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HSIs to benefit from NSF-funded Jetstream for Computing and Data Analysis

POSTED ON Jan 31, 2019

Students at the University of Texas, San Antonio, the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and University of Arizona now have access to a friendly cloud environment created to provide computing and data analysis resources on demand

STEM fields are top for Latino owners of tech companies, says new study

POSTED ON Jan 30, 2019

Engineering, business, biology and life sciences are the top fields of study for Latino owners of scaled businesses. On average, 8 percent of Latino-owned businesses operate in the technology sector. According to the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SL

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s interview with María Celeste Arrarás in Puerto Rico

POSTED ON Jan 30, 2019

Al Rojo Vivo's María Celeste Arrarás interviewed Lin-Manuel Miranda a day after the closing night of “Hamilton” in Puerto Rico. In the transcript shared by Telemundo and Al Rojo Vivo, Miranda talked about the far-reaching impact of Hurricane Maria and how the

CHCI, Carnegie Mellon launch Technology+Policy Scholarship

POSTED ON Jan 25, 2019

The Heinz College, named the #1 program for Analytics Education, will provide emerging Latinx leaders with the financial support they need to pursue masters degrees in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and public policy. Partnering with the Congressiona

Empowering Latinas program awards 40 new educational scholarships

POSTED ON Jan 24, 2019

Students, engineers, accountants, biologists, and homemakers are among the 40 winners of educational and mentorship scholarships via the "Empowering Latinas" program. The scholarship initiative helps enable Latinas to obtain a real estate license, in partnership wi

Washington DC’s Latino Student Fund marks 25th Anniversary

POSTED ON Jan 22, 2019

Since its founding in 1994, the Latino Student Fund (LSF) has supported more than 4,000 children.  According to an LSF statement, 100 percent of their 12th-grade students have graduated from high school, as compared to 85% of Hispanic/Latino students nationally a

Apply for a HITEC Technology Scholarship

POSTED ON Jan 18, 2019

The HITEC Foundation has established a scholarship program to help graduating high school students and college students obtain a college degree in technology. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2019. The award amount is $5,000 per scholarship recipient. Acceptable t

UM, Florida Int’l University, Miami Dade, and Broward colleges will converge at eMerge Americas

POSTED ON Jan 17, 2019

University of Miami, Florida International University, Miami-Dade College and Broward College have partnered on talent development in South Florida and Latin America with eMerge Americas.  The technology event announced the new partnerships with Florida Internati

UTEP Engineering Dean: A role model for Hispanic students in STEM

POSTED ON Jan 16, 2019

Theresa Maldonado, dean of the College of Engineering Dean at the University of Texas-El Paso, serves as a role model for Hispanic students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.  The recent photo shows Maldonado pictured with engineering st

CHCI looks forward to building a pipeline of emerging talent

POSTED ON Jan 16, 2019

Over  500 guests celebrated the largest class of Hispanic members in the most diverse Congress in the history of the United States! The ceremony featured speeches by Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Chair Rep. Joaquin Castro, CHCI Chair Rep. Ruben

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