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Virginia Tech Professor Charged with Fraud in Grant Funding

ROANOKE, Va. — A Virginia Tech professor has been accused of defrauding the university and the federal government in a case that involves more than $1 million in grant funding. An affidavit filed in the U.S. Western District Court of Virginia says Yiheng Percival Zhang was charged last week with wire fraud, making criminal false […]

Czech Appeals Court Upholds Hijab Ban at Nursing School

PRAGUE — A Czech appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that went against a Somali student who accused a nursing school of discrimination because she wears a hijab. Ayan Jamaal Ahmednuur demanded an apology and 60,000 koruna ($2,750) in compensation but the Prague 10 district court ruled in January there was no evidence […]

West Virginia State Working to Add New Engineering Degrees

West Virginia State University is likely to be one step closer to starting its stand-alone engineering program.

Dr. Kumara Jayasuriya

New Trial Ordered in Suit That Saw $1M Award for Ex-student

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a former nursing student’s lawsuit against Clarkson College in which a jury awarded her $1 million. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the award was issued last year after Kelly Armstrong sued the Omaha college, saying the school wrongly kicked her out of […]

Scholar: Graduate Research Internships a Resource to Fill STEM Workforce Gap

Expanding opportunities for more students to take advantage of graduate research internships might address future workforce needs in the U.S. and alleviate some of the pressure that faculty face to supplement their rigorous research training with the teaching of, and exposure to, technical and professional career skills and opportunities.

Researchers Seek Key to Success of STEM Students at HBCUs

Research being conducted by The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) may show that “leading with soul” is directly connected to the success of STEM students at historically Black colleges and universities.

Faculty Chemistry Pays Off at Georgia Gwinnett College

Can you imagine a new state college having a junior faculty member chairing an open rank chemistry search committee?

Dr. C. Douglas Johnson

Boeing Helps Diversify STEM Fields

A longstanding partnership between The Boeing Company and Washington University in St. Louis is being hailed as a potential model for how to diversify STEM fields in general and America’s aerospace industry in particular.

Eric’el Johnson

University of Memphis Lands its Largest Research Contract

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Memphis has landed the largest research contract in the school’s history. The Commercial Appeal reported that the university won a $13.8 million research contract from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to lead a team of six universities studying wearable sensors. The work began at the end […]

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.

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Indian River State College Breaks Down Math as Barrier to STEM Success

Indian River State College (IRSC), a community college in Florida, created a new approach to help minority and low-income students overcome the math barrier for entry into selective enrollment programs across the country.

Tyrone Joseph practices his skills during his internship with FPL at IRSC’s Brown Center.

Yoga Utilized to Assist Young Girls on Coding Path

HowGirlsCode “Mind, Body, and Coding” summer camp, held on the campus of University of Maryland Baltimore County, is a computer science and coding camp for girls ranging from the 3rd to 9th grades.

Photo courtesy of Marlayna Demond for UMBC

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