The U.S. is currently 4th in the world for innovation. However, in order to maintain and increase innovation the country must invest in the younger generation. In a study on innovators, researchers found that students from low income families were less likely to file a patent for an invention than students from high income families. […]
Invest in Youth Innovators Now!
July 19th, 2016 by Ellen Donnelly
Posted in: Diversity, Innovators, research, Students, Technology
Diversity in STEM programs
April 28th, 2015 by Rich Feller
Google’s demographics report shows that diversity in STEM programs is lacking. In an article by Kathy Pierre posted on College.USAToday.com, “according to Google’s blog, 70% of its approximately 50,000 employees worldwide are men. Of its U.S. employees, 61% are white, 30% Asian, 3% Hispanic and 2% black.”
Lesbians Who Tech, From Silicon Valley To The White House
July 29th, 2014 by Brad Graham
As I’m reaching for my morning coffee, I see this email: “You’re invited toLesbians Who Tech, a global community of over 4,000 queer women in and around tech (and the people who love them). Whether
School Profile: Engineering Schools with Women Deans
June 12th, 2014 by Rich Feller
Please check out this informative and well written article that explains why engineers are integral to the American economy and infrastructure, how the job market has
Posted in: Diversity, Engineering, STEM, Women
One Month Under the Sea with a Cousteau
June 11th, 2014 by Brad Graham
Cousteau, grandson of underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, is spending the rest of June in Aquarius, the world’s only underwater marine lab, 63 feet beneath the ocean’s surface near Key Largo, Florida. Link>>
A Graduate Program Works To Diversify The Science World
January 6th, 2014 by Brad Graham
There is a widespread narrative in higher education that goes something like this: Colleges and universities have always accepted the best and brightest students; then, due to pressure from
Minority students are the future of STEM
January 6th, 2014 by Brad Graham
As leaders of Montgomery County life science companies, we have a stake in whether local students like science. If they do, they are more likely to work for companies such as ours. If they don’t, our pipeline of future workers gets slimmer. Article>>
This Is What the Next Generation of Engineers Looks Like
December 9th, 2013 by Brad Graham
In college and during her career, Kimberly Bryant often found herself the only black female scientist in the
Posted in: African-Americans, Diversity, Girls, STEM, Women
