Cleveland Student David Boone Worked Hard To Go From Homeless To Harvard
David Boone used to sleep on this bench in Artha Woods Park when he had nowhere else to go. Next fall, the senior at Cleveland’s MC2STEM High School is headed to Harvard. CLEVELAND, Ohio — David Boone...
View ArticleWill.i.am Developing TV Talent Show For Geniuses (“An American Idol For Young...
Questioning whether the reality TV singing contests have run their course, rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur, actor, DJ and producer Will.i.am is reportedly working on a new...
View ArticleAviation Pioneer J. Herman Banning Makes Historic Cross-Country Flight On...
The story of J. Herman Banning, an aviator who made a series of historic firsts, is an inspiring tale worthy of being retold for generations on end. Born James Herman Banning in Oklahoma in 1899, he...
View ArticleHarvard Professor Karine Gibbs Wins $875,000 Packard Fellowship
In 1988 the Packard Foundation established the Fellowships for Science and Engineering. The goal was to allow some of the nation’s most promising young scientists to pursue their work without the worry...
View ArticleDIVAS Bring STEM Program, Social Justice To Brooklyn
Professor Andrea Taylor with members of the robotics group. According to the National Center for Women & Information Technology, only 25 percent of professional computing occupations in the US...
View ArticleMeet the Youngest African-American Engineer in America
Brittney Exline is special, very special. She’s the Michael Jordan of intellectuals, and getting the attention that she deserves. Brittney has been named, according to Ebony.com and other sources, to...
View ArticleGirl Scouts and Sigma Gamma Rho Help Girls Imagine Engineering Careers
Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has joined forces with Sigma Gamma Rho, one of the nation’s largest African American sororities, to help build awareness of career possibilities in science, technology,...
View ArticleBlack Scholar Babatunde A. Ogunnaike Is New Dean of Engineering at the...
Babatunde A. Ogunnaike is the new dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware. The college has 130 faculty members in six academic departments and enrolls more than 3,000...
View ArticleGirls From Displaced Families Get Introduction to College and Engineering at...
Courtney Shumate, 10, of Compton, is spending a week living at Cal State Long Beach, learning about college life and engineering. Twenty-nine girls participated in the program August 8, 2013, in Long...
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