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New High-Tech Sunday Podcast Episode with Warn Wilson Jr., engineer, author & artist

POSTED ON Apr 16, 2021

Growing up as a "super curious kid" in Jackson, Mississippi, Warn Wilson Jr's sense of discovery won him a place in a place in an art school. Wilson Jr. went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University, and a researc

SDSU marks major milestones as it looks to reopen this fall

POSTED ON Apr 16, 2021

San Diego State University (SDSU)has announced plans to expand access to return the majority of faculty and staff to campus this fall along with students. Specific guidance and other details will be shared at a later time, the university said. “These are major m

FIU engineering seniors present projects to family, friends, mentors and industry professionals

POSTED ON Apr 15, 2021

Recently, Florida International University's College of Engineering & Computing hosted its Senior Design Showcase. According to FIU, the event is pivotal for graduating engineering and computing students. It's the place to showcase designs, inventions, and solu

UTEP students and alum selected to join NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowships Program

POSTED ON Apr 14, 2021

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students and graduates of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have been accepted into the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowships Program. According to the NSF, the program welcomes applica

Twenty Years and One Million Images later ASU Themis goes from Good to Great

POSTED ON Apr 13, 2021

A NASA spacecraft celebrated a special birthday recently. The Mars Odyssey orbiter launched with the Arizona State University (ASU)-led Thermal Emission Imaging System on board in April of 2001. According to Karin Valentine at ASU's School of Earth and Space Explor

An Infectious Disease Epidemiologist You Should Know

POSTED ON Apr 12, 2021

Jessica Malaty Rivera is passionate about diversity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Currently, she is the science communications lead at The COVID Tracking Project. The volunteer-run effort tracks the COVID-19 pandemic in the Uni

The HACU Scholarship Program is now open

POSTED ON Apr 12, 2021

This week, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) will hold its Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education online. 2021 marks the twenty-sixth year of this event. According to HACU, meetings with congressional offices allow leaders in the Hisp

Special rerun of High-Tech Sunday podcast with STEM Diversity Advocate Krystal A. Porter

POSTED ON Apr 09, 2021

Krystal A. Porter is a passionate advocate for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Outside of her corporate role, she works tirelessly to ensure that others can excel as she could from enlisted soldier to officer and, after retiring

Addressing the widening cybersecurity workforce gap

POSTED ON Apr 09, 2021

Recently, TechLatino, the Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association, held a discussion on cyber skills and how a skills gap threatens national security. According to experts, there are estimates of a 2 million person skills gap for cyber profession

Latinos in Science and Engineering announce new scholarship recipients

POSTED ON Apr 08, 2021

Latinos in Science and Engineering (formerly known as MAES) have announced the recipients of its 2020-2021 scholarships. The winners are student members of the organization, and they are all majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field

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