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Marvel Launches STEM Program for Teen Girls
Ahead of Captain America: Civil War’s May 6 release, Marvel has launched a program to support girls interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The “Girls Reforming the Future...
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Why Teaching Computer Science to Students of Color Is Vital to the Future of...
Generic image ISTOCK President Barack Obama’s recently announced initiative Computer Science for All is a call from the highest office that computer science education is important for the future of the...
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Here We Go: White House Sponsoring Conference on Breaking Down Gender...
Children are learning gender stereotypes early from the toys they play with and the media they consume, according to the White House, which is sponsoring a conference Wednesday on the issue. “There...
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Janelle Monae Says Upcoming Film on Black Women Working at NASA Is Key Part...
In this Friday, July 1, 2016 photo, singer Janelle Monae discusses her role in “Hidden Figures,” during an interview with The Associated Press at the Essence Festival Expo in New Orleans. The film...
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Will Packer Teams Up With Verizon to Provide Summer Tech Classes and...
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 21: Executive producer Will Packer from “Roots” poses at the Tribeca Film Festival Getty Images Studio on April 21, 2016 in New York City. (PHOTO CREDIT: Larry Busacca/Getty Images...
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MIT Grad Obinna Ukwuani Is Building Africa’s First STEM School
Most graduates of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston have their choice of six-figure-salary jobs after graduation. But for one graduate, a different calling has...
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President Obama Outlines Vision For Sending Humans to Mars By 2030
One of my earliest memories is sitting on my grandfather’s shoulders, waving a flag as our astronauts returned to Hawaii. This was years before we’d set foot on the moon. Decades before we’d land a...
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What “Hidden Figures” Reveals About Race, Women, and How Our Sons See Our...
20th Century Fox The rush to sign kids up for summer camps is always intense, but this past summer, few filled up as quickly as the one targeted at girls interested in STEM (science, technology,...
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Trump’s Next Move on Immigration Could Strike Closer to Home for Silicon Valley
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Trump signed an executive...
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‘Hidden Figures’ Is the Permission We Need to Groom More Black and Hispanic...
One afternoon last summer at BEAM 6, an experimental program in downtown Manhattan for youths with a high aptitude for math, a swarm of 11- and 12-year-olds jockeyed for a better view of a poster...
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Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center Opens at UC Berkeley, Minority...
Cal junior A.J. Moultrie, 21, of the UC Berkeley Black Student Union, reads a statement demanding the university fund the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center, which it approved last year. The school...
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Girls Academic Leadership Academy Get Once-In-A-Lifetime Aviation Experience
The Los Angeles Board of Public Works and HNTB Corporation recently completed two sessions of hands-on aviation experience with the Los Angeles Unified School District’s first all-girls middle school...
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Janelle Monáe To Deliver Commencement Address At HBCU Dillard University
Dillard University will hold its 81st Commencement on Saturday, May 13, at 8 a.m., on the historic Avenue of the Oaks. The University will confer more than 160 undergraduate degrees that day. “Janelle...
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New Study Finds Out Why Women, Blacks, and Hispanics Are Saying Goodbye to...
Toxic workplaces — where harassment, stereotyping and bullying occur — are driving away women and people of color, undercutting technology companies’ efforts to increase diversity and costing an...
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Small HBCU Dillard University Outranks Many Other Schools in Graduating Black...
One of the smallest historically black colleges in the U.S. boasts a huge accomplishment: pound for pound, tiny Dillard University in New Orleans graduates more physics majors — and, notably, more...
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Florida First Grade Teacher Publishes STEM Book for Children
Problem-solving is Rafael Robinson’s superpower when teaching first-graders at Douglas Jamerson Elementary. But teaching technology to children can be a daunting task. “How do you talk about...
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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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