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Bryant University Awarded with $650,000 for STEM Scholars Program Funding

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted $650,000 to Bryant University’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) scholarship Program. The funding is aimed at encouraging women, minorities and low-income students to pursue STEM careers. According to university officials, approximately 75% of the grant allocation will be for scholarships. “In addition, Bryant’s STEM Scholars program will […]

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Tulane University is One of Nine Founding Members of the Diverse Built Environment Scholars Initiative

Tulane University is one of nine founding members of the Deans’ Equity and Inclusion Initiative, a partnership of U.S. schools of architecture, planning, and design fostering a diverse group of scholars focused on socio-ecological and spatial justice, equity and inclusion. Part of the initiative is a cohort-based fellowship program supporting early career faculty seeking to engage […]

Tulane School of Architecture’s fellows joining as new faculty for the 2021-2023 cohort are Omar Ali (left) and Emmanuel Osorno.

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Diné College to Hold Groundbreaking for $7.4 Million Shiprock Math and Science Building at New Mexico Campus

Diné College will hold a groundbreaking for a $7.4 million Shiprock Math and Science Building (MSB) at the Shiprock, New Mexico campus on Monday. Construction for the new building will start July 2021, with an expected completion date of March 2022. Funding for the building comes from a General Obligation Bonds passed by New Mexico […]

Community Colleges

Pasadena City College Wins First Place in NSF Community College Innovation Challenge

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) – partnering with the American Association of Community Colleges – announced the three winners of the Community College Innovation Challenge. Pasadena City College won first place, with a nanoparticle of silver wrapped in gold to treat cancer at lower cost and with fewer side effects than radiation and chemotherapy. […]

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Undergraduate Enrollment is Down, But Trends are Encouraging for Women in STEM

Last week, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released a study of Spring 2021 enrollment, which showed a dramatic decrease in total undergraduate enrollment. And there were significant loses in programs associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Four HBCUs Receive $5 Million, Three-Year Grants from Apple for Tech Education

Apple is giving $5 million, three-year grants to four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), USA Today reported. The four schools are Alabama A&M University, Howard University, Morgan State University, and Prairie View A&M University. The grants – part of Apple’s New Silicon Initiative preparing students for hardware tech and silicon chip design careers – will support […]

Alabama A&M University

Western Michigan University Receives Largest Single Gift to U.S. Public University

Western Michigan University has received $550 million, the largest single gift given to a U.S. public university, Detroit Free Press reported. The money will be divided, with $300 million going to WMU’s Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, $200 million going to need-based financial aid, faculty hiring and other initiatives, and $50 million going to […]

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AAC&U Announces Schools to Participate in Non-Tenure-Track STEM Faculty Institute

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced the ten schools chosen to participate in its 2021 Institute on Reframing Institutional Transformation to Include Non-Tenure-Track STEM Faculty. The schools are California State University, Monterey Bay; Clemson University; North Carolina Central University; Providence College; Syracuse University; University of Minnesota Duluth; University of Puerto Rico […]

Clemson University

Alabama State University Receives $300,000 Grant to Increase Diversity in Cybersecurity

Alabama State University has been awarded a $300,000 cybersecurity grant to increase diversity in the field, the Washington Examiner reported. The “Increasing the Diversity in Cyber Security Through Undergraduate Research Experiences” grant will be used to increase cybersecurity graduates and ensure minority student growth in the cybersecurity sector. “The objectives of this project are to […]

Alabama State University

How Can We Increase Diversity in STEM? Support Students

As college students graduating in a world defined by climate crisis and public health emergencies, we strongly believe that supporting talented young people from underrepresented groups in STEM (like us) is essential for our generation to tackle the challenges ahead.

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Extending Respect and Resources to International Students

The higher education sector in the United States benefited for years from the financial pockets of the international community with minimal accountability and consideration for those students, making terminology such as ‘cash cows’ notoriously synonymous with international student enrollments. Historical demand for a U.S. education rose from ideals of versions of the American dream, decades of soft-diplomacy, and as the current academic and economic hegemony. However, last spring proved that the demand can quickly dissipate.

Community Colleges

National Competition Showcases STEM Capabilities of Community College Students

Community college students will flex their STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills on a national stage with the return of the Community College Innovation Challenge after it was canceled due to COVID-19 last year. Last week, the NSF and AACC named 10 final teams for their proposed solutions to timely issues such as the pandemic, policing behavior and climate change.

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