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March 1, 2021 The University of Wyoming Construction Management Program is now offering its first two scholarships. The first is the Joseph and Patricia Grabowski Scholarship in Construction Management, established by Joe, a 1982 UW alumnus, and Patty Grabowski. The second, the Marcy Civil and Architectural Engineering Excellence Fund, was established by Dewey Marcy, a friend of UW and the personal representative for the Samuel J. Marcy Estate.  “These are the first two program scholarships ...

February 23, 2021 The founding dean of Campbell’s School of Engineering will be the next leader of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Jenna Carpenter was elected ASEE president-elect, the national organization announced in February. Carpenter will serve a one-year term as president-elect beginning in June, followed by a full year as ASEE president. ASEE is a global society of individual, institutional and corporate members whose vision is “excellent and broadly accessible e...

By Web Desk Feb 24, 2021 4:23 PM TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) -- Members of Indiana State Universitys College of Technology on Wednesday assembled STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) kits for 3rd through 5th graders at Ouabache and Ben Franklin Elementary Schools at the North American Lighting Student Success Center on campus. They were joined on the project by the Dean’s Student Advisory Council, and the ISU Center for Community Engagement. Kits contain the mat...

AEF Board member Alec Baghdasaryan looks on as the cooperation agreement is being signed The Armenian Educational Foundation in cooperation with Gyumri Information Technologies Center (GITC), is launching the “Deep High School Transformation through Engineering” free educational program in the High School of NPUA Gyumri Branch. This program, combining theoretical teaching with practical implementation in specially equipped classrooms and computer laboratories, will provide high school stude...

ANGOLA — The Trine University Board of Trustees recently approved the promotion of eight university faculty members.

GE2s virtual professional development workshop drew 28 faculty and student participants from India and Cambodia. 02/17/2021 The Global Entrepreneurship Exchange (GE2) program recently held a five-week virtual professional development workshop for 28 faculty and students from India and Cambodia. Run in partnership with the Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE), the wor...

Tags » Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves today announced the appointment of biomedical scientist Ravi Bellamkonda as the university’s next provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2021. Bellamkonda returns to Emory after serving as dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University for five years. He previously held a joint appointment as a faculty member at Emory and Georgia Institute of Technology beginning in 2003, serving as chair of...

Princeton hosts Black History Month events that connect, educate and celebrate Emily Aronson, Office of Communications Feb. 16, 2021 4:46 p.m. Image from iStock Black history is a part of all our histories. In recognition of Black History Month, Princeton University will host virtual conversations, classes, exhibits and educational resources that recognize the lives and achievements of Black people in the context of Princeton’s and the country’s history. While many events were he...

Image Credit: Princeton University What started as a happy accident and an odd measurement could lead to a new, cost-effective way of measuring fluid flow.  Often the course of science doesn’t run smooth and happy accidents can lead to major findings and discoveries. From Michelson and Morley’s failure to detect the ether  —  a mysterious substance through which light was thought to propagate  —  arose Einstein’s theory of special relativity, for example. That’s a lesson t...

Oregon State celebrates women in STEM with new film, other events February 1, 2021 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University will mark the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science this month with a two-day Celebration of Women in Engineering that includes a new documentary plus panel discussions – all of which are free, virtual and open to the public. Created by OSU Productions, “Rooted in Community” shares the story of six women faculty in the OSU College of En...