News about STEM- India, USA, International
Indian American-founded firm launching innovative STEM education program in India
An Indian American-founded company is introducing a new method of teaching science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to middle and secondary school students in India through experiential learning.
Read moreTrump on USD $200 million STEM funding
President Donald Trump unveiled a new program at the White House on Monday to boost education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), with a particular focus on computer science and coding.
Read moreIvanka Trump spearheads $200M STEM effort
President Donald Trump directed the Education Department to invest a minimum of $200 million in grant funding each year to expand STEM and computer science education in schools, signing a presidential memorandum Monday.
Read moreWorld Bank warns of education crisis in India, raises fear of lower wages
The World Bank has warned of a learning crisis in global education particularly in low and middle-income countries like India, underlining that schooling without learning is not just a wasted development opportunity..
Read moreThe glaring lack of women in STEM fields in India is our own fault
Science, technology, engineering, and medicine – together known as ‘STEM’ fields – suffer from a glaring lack of women, especially in India. This should be eliciting far more worry than it is.
Read moreThe party is over. India’s tech firms must re-invent or perish
There are literally $100bn opportunities elsewhere in the digital space that India has the expertise and capacity to exploit – yet it shows no evidence that it is likely to take them.
Read moreAmandla Stenberg On Science, Activism And Her Idols
The 16-year-old actress said that she's balancing being "the voice of a generation" and applying to college.
Read moreAs STEM Graduate Rates Decline, Funding and Improving STEM Education Is More Crucial Than Ever
With a new school year just around the corner, the future for students considering a career in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is full of bright possibilities. STEM jobs are projected to grow by 17 percent by 2018, and the Commerce Department reports that STEM workers now command 26 percent higher wages than their non-STEM counterparts.
Read moreWhat’s Wrong With This Picture? The Top 100 CEOs In STEM
Yesterday, STEMconnector released a list of the top 100 CEO leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). But something stood out about their photo compilation of these powerful STEM head honchos.
Read moreTrump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach
White House officials including Ivanka Trump have begun an outreach campaign to major technology, business and education leaders including Laurene Powell Jobs and Apple’s Tim Cook for advice on shaping funding approaches to science, technology, engineering and math education in U.S. public schools.
Read moreThis Is the Best Major For Every Wannabe CEO
“I want to be an engineer when I grow up. . .”
Read moreScholars Speak with World Bank Vice President
World Bank Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, has words of advice for MasterCard Foundation Scholars: “Be yourself and follow your own path; go with your strengths and work with people who complement your skills; work hard, and don’t benchmark yourself against your immediate environment, but rather the international standards in your field.”
Read moreWe’re Finally Getting a Nikola Tesla Biopic
Nikola Tesla is one of the most underappreciated brilliant minds that helped shape our modern technology. He was (until recently) left out of almost all school books when praising "that villain" Thomas Alva Edison‘s “contributions” to invention and modernization of electricity.
Read moreYale Indian American Professor Priyamvada Natarajan Named to NASA's LISA Mission
NASA recently announced that Priyamvada Natarajan, an Indian American professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, has been named to its team of U.S. scientists lending expertise on gravitational waves and astrophysics for the upcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission.
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