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Registration open for 2020 Pathways Student Research Symposium

POSTED ON May 20, 2020

Texas A&M University-Commerce has announced that registration and abstract submission has begun for the 2020 Pathways Student Research Symposium. This year the event will be held at Texas A&M University in College Station. The Symposium is open to all Te

SDSU to offer fall courses via virtual means

POSTED ON May 19, 2020

In an all-campus message, San Diego State University (SDSU) President Adela de la Torre has announced that the university would offer the majority of Fall 2020 courses via virtual means. According to the SDSU News Team, the notice followed CSU Chancellor Timothy

UTEP joins high-level talks to reopen campuses

POSTED ON May 18, 2020

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has announced that President Heather Wilson was one of 14 university presidents who joined Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Dr. Deborah Birx from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre

Dr. Ellen Ochoa is Chair of the National Science Board

POSTED ON May 16, 2020

On May 7, the National Science Board (NSB) elected Ellen Ochoa, former director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center as Chair. Part of the NSB 2016 cohort, Ochoa has been the vice-chair for the last two years and served on the Executive Committee and the Vision 20

What This Student Gained From Civil Engineering and Studying Abroad

POSTED ON May 16, 2020

Since stay-at-home guidelines were announced, school online has become a fixture across the country.  In March, Andres Restrepo, a Morgan State University civil engineering major, moved back home to a suburb in Washington D.C. Since then, he's taken some pretty to

Watch X-STEM Online: May 13-15 and May 18-19

POSTED ON May 15, 2020

The USA Science & Engineering Festival's X-STEM Symposium has traditionally kicked off the April festival, which was postponed due to COVID-19. This week, it was announced that the popular X-STEM Symposium will provide a series of free daily Livestream events o

Students might be back on campus for the fall, says St. Mary’s

POSTED ON May 14, 2020

St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, has announced plans to resume classes on campus in the fall. The university is also preparing for students to move into the residence halls. According to the university, the timeline for making decisions on how exactly

Shift to virtual learning will run through fall term 2020, CSU Chancellor says

POSTED ON May 13, 2020

On March 17, California State University campuses transitioned in-person operations of the university to a virtual model. Almost two months later, the largest system of four-year higher education in the country has announced that courses will continue to be deliver

Graduations, Commencements, and Research Week activities

POSTED ON May 12, 2020

The May 11 commencement at Arizona State University (ASU) celebrated the university's first virtual ceremony. According to ASU, some 12, 000 of more than 16,000 graduates joined the fight against the coronavirus, whether by volunteering in their home cities, in res

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POSTED ON May 07, 2020

Once news of the public health emergency had sunk in, and the country began to close shop state by state, many employers started revoking job offers. For Ashley Turner, who’s worked as a university and professional relations development manager at Career Communic

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