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Twitter Showcases Vibrant STEM Conversation

June 29, 2012 RSS Feed Print

The field of STEM has been front and center during the first-ever U.S. News STEM Solutions summit in Dallas. The three-day event brought together some of the most influential minds in the country to discuss STEM problems and solutions in the classroom and in the marketplace.

Conference attendees and STEM professionals joined in on the conversation on Twitter—contributing more than 1,500 tweets around the #STEMSolutions12 hashtag. Here are some of our favorites over the past three days.

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