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UTSA’s 50-year success story continues with innovation

POSTED ON Jun 16, 2020

Last June, the University of Texas at San Antonio paid homage to the moment UTSA was created fifty years ago on June 5, 1969. Throughout 2019, the largest university in the San Antonio metro region continued the celebration at its four campuses across the city.

Another Success Story from Cal Poly Pomona

POSTED ON Jun 15, 2020

Although COVID-19 disrupted commencement plans at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, graduation wasn't canceled in May. One of the students who earned a degree from the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering was Kimberly Gottula. Ac

Johns Hopkins is offering a free COVID-19 Contact Tracing course

POSTED ON Jun 13, 2020

The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, courtesy of Bloomberg Philanthropies, has set up a free online course on Coursera offered by Johns Hopkins University. The COVID-19 Contact Tracing course started May 28 and more than 363, 635 people have already

NAU launches new initiatives to recruit and retain more students in STEM

POSTED ON Jun 11, 2020

The College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences at Northern Arizona University has announced a new effort to increase diversity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and ensure that all students become accustomed to workin

Texas Tech University Celebrates Notable Alumni

POSTED ON Jun 10, 2020

Last week, Texas Tech University announced proudly that Ginger Kerrick, the first Hispanic female to be a flight director at NASA, a member of the Board of Regents for the Texas Tech University System, and a Texas Tech University alumna, played a pivotal role i

Texas A&M University-Kingsville remembers alum who died on May 25

POSTED ON Jun 09, 2020

Texas A&M University-Kingsville President Mark A. Hussey posted a message in observance of the memorial service in Houston for George Floyd, who died in a police-involved killing on May 25 in Minneapolis, MN. Earlier in his life, 46-year-old Floyd attended Texa

Hamilton is coming to the small screen for Independence Day 2020

POSTED ON Jun 09, 2020

In March, Craig Labovitz, chief technology officer for Nokia Deepfield, said broadband connections are becoming our lifelines. "We are using them to get news, connect to our work environments, and for entertainment too," he wrote. By 2022, Cisco predicts that 79 

CCG named in Top 20 of Largest Minority-Owned Businesses in Greater Baltimore List

POSTED ON Jun 08, 2020

Career Communications Group, an industry-leading media company that supports organizations in promoting multiculturalism and diversity in STEM, was named in the top 20 of Baltimore Business Journal’s  “Largest Minority-Owned Businesses in Greater Baltimore

The new era of human spaceflight

POSTED ON Jun 05, 2020

For the first time in nine years, NASA astronauts launched from American soil on an American rocket, and for the first time in history, those astronauts flew on a commercially built spacecraft. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnk

Hispanic IT Executive Council announces HITEC 50

POSTED ON Jun 04, 2020

The Hispanic IT Executive Council has released the names of the 2020 HITEC 50 award winners. According to the announcement,  accomplishments in information technology (IT), mentoring, and professional development activities play a great part in the selection.  T

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