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Higher Education
Johns Hopkins laboratory for neurosurgery, biomedical engineering sparks new partnerships (Johns Hopkins)
On the seventh floor of the Johns Hopkins Hospital's Carnegie Building, in what once was a postoperative recovery room, biomedical engineering students are designing biomedical tools, algorithms, and imaging systems that could shape the future of surgery. Not far from their workstations, toolboxes, and robots, a foosball table provides a place for researchers and clinicians to unwind. Nearby, a giant TV screen is on 24/7, linking the Carnegie Center to the BME Design Studio in Clark Hall on Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus.
Austin College receives grant for STEM scholarship program (Herald Democrat)
A new grant at Austin College will allow bright students, who might not be able to afford secondary education, the opportunity to go to college and earn a degree in science. The college announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a series of scholarships for students studying Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The important part of this is that these scholarships are for students who might not be able to go to Austin College otherwise, Stephanie Gould, a chemistry professor at AC, said Wednesday. Students coming in will be supported for their entire time with us.
HHMI Invites 91 Schools to Participate in Next Phase of Inclusive Excellence Initiative (HHMI)
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has invited 91 schools to submit full proposals to apply for grants through HHMIs $60 million Inclusive Excellence initiative that is encouraging colleges and universities to broaden access to science excellence for all students. The proposals will be considered for first-round awards that will begin in September 2017. HHMI plans to award approximately 60 grants in two rounds of open competitions, each of which will follow the same format. In this round of the competition, HHMI will award up to 30 grants to institutions that are committed to inclusive science education and are well positioned to work over the next five years to improve their ability to become more inclusive of all students. 
K-12
Duke Energy STEM Center dedicated at Woodington Middle School (WITN)
A formal dedication of the Duke Energy STEM Center at Woodington Middle School took place Thursday. Since late January, sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Woodington have put the STEM skills to practical use in the center. The 14 work stations allow two-student teams, guided by computer-based learning modules, to gain hands-on knowledge in technical fields as diverse as mechanical engineering, robotics, architectural design, machining and microbiology. A $100,000 grant from Duke Energy made the center possible, the first of its kind in an Lenoir County Public Schools middle school but one of several Duke has financed and the STEM East Alliance has helped site.
Northridge High School gets national recognition for engineering program (Greeley Tribune)
In 2006, Greeley-Evans School District 6 officials began a push for every high school to have a special program to draw students. Central, for example, developed an arts magnet program. West had its International Baccalaureate program. Northridge officials chose math and science. By 2012, that became the Northridge STEM Academy, which uses the National Academy Foundation as a guide. That foundation, made up of industry and education leaders, boasts 716 academies nationwide. Colorado has two, and theyre both at Northridge.
At Hillcrest Elementary School, MakerLab inspires creativity, ingenuity (Baltimore Sun)
When Peggy Koenig learned that a nearby Baltimore County school no longer had room for its MakerLab, she knew she had to take advantage. Koenig, a fifth-grade teacher, approached the school's incoming principal, Doug Elmendorf, last summer to see if he was interested in giving the idea a try. Now, what was once a computer lab at Hillcrest Elementary School is now a hub for imagination without screens. An analog space in a digital time. "We're always told we're behind the other countries in STEM education, and we're always told we need to get our kids thinking more critically and creating and collaborating," he said. "This does all of that in such an engaging way."
Diversity
Karlie Kloss offers new scholarship program for female coders (USA Today)
Wanting to help close the coding gap between men and women, Karlie Kloss, founder of Kode with Klossy and, yes, a fashion model is expanding her initiatives girls-only free summer coding camp (girls 13-18) and now offering young women 18+ the Kode with Klossy Career Scholarship, aimed at young women who want to jump-start their careers in code. Tech touches everything today, Kloss tells USA TODAY College in an email. The Career Scholarship, which will provide women with access to an intensive nine-month program, is about engaging women who are ready to start a promising career in tech, she says. They both address the access to coding pipeline in important and unique ways.
Iowa
Branstad signs technical education bill at Waterloo community college (The Gazette)
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law Thursday legislation aimed at modernizing career technical education throughout the state. Its an honor for me to be able to sign House File 2392, which makes sweeping changes to modernize our career technical education and provide more equitable access across Iowa for students from seventh through 12th, Branstad said during the signing ceremony at Hawkeye Community College. This legislation provides more opportunities for students to explore and prepare for jobs of today and tomorrow.
Sports and STEM
Denver Broncos open up stadium to talk STEM with students (Denver Post)
For Luis Miranda, sipping coffee from his Lego mug in front of his boss two years ago led to a new career. The recently hired Denver Broncos video editor soon taught himself 3-D animation and began creating Lego-like animations of team highlights each week during the season. Miranda was one of several Broncos employees who shared a different side of working for the NFL team the science, technology, engineering and math side with students Thursday at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Pre-engineering students from Montrose High School may not have met any football players, but they left with a better understanding of how to put STEM degrees to work at places such as Sports Authority Field from building and maintaining the turf to working in the ThunderVision Control Room. |
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 In my role as President of Bayer in the U.S., Ive become quite accustomed to public speaking in many settingsit comes with the territory. However, eighteen months ago, I stood on a stage between a popular U.S. Senator and a NASA astronaut attempting to speak to about 50 local New Jersey students on the import role of STEM-education in our schools, jobs and society. I say attempting because it was clear that these 8 tales of space exploration and political theatre from my fellow speakers than they were in hearing from some corporate executive with a funny British accent. Didnt they understand I was explaining how vital STEM-careers will be to their generation? Didnt they understand the importance of corporations like Bayer investing in STEM education nationwide? Didnt they care? In shortnot really.
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