The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has announced that a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, supplemented with $300,000 in UTA matching funds, will help increase the number of doctoral students. Women and minorities are particularly enc
Gabriela A. González is a leading member of the Intel Latino Network and Women at Intel. She is also a member of the nation's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Panel, and serves as chair of the inaugural STEM Education Adv
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has announced a collaboration with Drexel University to increase the numbers of Hispanics in the STEM workforce, especially engineers, and enhance Hispanic student experiences in STEM-based academia. The effort is being
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) has announced that it will be hosting two R2L NextGen classes for high school students who want to learn about how government works. The programs will take place June 23-28, and July 14-19, 2019. Deadline for al
Hispanic IT Executive Council has announced its HITEC 100 list for 2019, featuring technology leaders who will be recognized at the HITEC 100 & Corporate Awards Gala on November 8, 2018. According to the HITEC statement, 40 percent of the awardees work in Fo
The University of New Mexico has announced its participation in a $20 million National Science Foundation (NSF) research program that aims to modernize the electrical grid. The five-year NSF grant seeks to transform existing electricity distribution feeders into
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has announced a new National Science Foundation award for a project in its College of Sciences. UTRGV was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first public university of the 21st century in Texas. The UTRGV p
Four science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) centers at Tribal Colleges and Universities will improve research and outreach in their communities with a $14 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCU
When launched in 2019, the Frontera supercomputer is expected to help scholars improve their ability to generate simulation models, such as this one of Earth’s mantle created by a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. (Courtesy of the University o
Wolfgang Bangerth, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Colorado State University, and collaborator Timo Heister of the University of Utah have received $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue development of their open-s
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