Newark Schools Receive IBM Technology Centers to Improve Children's Math, Science & Language Skills
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At one of its early childhood schools, the City of Newark today showed off two of the 75 Young Explorer™ computer learning centers it is receiving from IBM (NYSE: ...
Google Mind The Gap Program Aims To Get More Women Into Computer Engineering
Google ran a blog post today about how it encourages women to study engineering, highlighting its “Mind the Gap” program. The program aims to tackle the issue of the decline in females studying computer science globally. “Teenage years have been …
Local students take honors at science, engineering event
Mater Dei students took top honors Thursday in the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering regional tournament at Kaskaskia College.
University Students: Do You Have What it Takes to Make it in the NYC Tech Scene?
NYC Turing Fellows Program: The Best Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Students Compete for Summer Fellowships at New York City’s Most Innovative Technology Startups(PRWEB) January 30, 2012 The second annual NYC Turing Fellows Program, which matches outstanding students to paid summer internships with leading technology startups, is now accepting applications from undergraduate and ...
Bye-bye bird house
Gone are the days of making birdhouses, key racks and clocks.
Mercer Island student's video game earns White House visit
13-year-old Jasper Hugunin, of Mercer Island, participated in Tuesday's White House science fair, where he showed off a computer game he had created. It was part of the Obama administration's effort to lift American students' performance in math and science.
The Computer History Museum Announces Its 2012 Fellow Award Honorees
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-- - The Computer History Museum , the world's leading institution exploring the history of computing and its ongoing impact on society, today announced its 2012 Fellow Award honorees: ...
Teens learn robotics as factories lack skilled workers
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - At the Escuela Vieau School in downtown Milwaukee, seventh-grader Camila Garcia was building a model wind turbine in a class intended to spark interest in engineering. "At first, I thought, 'This is for boys, it's not for me. I can't do it,'" the 13-year-old recalled. "Now I see that I can do it and that it's fun." Her nascent interest in both learning math as well as the ...
Carl Sandburg College announces Academic Challenge award winners
Carl Sandburg College has announced its Academic Challenge award winners.
8 schools compete in battle of minds
Richard Brandenburgh was given some tape, mousetraps, some sticks and paper clips and told to design a catapult for disposing of paper cups in a trash can.