Tag: STEM
The wide computer science divide among races
When it comes to the digital divide, often the focus is on how lack of internet service and basic technology will hurt students’ academic...
STEM-ing the flow: Is R.I.’s Wavemaker program reducing ‘brain drain’?
Architectural designer Kaitlin DeGregorio was weighing a job offer in New York 2½ years ago when she instead made a commitment to a construction...
Making the case for STEAM, not STEM
If you looked up at the sky on Oct. 19, 2019, you might have caught sight of history being made somewhere among the stars....
More than 150 applicants to receive latest Wavemaker Fellowship awards
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced Friday that 153 college graduates who work in STEM – science, technology, engineering...
URI School of Education gets $1.2M for scholarships aimed at STEM...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island's School of Education has been awarded $1.2 million for a National Science Foundation scholarship program aimed...
St. Raphael Academy earns ‘STEAM academy’ distinction
PAWTUCKET – St. Raphael Academy will become the first high school in Rhode Island to be recognized as a "STEAM academy" by Roger Williams...
Infosys looks for more than STEM skills when hiring
Infosys has opened its Providence Design and Innovation Center on Fountain Street, making good on the first 100 of its promised 500 workers to...
UMass Dartmouth approved to offer STEM education Ph.D.
DARTMOUTH - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's catalog has been expanded to include a Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering and math - or STEM -...
Verizon Innovative Learning school tech grant nominations due April 15
PROVIDENCE – Wireless network company Verizon is seeking nominations from Rhode Island and across the nation for its Verizon Innovative Learning grants, which provide...
Study: R.I. ranks No. 23 among most innovative states in U.S.
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island ranked as the No. 23 most innovative state in a report issued by WalletHub Wednesday.
The report, which weighed 22 metrics,...
