Last week in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, network engineers helped 50 student robotics teams compete in Aerial Assist, a game in which students program and operate robots to toss as
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
March 17th, 2014 by Brad Graham
Last April, President Obama assembled some of the nation’s most august scientific dignitaries in the East Room of the White House. Joking that his grades in physics made him a dubious
ASU event prepares high school students for STEM careers
March 12th, 2014 by Brad Graham
STEM Career Accelerator Day is a national effort by STEMconnector and its STEM Innovation Task Force to encourage students to pursue STEM careers through an experiential field trip to a major company or university sites. Link>>
U.S. News Releases 2015 Best Graduate Schools Rankings
March 11th, 2014 by Brad Graham
Find out which schools came out on top for law, business, medicine and more>>
Women of Congress Promote STEM Education, Careers
March 10th, 2014 by Brad Graham
The women of Congress are working to change that dynamic and empower young women to see themselves in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — careers. Article>>
2015 Budget Would Boost Investments in STEM Education
March 5th, 2014 by Brad Graham
President Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget blueprint released Tuesday proposes a number of changes to improving and strengthening the quality and quantity of workers in science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) fields. Article>>
How to Level the Playing Field for Women in Science
March 4th, 2014 by Brad Graham
The good news: Many more women than ever before are completing Ph.D.’s in the sciences. Back in 2000, when I was appointed the first female dean of the graduate division at
U.S. Naval Academy workshops for girls in middle school build interest in math, sciences
March 3rd, 2014 by Brad Graham
Twelve middle-school girls hovering around a lab table at the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday had just begun testing the artificial heart valves they’d built out of rubber tubing and a piece of latex glove when Cmdr. Jill Richards bounded up. Link>>
