Tag: STEM
CYBER TRAINING: ‘Hands-on experience [is] invaluable in developing the in-demand skills’
Growing up, Nygel Gomes always felt drawn to the inner workings of technology. In high school, a cyber education program for K-12 students gave...
Turbulent research landscape imperils U.S. brain gain
Despite representing only 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. accounts for over half of science Nobel Prizes awarded since 2000, hosts seven of...
SENEDIA awards five $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing defense careers
MIDDLETOWN – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance has announced the recipients of its 2025 scholarship program, awarding $2,000 each to five students...
Amo highlights R.I.’s blue economy during Subcommittee on Environment hearing
PROVIDENCE – The Subcommittee on Environment on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held its first hearing of the year on March 26,...
U.S. creating crisis in critical research fields
A heated debate has recently erupted between two groups of supporters of President Donald Trump. The dispute concerns the H-1B visa system that allows...
Will expanded Wavemaker keep teachers in R.I.?
When it was first launched in 2016, the Wavemaker Fellowship was designed to be an incentive to persuade new, highly trained college graduates working...
URI receives school-record $65M gift for STEM scholarships
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The estate of a late University of Rhode Island alumna and her late husband, a former General Electric Co. executive, is...
A new economic hub is taking shape
The R.I. Life Science Hub was created by the General Assembly in 2023 as a quasi-public agency funded with an initial investment of $45...
Grad rates for low-income students lag while their debt soars
A recent federal study on graduation rates for American colleges and universities shows that 40% of all students did not earn a degree or...
Wavemaker Fellowship program accepting new round of applications
PROVIDENCE – Applications are now being accepted for the state’s Wavemaker Fellowship program, a student loan reimbursement program for graduates in certain fields that...
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