In a Town Hall style format on Thursday, December 4th, 2014 from 2:00-3:00pm EST the Million Women Mentors, (MWM) team brings to you an esteemed panel of speakers. You will hear from state leaders and representatives from Tennessee, Iowa, Texas, and Massachusetts along with MWM nonprofit partners American Association of University Women (AAUW), and National […]
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Coding Academy Helps Close Tech Skills Gap
Willie Pritchett is a Purdue man. He graduated in 2000 with an undergraduate degree in organizational leadership and minors in communications and computer science. He has an MBA from Indiana Institute of Technology. And if he had it to do again — he would not. Pritchett, an entrepreneur and software developer, is convinced that the […]
More “lady brains”: Barbie is a lousy engineer
Let’s be honest — Barbie has never been a shining beacon of progressive thought. Her figure looks more like Jessica Rabbit than Jane Doe, and her physics-defying measurements would kill an ordinary girl. That said, her latest fictional adventure, Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer, hits a new low. Back in 2010, Mattel released Computer […]
Obama Plugs STEM Education at Ceremony
President Barack Obama said Thursday that 19 scientists, researchers, and innovators who received the country’s highest honor for their life-changing work embody the spirit of the nation and its “sense that we push against limits and that we’re not afraid to ask questions.” “When that spirit, that sense of possibility, is truly unleashed, then you […]
Grade Schools Use the Arts to Improve Science Education
Through an innovative new program developed at UC Irvine, the arts and the sciences – which often occupy opposite ends of the grammar school curriculum – are being integrated to help young students better grasp the basics of Earth, life and physical sciences. With $6.4 million in National Science Foundation funding, UCI has established the […]
One Mom’s Mission to Encourage Girls in STEM
Kelly Mathews is on a mission — to get more girls interested in STEM. That’s science, technology, engineering, and math. And for Mathews, it’s a mission that begins at home with her 9-month old daughter, Marilyn. “I want her to look at things and wonder how they tick,” Mathews says, “and know that if she […]
KEMET CEO Per-Olof Loof to Join Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
KEMET CEO Per-Olof Loof has been elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Founded in 1919, it is the world’s oldest such academy and promotes the exchange of knowledge throughout science and business in Sweden and internationally. As a graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics, Mr Loof has built an international […]
How Do You Do Math Like a Girl?
On Sept. 27, a warm Saturday afternoon, 270 students, their families, and volunteers gathered in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium to hear the results of the Math Prize for Girls competition, the world’s largest math prize for female students in grades 7 through 12. Earlier that morning, the students spent more than two hours working through 20 […]
IMTS and GIE Media donated $20,000 to Chicago-area school focused on STEM education
McLean, Va. – A check for $20,000 was presented to Austin Polytechnical Academy (APA) by IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show and GIE Media on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, to help advance the school’s mission of preparing students for manufacturing and engineering careers. The money was raised by the Miles for Manufacturing 5K Run/Walk, […]
Facebook CEO Wants More Students to Explore Tech
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn more American high school students into well-paid techies — and even hire some of them to work at his social-media company. Zuckerberg told students Thursday at Redwood City’s Sequoia High School that understanding technology and computers “is going to be really critical to having a lot of options […]