mathematical achievement in test scores and grades, the girls assess themselves lower.'" | via MSNBC
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Some interesting insights for STEM Education. What high school girls are saying...
Next fall, Meridian’s Linder Elementary School will become the Barbara Morgan STEM Academy.
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Calling a typical American engineering school a boys' club would be an understatement - on average, women make up 18.2 percent of engineering undergraduates nationwide.
Five high school teams sponsored by Bechtel are competing in the 2013 FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) World Championship in St. Louis April 25-27. They are among 400 teams from around the world that qualified to compete in the event, considered the preeminent celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
"Knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and math STEM_ canbe a key to a successful future. Here's why a STEM education matters and how you can inspire students to pursue STEM careers. 80 % of the fastest growing occupations in the United States depend on mastery of mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills, but students are not currently equipped to satisfy this growing need."
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Fort Belvoir community members learned about the value of education and the job market for science, technology, engineering and math career fields during the garrison’s Women’s History Month Observance, March 14 at the Fort Belvoir...
Last month, news broke that Etsy increased their female engineer base by nearly 500 percent by changing the way they recruit and develop their female talent.
Bountiful • Only 20 percent of the engineers in the United States are women, but two female engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology visited Davis County to try to change that. Vibhuti Agrawal and ...
Many factors affect how well students do in school, but among them are how the students themselves approach their work and learning. Here are some lessons from a top STEM school.
Ranked as one of the best internship opportunities in the U.S. by the Princeton Review, the WISE program is a paid 10-week summer internship in Washington, D.C. The interns are outstanding third- or fourth-year engineering students selected in a nationwide competition. During the program, interns learn about the public policy process, including how government officials make decisions on complex technological issues and how engineers can contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy decisions.
Four student teachers from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship at Michigan State University are at Jackson High School this year.
A partnership at a Brooklyn high school is preparing students for tech fields that will drive our economy in the 21st century
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Litow: As each month’s unemployment figures show only modest declines, some may mistakenly believe that the United States has a “jobs crisis.” But a closer analysis of the data reveals that our fundamental challenge is a lack of...
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