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Inspired Immigrant Uses Architecture Degree to Build Affordable Housing Back Home
The night is pitch-dark and silent. Five boys fit into two twin-sized beds, hardly able to move, but still a rare luxury in the neighborhood. Crawling over his cousins to get down from bed, a boy tiptoes to his mother’s room and spends the night on a mat, but with more space to himself. Growing… Read More
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Passionate College Student Has Rescued Over 3,000 Desperate Animals
When children are young, they often have a dream. Whether it is to be the next Michael Jordan, a firefighter, or to build the biggest, baddest roller coaster the world has ever seen — many of those dreams dissipate after kids lose their youth-powered hope. Twenty-one-year-old Zabi Khan never let his dream fall by the… Read More
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Harassed, Hurt, But Now Paying Kindness Forward
4 a.m. Campus is dark. Everyone seems to be asleep. Almost everyone. A group of students swiftly moves around different residence halls and commons, leaves hundreds of snack bags at each building, and quickly disappears from the scene. Even Santa Claus can’t seem to match the students’ agility. Next morning, pleasantly surprised with anonymous snack… Read More
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Women Killin’ it in STEM Fields
Though women make up 45.8 percent of the U.S. workforce, there are still significant gender gaps within the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). But that doesn’t mean women aren’t making some of the most incredible scientific discoveries to date. In fact, the number of women entering STEM careers is growing worldwide, and… Read More
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Local Organization Finds Solution to Gun Violence
Gun violence today is, undoubtedly, rampant. Despite the fact that the issue directly surrounds the loss of human life, it, like nearly every subject of conversation, has the U.S. polarized. Some people call for stricter gun laws, while others believe the only solution is to put more guns in the hands of people so they… Read More
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Student Adapts Gaming Technology to Simulate ‘Violent Fluid Flows’
A student at the University of Manchester has used computer gaming technology to develop software capable of generating large-scale engineering simulations. These simulations could help the world meet its growing need for renewable energy. “The original motivations for this project come from the fact that with the renewable energy demands over recent years, a proportion… Read More
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Howard West Expands to Further Advance Tech Diversity
In the summer of 2017 Howard University and Google launched a partnership, dubbed Howard West, to identify, attract, support and immerse African American coders in Silicon Valley. Due to the success of last year’s three-month pilot, the partners have decided to expand the program. Starting in the fall of 2018, Howard and Google will broaden… Read More
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Near-Death Experience Inspires Hybrid Technology for Cheaper, Longer-Lasting Batteries
A pair of researchers at The University of Toledo (UT) have developed an energy storage system that increases the longevity and performance of battery packs in electric vehicles, satellites, planes, grid stations, and more. The research is published in Batteries, an international journal, and was presented at the Advanced Design and Manufacturing Expo at the… Read More
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University of Toledo Hosts Meal Drive for Caribbean Hurricane Relief
The University of Toledo (UT) is hosting its third annual meal drive for hurricane relief in the Caribbean on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26-27. The university expects 800 community volunteers — students, employees and alumni — to help assemble meals in the Health Education Building on Main Campus. After a year jam-packed with hurricanes that… Read More
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UW-Madison Faculty Presses University to Take Climate Action
Faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are joining the fight to tackle climate change. They have adopted a resolution calling for the university to take action and adopt measures that would ensure an environmentally friendly campus. The resolution encourages funding, creation and implementation of a campus-wide climate action plan with specific and measurable targets.… Read More
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NYU’s Efforts to Encourage More American Students to Pursue STEM Degrees
New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering would like to have more American students enrolled in its graduate science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. To accomplish its objective, the school has recently established a bridge program for college students and invested in a K12 STEM Education program, which is designed to bring training programs… Read More
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UMN Football Player Ryan Santoso’s Years of Community Service Leads to Wuerffel Trophy Nomination
Ryan Santoso, a football player at the University of Minnesota (UMN), has been nominated for the 2017 Wuerffel Trophy, an award given annually to the college football player “who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.” This nomination recognizes Santoso for his years of community service as well as his academic and… Read More
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How Students Are Assisting Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts From Their Laptops
The library was abuzz with the sound of students tapping away on their laptops as they edited maps online. Was this a class in cartography that filled the North Reading Room at Stony Brook University’s Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library? No. It was a “Mapathon,” and similar mapathons have been taking place at universities… Read More
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University of Cincinnati’s Novel Program Tackles Lack of Regional IT Talent
The University of Cincinnati has created an Early College Information Technology Program to tackle the lack of talent and widening skills gap in the growing field of information technology (IT). It has partnered with Cincinnati Public Schools to launch the novel program that gives Cincinnati Public Schools students the opportunity to complete their first year… Read More
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Dyson’s Novel Approach to Solve Engineer Shortage
A university degree is expensive. There’s a shortage of engineers in developed nations. And there’s a huge gender gap in the field of engineering. So how do you solve these problems? Well, if you are Sir James Dyson, you start your own school. The name James Dyson has been synonymous with innovative technological advances for… Read More
