STEM

A five-day mentoring program organized by a partnership between Purdue Polytechnic and the Sistas of Royalty offers classes and workshops for girls, this year focusing on food supply chain management.

Given the state's digital literacy and computer science standards from 2018 and grant funding from Amazon, Decatur City Schools have been training teachers to incorporate robots, coding and other technology into lessons.

Initially just focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, the Brooks Crossing Innovation Lab in Newport News, Va., challenges students to entertain solutions to real-world problems.

The University of California system could potentially add 20,000 seats and new programming for incoming students by 2030. The changes come amid surging enrollment demand as schools slowly return to business as usual.

The Cobb Board of Education approved this week a conversion of Wheeler High School's original theater to a robotics lab. That theater became obsolete after a new one was built several years ago.

The University of Idaho's Women in Engineering Day last week is meant to introduce high school-aged girls to science, technology, engineering and math careers. The event also gives them a glimpse of on-campus life.

The STEMAZing Project looks to integrate robotics, computer programming and engineering across subject areas. The program includes more than 500 Edison robots, books and supporting supplies.

The $2 million donation to the university's Center for National Security Initiatives will go toward funding its aerospace and national defense research. The money was donated by The Anschutz Foundation.

The computer company and South Carolina district are working with a community nonprofit on the Dell Student TechCrew, a program to give high schoolers technical skills and industry certifications.

The National Science Foundation awarded Navajo Technical University with grants to promote STEM education in Native American communities and to examine problems with communication networks in remote areas.

The digital consulting firm Perficient will accept up to 25 students this fall for its 16-week training bootcamp, the Bright Paths Program, which can lead graduates to jobs in software engineering and development.

Carlsbad Municipal Schools in New Mexico bought 3D printers and 2,400 Chromebooks with funds from the Education Technology Equipment Act and a private donation from Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.

The STEM-certified Maple Crest Middle School in Kokomo, Ind. is converting a cafeteria into a maker space and robotics lab with 3D printers, vinyl cutters and computer numerical control machines.

Fulton County School System has opened two new STEM-focused high schools, Global Impact Academy and Innovation Academy, to train students in fields such as medicine, engineering, media and education technology.

As part of a STEM program at Enid High School in Oklahoma, a fabrication lab is expanding students' conception of technology careers with design software, 3D printing, esports, cybersecurity and other disciplines.

A four-week summer program at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, Conn. is hosting professionals in engineering, cybersecurity and other fields to talk to high school-age girls about STEM careers.

Bolstered by emergency federal funding, Chicago Public Schools is set to adopt an annual budget that would upgrade mechanical systems to improve air quality, start new STEM curriculums and pay down the district's debt.

A city community center worked with engineers from Sandia National Laboratories, a research facility, to introduce elementary and middle school-age kids to scientific concepts via toys and crafts projects.