Subra Suresh Elected to Battelle Board of Directors
Battelle announced the election of internationally distinguished scientist and researcher, Dr. Subra Suresh, to its Board of Directors. The appointment is effective immediately. Battelle, the world's leading independent research and development organization, serves government and commercial customers in the areas of national security, energy, health and the environment.
Facility Management in Space!
The Mars City Facility Operations (Ops) Challenge-a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program geared toward introducing high school and community college students to building sciences-is getting ready to roll out nationwide in fall 2015 now that a building information model (BIM) of the Mars City facility is complete.
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University of Texas, "Calling all STEM Students"
The University of Texas System Board of Regents today launched the first phase of a monumental initiative that will address the state's critical need for more engineers and computer scientists. The Texas Workforce Commission has projected that Texas will need 88,000 more engineers and computer scientists over the next decade to continue to attract new businesses and new jobs that will keep the state's economy healthy.
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SMART Competition: Building a Sustainable Future
In a world increasingly dependent on energy efficiency, material sustainability and redesign and reuse rather than new design, the SMART Competition invites high school students to become part of the solution. By undertaking the project described in the competition's problem statement, the students will have the opportunity to use professionally available design software while also having access to international experts who will support their efforts as mentors and sponsors.
The University of Cincinnati Publishes Video-Graphic: "The Importance of STEM in K-12"
Computer Science Degree Programs & Majors Online Guide
Computer science is such a diverse field, it can be hard for students to pick a path. The following guide looks at computer science education and dissects degree programs and coursework at all academic levels. It then delves into CS on the cutting edge, with profiles of degree options that tap into new tools, ideas and specializations. Get the inside scoop from experts, and learn what it takes to both enter and thrive in one of today's hottest sectors.
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"Engineering for You" Video Contest
In the last 50 years, engineering achievements include helping to land astronauts on the moon, creating the Internet, and decoding the human genome. What will engineering create in the next 50 years? Rev up your creativity, pull out your camera or phone, and produce a video showing the world how you see engineering enhancing quality of life and serving the needs of society.
Rockzip - Launch Your Own Highballoon to Space!
A highballoon (aka high-altitude balloon) is a big balloon, sometimes MASSIVE BIG, that floats to the edge of Space. We discovered a few years ago that highballoons are the most inexpensive way for humans to get to, and stay at, a near space environment - above 99% of the Earth's atmosphere to be exact. Balloons of all sorts have existed for centuries, and hundreds of latex weather balloons fly every day. Rockzip's new highballoon design pushes humanity toward long duration flight (soon months at float!) and is efficiently manufactured to make it accessible to everyone!
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Guerilla Educators: "Dream. Design. Build. - PBL at 1st Philly High School"
SC Summit on STEM and the Arts in and Out of School
South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics & Science and the South Carolina Afterschool Alliance have joined together again to bring a new opportunity for networking, dialog, and information to thought and action leaders in STEM education.
World Maker Faire
The Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth, is part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new! With something for everyone in the family, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering that celebrates the Maker Movement and the DIY spirit. The fifth annual World Maker Faire will host more than 750 projects and demonstrations as makers gather to share what they are making and how it's shaping the future. From robotics to food making and crafting to 3D printing, and so much more-come to World Maker Faire to share in the excitement of making.
is pleased to announce that ThreatTrack Security Inc., a leading national cyber-security company, has joined the Coalition's Leadership Council. ThreatTrack Security specializes in helping organizations identify and stop Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), targeted attacks and other sophisticated malware designed to evade the traditional cyber-defenses deployed by enterprises and government agencies around the world. 
can now request a delay until the 2015-16 school year in the deadline for using student test results in teacher evaluations, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Thursday. Duncan made his announcement at the Jefferson Academy Middle School in Washington, where he spoke to a group of teachers and principals along with Kaya Henderson, the District of Columbia's schools chancellor.
Next (EdNext) poll on public opinion about education policy has been released today. The 2014 poll surveys nationally representative samples of the U.S. adult population and of public school teachers.
routines. Yet few understand how technology works, even as it becomes ever more intrinsic to how we solve business and community challenges.
professions, four fields that the U.S. Department of Commerce expects to grow at twice the rate of other professions by 2018. 
Amanda Curtis drew up a life plan in college that included studying biology in preparation for "spending time in the lab, working on a cure for cancer." She envisioned that her research would be interrupted by stints in the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, its U.S. counterpart. Idealistic? Sure. But at 18, the Montana native saw that career path as a way to meld her love of science with her desire to improve the world. Then life happened.
engineering, and mathematics are all around us. From science-based internships, to student-run maker-spaces, to after-school activities, STEM is everywhere.
