Tag Archives: STEM

STEM Advantage Holds Annual ‘Workforce of the Future’ Event Dec. 9

STEM Advantage — the nonprofit organization providing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) career opportunities to California State University students — will hold ... More

Akamai Foundation Announces 2020 Global STEM Education Grants

The Akamai Foundation is dedicated to encouraging the next generation of technology innovators by supporting STEM education in underserved communities, with a focus on the pursuit ... More

WiTH Foundation Donations to Benefit STEM Programs

Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) has announced it will use Giving Tuesday on Dec. 1 as a fundraising opportunity around its March 8 of the WiTH Leadership Awards event, in conj... More

How Unstructured Play Can Get More Girls Into STEM (Raconteur)

Messing around with spare parts ignited an early passion for STEM in Selena Deckelmann, who believes that manual play and creating communities could be the secret to diversity in t... More

STEM Passions Must be Cultivated Early in Girls (Raconteur)

Rachel Higham’s childhood was full of the joys of science and tech, so she knows how important it is to get kids excited about STEM. Internalised misconceptions, however, are sto... More

This AI Expert From Senegal is Helping Showcase Africans in STEM (Forbes)

Adji Bousso Dieng will be Princeton's School of Engineering's first Black female faculty. Not only has Adji Bousso Dieng, an AI researcher from Senegal, contributed to the field of... More

Getting Women Into STEM Careers (TechNative)

Studies show that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are industries which are primarily dominated by men. Statistics from 2017 found that only 23 per cent of t... More

Women in STEM: Giving Back to the Community (Gigabit)

We’ve come a long way in diversifying STEM, but we still have a way to go before the tech industry will have a truly diverse workforce. Businesses have an opportunity and an obli... More

Alibaba Cloud: Women Should be Given the Right Tools to Create a Gender-Equal World (ET)

One area which lacks female representation is STEM. The world needs to change its mindset and believe that tech is a viable career path for women. In recent years, many organizatio... More

Women in STEM: Giving Back to the Community (Gigabit)

Inspiring the next generation of women in technology and science fields must focus on education in software programming, especially in areas where learning is limited. In developin... More

iD Tech, Adobe Team Up to Provide STEM Experiences for More Than 150 Underserved Bay Area Students (MESA)

This summer, 161 underserved students in the San Francisco Bay Area learned video production, digital photography, YouTube channel creation, game design and more, thanks to a partn... More

Study: Seattle, Boston Top U.S. Metro Areas for STEM Professionals

With growing demand nationwide for professionals with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education (the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts 9% growth in ... More

Latin America is the New Hub for Female STEM Entrepreneurs (Story Exchange)

Latin America has seen a rise in female STEM entrepreneurs, thanks to an influx of accelerators and mentoring initiatives to get more women involved in science, tech, engineering a... More

Amazon Donates $2M to Seattle-Based Nonprofits to Expand Access to STEM, Computer Science Education (HITS)

Amazon announced a $2 million total donation to two Washington nonprofit organizations working to make STEM and computer science education more accessible, equitable, and meaningfu... More

Hackathon Seeks to Highlight STEM to Girls, Young Women (DXC Technology Blog)

For years, women have been under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses and occupations. Although more women are starting to work in STEM fields, t... More

How the STEM Crisis Threatens the Future of Work (Visual Capitalist)

If the U.S. is to become a global leader in STEM literacy, innovation, and employment, the Department of Education suggests that a STEM reform is needed, with the increase of diver... More

Trends for STEM Careers in 2020: Space and Life Sciences (Forbes)

As with all new beginning, this a time of hope and anticipation for what the future may bring, as well as reflection. Looking back on the past decade, we see how advances in STEM h... More

6 Things That Can Help Propel Girls in STEM (IEEE Spectrum)

Women have made some of the world’s most remarkable scientific breakthroughs. Their stories aren’t celebrated nearly enough, but it takes only a little research to find women w... More

Why We Need More Women in STEM and How AI Could Help Us Get There (Entrepreneur)

Though specialized STEM programs for girls are a step in the right direction, we need to make a leap. Here are four actionable ideas.... More

Expanding Female Engagement in STEM Can Prepare Industries for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Forbes)

Companies across a spectrum of industries, from healthcare to retail to banking, face a common issue: building a skilled workforce ready to handle the Fourth Industrial Revolution.... More