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STEM Job Market Much Larger Than Previously Reported
The demand for students trained in science, technology, engineering and math fields may be significantly More »
Microsoft Names Satya Nadella Its New CEO
Microsoft has made official what we all pretty much expected: Its new CEO, replacing Steve Ballmer, is Satya Nadella. Nadella More »
Keen On… Hacking Gender: How Women In Silicon Valley Can Become Jane Bond
Despite incremental improvements, the gender bias issue in Silicon Valley remains an important one. Last month, in More »
NASA’s 2013 Astronaut Candidates Promote STEM Education at Smithsonian Event
NASA Television will provide live coverage at 10 a.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 30 of an educational event at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington featuring the agency’s 2013 astronaut candidate class. Link>>
The 7 Best Tech Companies to Work For
Tech and social media are booming, and it seems every company these days is offering a position for someone to handle its social accounts and applications. Link>>
Walmart Fund to Support U.S. Manufacturing
William S. Simon, chief executive of Walmart for the United States, said on Thursday at the United States Conference of Mayors that the More »
Former NASA Astronaut Urges Educators to Make STEM ‘More Exciting’
Top executives from the pharmaceutical industry gathered in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to prescribe a remedy to “reinvigorate” America’s stagnating science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) sectors. Full Article>>