Students Partner with Professionals to Build New Software Tool
Source Newsroom: Associated Universities, Inc.
March 8, 2017
If intelligent life without sight exists on some distant planet in our galaxy, these lifeforms would still explore the universe; how? This is a guiding question for Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy (IDATA), a new research initiative supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation – STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) Program.
Modern astronomy relies on computers and computational thinking for nearly every aspect of collecting, » Read more
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Articles include:
* Special Interface for Special Students
* Focus on Energy
* Young People Designing Games About Climate Change
* Whats the Weather? eBook
* Zoo Learning Comes to Life
A Pathway Perspective on Expanding the Participation of Women in IT
Saturday, February 18, 2017: 3:00 PM-4:30 PMRoom 203 (Hynes Convention Center)
Speaker:Mia Ong, TERC
Agency of Women of Color in Computing: Strategies for Persistence and SuccessComputing is a discipline in which women, especially women of color, are severely underrepresented. Drawing upon data from over 20 interviews with women of color students and professionals in computing, this talk illuminates how women of color are innovative agents in the strategies they utilize to navigate and persist in their discipline. » Read more
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Program aims to broaden participation in STEM at national scale, with initial awards totaling nearly $14 million
September 13, 2016
Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670
Cambridge, MA —The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued its first-ever awards for the NSF INCLUDES program, a comprehensive initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering by broadening participation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science) aims to improve access to STEM education and career pathways at the national scale, » Read more
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