The University of Central Florida, recently designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic Serving Institution, was among the top three winners at the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The event, which was held in an entirely virtual sett
Xerox’s Julie Perez has a very interesting Hispanic Engineer magazine story to tell. "My father was on the cover in spring 1987,” she said proudly. Steve Perez was the highest-ranking Hispanic at Xerox/Rochester when he was featured in Hispanic Engineer's T
The president of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) has issued a statement in celebration of Dr. Mary Jo Ondrechen’s National Science Foundation grant to study coronavirus. Dr. Ondrechen’s research will fo
Earlier this month, on Armed Forces Day, America honored those serving in the military. On Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, the United States honors and mourns the military personnel who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Memorial Day
Juan Sánchez Muñoz, a first-generation college graduate of the University of California (UC), will assume his role as Chancellor of UC Merced in early July. No stranger to leading in challenging times, Dr. Muñoz led the recovery efforts at the University of
As colleges look to both phased and partial reopenings for summer, some classes appear to have settled into virtual spaces because technology use has become more familiar. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), making the shift to
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
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
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
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
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