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Black Girls Code, a non-profit organization helping girls of color, ages 7 to 14, about computer programmers is holding its second software development workshop from February 18, 2012 - March 24, 2012 in partnership with ThoughtWorks-SF .

“Besides helping students and employers HU is helping to revive downtown Harrisburg, with a new build­ing and dormitory and $30 million in annual economic impact.”

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.

The Future Focus Foundation, the educational non-profit organization of Virginia’s Region 2000 Technology Council, has received an $800 grant from the Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation.

California Alliance of African American Educators (CAAAE) hosts its 10th Annual Dr. Frank S. Greene Scholars Program Science Fair and Gala on January 28 and 29 to showcase the STEM research projects of African American Silicon Valley Youth

Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc (SEM Link) through its Math and Science Career Academy hosts 2nd Annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) Career Fair & Exhibition to expose K-12 students to STEM Careers.

Amy Marshall, Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Webbed Marketing, will lead a workshop “Using Social Media for Research” to help attendees understand how to harness the massive amounts of real-time data are available via social media.

As part of the free 2012 Social Media Summit set for May 23rd, author and criminal investigator Danine Manette will offer a free workshop “Protecting Your Children Online,” which will present methods for tracking children’s online activities.

Atomic Robotics 4-H Club wants to help Philadelphia Home Owners Light up the Night by replacing their burnt our front house lights with our LED light bulbs. Students are selling the LED light bulbs like the girl scouts sell cookies to raise funds.

Manufacturers and educators committed to promote, educate, and train Florida’s high-tech workforce will receive special recognition at the 8th Annual Manufacturers Association of Florida Manufacturers Summit in Orlando, FL.

Southside Solutions, LLC joins the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math initiative with new Chemistry software

SEM Link’s Math and Science Career Academy hosted a field trip to expose Oakland youth to environmental science by engaging them in hands on activities led by University of California at Berkeley Environmental Scientists at a local regional park.

BlackGirlsCode, a non-profit organization helping girls of color, ages 6 to 14, to become successful computer programmers has a mission to inspire a new generation of African American female coders to remold the complexion of the software industry.

The funding allows Harrisburg University to impact higher education at the national level, while also helping to expand, attract and create economic opportunities nationwide.

4 of 6 wins in the year long Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition have been claimed by 3 Girl Scouts and a Boy Scout. Celebrations were at Astronaut Hall of Fame, Kennedy Space Center – Visitor Complex or the October Sky Festival.

Bay Area Manufacturing Association (BAMA) in conjunction with the University of South Florida, FLATE, and the National Science Foundation will host over 100 gifted student educators on Saturday, November 5th at USF's Tampa campus.

SEM Link partners with Youth Speaks Inc and other San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits to host 1st Annual STEMposium as a part of its Life is Living Festival on October 8, 2011 at West Oakland Public Library

SEM Link awarded grant from Mitchell Kapor Foundation College Bound Brotherhood Program establishing a relationship to increase the number of young black men that are prepared for a college education, with an emphasis on STEM careers.

SEM Link Inc and Cool Girls Inc Restablish Partnership to “Unveils Potential Through Exposure” for Cool Girls Club Participants-- Exposing and Encouraging Girls In STEM

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology offers the only four-year degree program in Geospatial Technology in the central pennsylvania region.

Black Girls Code, a non-profit organization helping girls of color, ages 7 to 14, about computer programmers is holding its second software development workshop from February 18, 2012 - March 24, 2012 in partnership with ThoughtWorks-SF .

“Besides helping students and employers HU is helping to revive downtown Harrisburg, with a new build­ing and dormitory and $30 million in annual economic impact.”

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.

The Future Focus Foundation, the educational non-profit organization of Virginia’s Region 2000 Technology Council, has received an $800 grant from the Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation.

Fair Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link’s Experimental Design Program Supports 10th Annual Greene Scholar Science Fair with Founder and Executive Director Ms. Tokiwa T. Smith serving as a judge.

California Alliance of African American Educators (CAAAE) hosts its 10th Annual Dr. Frank S. Greene Scholars Program Science Fair and Gala on January 28 and 29 to showcase the STEM research projects of African American Silicon Valley Youth

Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc (SEM Link) through its Math and Science Career Academy hosts 2nd Annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) Career Fair & Exhibition to expose K-12 students to STEM Careers.

Amy Marshall, Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Webbed Marketing, will lead a workshop “Using Social Media for Research” to help attendees understand how to harness the massive amounts of real-time data are available via social media.

As part of the free 2012 Social Media Summit set for May 23rd, author and criminal investigator Danine Manette will offer a free workshop “Protecting Your Children Online,” which will present methods for tracking children’s online activities.

Local high school robotics club cultivates a future generation of engineers

Local high school students are building an all-star basketball robot for FIRST “Rebound Rumble” competition.

SEM Link's Math and Science Career Academy hosted classroom visits by its advisory board co-chair and NOAA Physical Scientist Dr. LaToya Myles at an Oakland elementary school to talk to students about her career and environmental science.

Dynamic STEM education program provides information, professional development to 1500 educators at Indiana Youth Institute conference

Atomic Robotics 4-H Club wants to help Philadelphia Home Owners Light up the Night by replacing their burnt our front house lights with our LED light bulbs. Students are selling the LED light bulbs like the girl scouts sell cookies to raise funds.

Fischertechnik [GmbH], manufacturer of precision-engineered construction sets for use in teaching STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] concepts has named Studica and the sole distributor for their products in the United Kingdom.

Sustainability Education Concepts and Teaching Methods Online Pilot Gets Rave Reviews

The SME Education Foundation has selected Summit Technology Academy, Kansas City, Mo., as one of six exemplary schools in the nation for community-based manufacturing education.

The SME Education Foundation has named Hawthorne High School of Engineering and Manufacturing (HHSEM), Los Angeles, Calif., an exemplary school for manufacturing education.

Manufacturers and educators committed to promote, educate, and train Florida’s high-tech workforce will receive special recognition at the 8th Annual Manufacturers Association of Florida Manufacturers Summit in Orlando, FL.

Southside Solutions, LLC joins the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math initiative with new Chemistry software

SEM Link’s Math and Science Career Academy hosted a field trip to expose Oakland youth to environmental science by engaging them in hands on activities led by University of California at Berkeley Environmental Scientists at a local regional park.

Fairmont High School, Kettering, Ohio, has been selected an exemplary school by the SME Education Foundation, one of six schools in six states where partnerships are fueling a comprehensive community-based approach to manufacturing education.

Elizabeth Narehood has been named Managing Director of the Future Focus Foundation. The Future Focus Foundation is the educational foundation of the Region 2000 Technology Council, a member of Virginia’s Region 2000 Partnership.

The SME Education Foundation is investing in the future of manufacturing education by addressing the shortage of manufacturing and technical talent in the United States with PRIME: Partnership in Manufacturing Education program.

BlackGirlsCode, a non-profit organization helping girls of color, ages 6 to 14, to become successful computer programmers has a mission to inspire a new generation of African American female coders to remold the complexion of the software industry.

To help students to transcend textbooks and engineer like the professionals, National Instruments has developed comprehensive teaching solutions that deliver engaging real-world learning experiences.

The funding allows Harrisburg University to impact higher education at the national level, while also helping to expand, attract and create economic opportunities nationwide.

4 of 6 wins in the year long Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition have been claimed by 3 Girl Scouts and a Boy Scout. Celebrations were at Astronaut Hall of Fame, Kennedy Space Center – Visitor Complex or the October Sky Festival.

Bay Area Manufacturing Association (BAMA) in conjunction with the University of South Florida, FLATE, and the National Science Foundation will host over 100 gifted student educators on Saturday, November 5th at USF's Tampa campus.

The 2011 Nobel Prize announcements are now complete and the Rosalind Franklin Society is dismayed that all of the awards in science were again given only to men

SEM Link partners with Youth Speaks Inc and other San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits to host 1st Annual STEMposium as a part of its Life is Living Festival on October 8, 2011 at West Oakland Public Library

SEM Link awarded grant from Mitchell Kapor Foundation College Bound Brotherhood Program establishing a relationship to increase the number of young black men that are prepared for a college education, with an emphasis on STEM careers.

Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc's (SEM Link) Founder and Executive Director Ms. Tokiwa T. Smith featured in Scientific American in an article written by Dr. Danielle N. Lee of Urban Science Adventures.

SEM Link Inc and Cool Girls Inc Restablish Partnership to “Unveils Potential Through Exposure” for Cool Girls Club Participants-- Exposing and Encouraging Girls In STEM

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology offers the only four-year degree program in Geospatial Technology in the central pennsylvania region.

North American engineering students, winners of the Fourth Annual Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) awarded by The Italian Trade Commission (Chicago), visited machine tool companies and studied at Politecnico University-Milan, Italy.

A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) found that more than 85 percent of U.S. states have genetics standards that are inadequate for preparing America’s high school students & fail to keep pace with modern genetics knowledge.

Submissions for the third annual Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge (FVWC) are now being accepted.

A technology-enhanced mobile showcase is being developed by the U.S. Army to encourage American students to enter science, technology, engineering and math fields.

The Region 2000 Technology Council’s Future Focus Foundation, received a grant from Verizon to support a variety of their STEM programs for youth, with an emphasis on the Jr. FIRST LEGO and FIRST LEGO Leagues.

Girl Scouts across the U.S. worked to secure another national win in the annual Reach for the Stars ~ Rocket Competition. The Competition promotes STEM education and the memory of life-long Girl Scout and first Teacher-in-Space, Christa McAuliffe.

Local academia, industry and government officials search for ways to enrich STEM education in northeast Maryland.

Aberdeen Proving Ground and Northeastern Maryland Technology Council (NMTC) will host the third STEM Summit meeting at Harford Community College from 12:30-4:40 p.m., July 28.

Pharma IQ brings you an exciting industry first - Regenerative Medicine and Barriers to Commercialisation Online Summit

The SME Education Foundation and the Shop Rat Foundation continue their efforts to change public perception of manufacturing by offering STEM-based programs. The Shop Rat Summer Camp combines technical knowledge with hands-on learning.

Today Girl Scouts of the USA announced that Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts has been selected as a STEM Advocacy Champion. The honor was bestowed upon seventeen councils nationwide by GSUSA’s Public Policy and Advocacy Office.

McGregor Metalworking initiated a developmental program designed to bring interns into the company from the Springfield High School STEM Academy. Exposing students to careers in manufacturing is the main goal of this effort by McGregor Metalworking.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) & Wells Fargo have teamed up to influence the next generation of male educators with an intensive, pre-service HBCU Male Summer Institute. The Institute commences July 17th at Prairie View A&M University.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded Children’s Progress a grant to design an assessment to help early educators identify and build on children's strengths beyond mathematics & literacy.

Science Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc (SEM Link) Participates in National Lab Day Celebration at Clorox’s Technical Center to promote Clorox’s effort to partner with nonprofits through its newly revitalized Science Education Program.