STEMconnector Blog
NYU to Award Scholarships to World’s Best Young Hackers, Protectors, and Information Security Researchers
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]This is a press release from the NYU Center for Cyber Security Announcement Targets Winners of Cyber Security Awareness Week Games at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, NYU Abu Dhabi, and NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 9, 2016 (PRNewswire) | On the eve of the opening of …
STEM Higher Education Summit Pushes Innovation, Scale, Employer Engagement
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] STEMconnector hosts a national summit for Higher Education leaders to promote employer engagement, collaboration, innovation and diversity. The third STEM Higher Education Summit takes place in Washington, DC, and focuses on the critical role that industry-educator collaboration can play in improving STEM education outcomes. …
Georgia Tech, McGraw-Hill Education and edX Take Undergraduate Computer Science Online
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]This is a press release from Georgia Tech and McGraw-Hill Education New MOOC could yield college credit for successful learners ATLANTA and NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2016 (PRNewswire) | Georgia Tech and McGraw-Hill Education are teaming up on an innovative approach to make elite education more broadly accessible. They’re launching an online, undergraduate …
Engineers Without Borders USA Wins Arconic Foundation Inaugural Grant to Train Future Engineers
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] This is a press release from Engineers Without Borders USA Arconic Foundation’s $300,000 grant to EWB-USA will advance engineering education, knowledge sharing and workforce development across the globe Denver, Colo., November 2, 2016 (Business Wire) | Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) is proud to announce a …
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[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] Through the combined efforts of STEMconnector’s initiatives, we are launching a study to better understand current practices among employers and educators in offering experiential learning — work designed to give students the opportunity to learn through hands-on experience while working on real-world problems — opportunities to students. A …