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Why Your Kids Should Be Involved in STEM
With science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations predicted by the Department of Commerce to grow nearly twice as fast as non-STEM professions between 2008 and 2018, the Obama...
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Taking a Look at Civil Rights in America in 2014
Progress in America has never come easy. Through centuries of struggle and hard-won victories, our country has been shaped by generations of Americans who believed this could be the Nation envisioned...
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National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and...
Photo by Charles ChampagneDr. Isiah Warner joins a panel discussion for “Voices of Educated Black Men” Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 held by the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers...
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If Google Is Serious About Diversity, the Best Thing It Can Do Next Is to Ask...
Outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES Google just did something few tech companies have shown interest in doing: It seriously confronted the issue of...
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Bloomfield College Partners With Nonprofit to Help Minority STEM Students
The computer camp classes will continue this academic school year and efforts to recruit additional students are underway. Howard University alumnus Kyle Rivers has been concerned about the lack of...
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Hot Job Prospects for College Students Are on the Rise
Nearly 600 occupations are expected to see a 5% or more growth in jobs by 2017. Data include jobs of all skill levels in the 125 largest metros. About this report Andre Jones is making more money a...
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Will.i.am’s i.amPULS Takes On Wearable Tech With Smartphone Replacing Watch
Musician turned tech mogul will.i.am and his new i.amPULS wearable tech device. Photographed at his “Future” studio in Hollywood.(Photo: Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY) After three years of research and...
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Million Women Mentors Movement Guiding Females to STEM Careers
When Kate Lindsey took over her late husband’s construction firm, one of the first things she did was ask the firm’s 22 women engineers to identify the biggest determent they faced going into the...
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College Prep Summer Camp for Female Rising Seniors Opens Application Process
Limited spots for two-week residential program to be held at prestigious Bryn Mawr College PHILADELPHIA, PA, (February 24, 2015) – An exclusive residential summer camp program designed to prepare...
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Obama Praises Young Scientists, Pledges $240 Million for STEM Education at...
President Obama hosts the White House Science Fair on March 23, 2015. (PHOTO CREDIT: Jack Gruber, USA TODAY) President Obama praised an array of student science projects Monday, as well as up to $240...
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The Good and Bad Jobs for Grad Students in 2015
It’s that time of year when college graduates ponder their future plans, and those heading for more higher learning put down deposits for grad school tuition. In a knowledge economy, the pay gap is...
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Black Men an Invisible Minority in STEM Education
There has been lots of talk about the lack of diversity in Silicon Valley. But African-American men are often overlooked in this discussion, despite the fact that Black men are one of the only...
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Why It Is Economically Advantageous to Teach Coding to Young People
© The city’s goal is to make computer science In what looks like a small startup office in a New York financial-district building earlier this year, a roomful of teenagers examined lines of code...
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Congressional Black Caucus Launches Initiative to Increase Diversity in the...
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Homeschooled Student with Disability Graduates From Lehigh University with 3...
Matthew Kilgore. (Photo: Christa Neu/Lehigh University) Matthew Kilgore loves to learn. “I’ve always enjoyed problem solving — there’s something incredibly satisfying about getting an answer that is...
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Rapper Nas Wants You to Learn How to Code and He’s Giving Scholarship Money...
It’s quickly becoming the No. 1 choice for 20-something and 30-something career changers who are fed up with their current gigs and want to learn a valuable skill quickly. Coding—also called...
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Robotics Engineer Terrence Southern Wants More Young Black Scientists
Terrence SouthernCOURTESY TERRENCE SOUTHERN What will it take for African Americans to close the achievement gap in science, technology, engineering and math? It’s a complex issue that experts say...
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Nearly $700,000 in Grants Given for ‘Finding Your Roots’ Curriculum; Gates’...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. speaks during the ‘Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’ panel during the PBS portion of the 2012 Winter TCA Tour held at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on...
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STEM Education Is Important for African-American Young People – Here’s Why
I wish that I could say that I was surprised by the racist rhetoric spewed by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in reference to the Black student’s need for a “slower paced university, as they are...
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Rep. Cleaver: African American Inclusion In Tech Is “Common Sense”
Missouri congressman Emanuel Cleaver pens powerful case for diversity and inclusion in tech Representative Emanuel Cleaver, (D-MO 5th District) composed an op-ed for The Hill, urging “common sense”...
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