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California Students Get Engineering Experience at Energy Giant
Tweet Share on Facebook October 13, 2011 Comment (1)David Alvarez isn't sure where he wants to go to college—but when he decides, he'll already have one thing going for him: a summer internship at one of America's five largest corporations.
Last summer, the Richmond, Calif., senior worked at Chevron, measuring densities and viscosities of crude oils at the company's refinery in the city. A few years earlier, he couldn't tell the difference between different types of engineering.
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Lenovo, YouTube Launch Teen Space Experiment Contest
Tweet Share on Facebook October 12, 2011 CommentThink your classroom or garage experiment has what it takes to make it in space? YouTube and computer manufacturer Lenovo are challenging students ages 14-18 to prove it with the launch of the YouTube Space Lab contest.
A panel of scientists, including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, and top NASA officials will select two of the best-designed experiments to be conducted in space aboard the International Space Station.
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Davidson Institute Awards 18 STEM College Scholarships
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 CommentThe Davidson Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing talent in America's strongest students, honored 18 high school students last night in Washington, D.C.
The institute awards college scholarships worth between $10,000 and $50,000 to students who complete high-level projects in science, math, technology, music, literature, philosophy, and an "out of the box" category. This year, Simone Porter won the $50,000 scholarship for her violin performances.
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Zuckerman: U.S. Heading Toward 'Worst Time' Without STEM Ed
Tweet Share on Facebook October 5, 2011 Comment (14)U.S. News & World Report editor in chief Mortimer Zuckerman told Yahoo's Daily Ticker that the United States may be "heading for the worst time in our lifetimes" if the nation does not begin graduating more students who are competent in STEM subjects.
He said that much of the job crisis in the United States can be attributed to the lack of skilled workers. Many corporations are shipping jobs overseas because they cannot fill them with U.S. citizens.
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College Board Explores New AP Exams in STEM Subjects
Tweet Share on Facebook October 5, 2011 Comment (1)The College Board is exploring the possibility of offering new advanced placement (AP) courses in STEM-related subjects, according to the nonprofit's president, former West Virginia Gov. Gaston Caperton.
At U.S. News's Making Science Cool event last Tuesday, he said the organization was "exploring the potential of more AP courses in engineering, energy, environment, and anatomy." Don't look for the new subjects anytime soon. Development of a new AP course can take up to six years as teachers and professors develop class curricula and the AP exam before smaller groups pilot the new course, according to Trevor Packer, senior vice president of AP and college readiness for the College Board.
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University of Maryland Wins Solar House Competition
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2011 CommentNineteen university teams from around the world turned West Potomac Park on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., into a futuristic neighborhood last week at the U.S. Department of Energy's fifth biennial Solar Decathlon competition.
The only guidelines? Design, raise money for, build, and live in a self-sufficient house that runs on solar energy. Houses were judged on 10 criteria, including affordability, market appeal, comfort level, architecture, and, of course, energy efficiency. The wide-open guidelines led to a wide variety of houses. Students from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and the California Institute of Technology built something they call CHIP—a hyper-insulated, roomless structure that looks more like a tennis bubble than a house.
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D.C., Maryland and Washington State Hold Highest Concentration of STEM Jobs
Tweet Share on Facebook September 30, 2011 CommentSTEM-related job growth is booming in Washington, D.C., Washington, Virginia and Maryland, according to a new analysis by EMSI, an employment data company.
Those places have the highest concentration of STEM-related workers per capita. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of jobs in STEM-related fields in Washington, D.C. grew 13,758, an 11 percent increase. The firm estimates that there are more than 8 million STEM-related jobs in the U.S.,, 3.7 percent more than in 2001.
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House Bill Could Cut Federal STEM Spending
Tweet Share on Facebook September 30, 2011 CommentA budget bill introduced today by the House Appropriations Committee would cut $175 million in federal math and science spending.
The $153.4 billion Labor, Health and Human Services Funding Bill would cut overall spending in those areas by $4 billion.
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Early STEM Program Still Going Strong
Tweet Share on Facebook September 28, 2011 Comment (3)With the onset of the great recession and a skyrocketing unemployment rate, improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) achievement has everyone's attention. But it's not a new problem, according to Reagan Flowers, the founder of one of the country's first STEM programs.
For nearly 10 years, her organization, C-STEM (the C stands for communication) has been helping engage at-risk students in math, science, and English—long before many corporations began donating money to organizations like hers.
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Watch: U.S. News's Making Science Cool
Tweet Share on Facebook September 28, 2011 Comment (1)Yesterday, business leaders, educators, and decision makers met at the National Press Club to discuss the national science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education crisis in America. Here's full footage of the event. Also read a recap of the event, catch up on live tweets from the event, and check out out U.S. News's inaugural rankings of the Best High Schools for Math and Science.
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U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame
Richard B. Alley
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences Penn State
Mary L. Good
Special Adviser to the Chancellor for Economic Development University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
President University of Maryland--Baltimore County
Tom Luce
Chairman National Math + Science Initiative
Ray Mellado
Chairman & CEO Great Minds in STEM
