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Hispanic Heritage Month features in Hispanic Engineer Magazine

POSTED ON Aug 31, 2020

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month, and Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine launches its month-long celebration with the cover story of Ray Mellado, chair emeritus and founder, Great Minds in STEM, and Carmel

How a Tech Company Built on 70 years of Coding Achievement

POSTED ON Aug 28, 2020

The first-ever virtual Navajo Code Talker Day celebration was held August 14, 2020, honoring more than 400 men who served as Navajo Code talkers during World War II. “Arizona is proud to honor the more than 400 Navajo Code Talkers and their historic contribution

Space-related, materials science researchers get a boost at UNM

POSTED ON Aug 27, 2020

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering has several research centers, including a space-related laboratory that spent months making COVID-19 masks, and the Center for High Technology Materials. Shortly after COSMIAC, the aerospace innovation center,

UTSA marks Big Milestones and Recognition in an Unusual Year

POSTED ON Aug 26, 2020

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) celebrated the opening last week of its new Science and Engineering Building (SEB). According to UTSA Today, the $95 million building had been in the making since 2007 and is 'a fitting venue for STEM education and rese

Scholarship Program aims to help First-Generation Students Succeed

POSTED ON Aug 25, 2020

Two years ago, California State University at Stanislaus President Ellen Jun announced a fundraiser for a new success program. The initiative was set up to create scholarships for students who do not have a family history of higher education. Since then, the Fir

California State College at San Bernardino welcomes the new year online

POSTED ON Aug 24, 2020

Hundreds of colleges have held virtual graduation ceremonies since the out-break of COVID-19. On August 20, California State University, San Bernardino held its virtual Convocation to celebrate the new academic year. According to Cal State Bernardino, President

Upcoming STEM Conferences in the Digital Space

POSTED ON Aug 21, 2020

Since 1995, Women of Color magazine's science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) conference has been the forum of choice for women in STEM. This year's event will be held online October 8-10. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with Fortune 50

SDSU buoyed by record-breaking grant funding as it reopens this fall

POSTED ON Aug 20, 2020

San Diego State University (SDSU) announced recently that in line with the SDSU Flex plan, the university will offer 200+ in-person courses while all other courses will be offered virtually. The majority of research that may be conducted virtually will continue onl

Latino ERG Digital Summit holds second event after successful start

POSTED ON Aug 19, 2020

The second Latino ERG Digital Summit was held on August 13, almost three months after Hispanic Executive and the Consortium of Latino Employee Organizations (CLEO) presented the first-ever Latino ERG Digital Summit on May 21. “This summit continues the long stan

What’s in a name? 2020 Hispanic Trends report takes a new look

POSTED ON Aug 18, 2020

A new report on the emergence of Hispanic and Latino says that in more than 15 years of polling by the Pew Research Center, when one term is chosen over another, the term Hispanic has been preferred to Latino. More recently, a new, gender-neutral, pan-ethnic lab

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