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"Leveling The Playing Field In STEM" With On Point Host Meghna Chakrabarti – WBUR

Mar 10, 2021

There are countless challenges that face today’s youth looking to succeed in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Gilda Barabino, Xavier graduate raised in New Orleans, to lead world's largest science society – nola.com

Mar 05, 2021

The world’s largest scientific society has named a Xavier University graduate who was raised in New Orleans as its president-elect.

New Orleanian, Xavier grad Gilda Barabino named to lead world's largest scientific society – 4WWL

Mar 04, 2021

“The president of the AAAS is one of the most prestigious positions in all of science."

A.I. drone maker Skydio takes off – Fortune

Mar 01, 2021

About 20 years ago, around the same time I moved to the western Boston suburb of Needham, a phenomenally ambitious tech program that had its roots in the 19th century was getting underway.

Learn about the importance of accessible product design at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice – TechCrunch

Feb 05, 2021

When you are able to navigate a world that is designed for you, it’s easy to avoid thinking about how the world is designed for you. But it can be different if you are disabled.

1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America – Cell Mentor

Dec 28, 2020

We are here to compel and imbue the next generation of Black scientists and other minoritized individuals to enhance and empower our culture’s dignity.

1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America – Cell Mentor

Dec 28, 2020

Maya Angelou once said, "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” This can be said for Black culture in its entirety. 

Closing the Opportunity Gap in STEM Education – TuftsNow

Nov 30, 2020

Pushing for greater equity and inclusion in science education and engineering helps address inequities across the board, Gilda Barabino tells Tufts audience

how a faculty grant is creating global citizens – VentureWell

Back in 2010, Benjamin Linder had an idea for a program that would allow Olin College students to take on social and environmental challenges endemic to contexts of poverty and injustice.

Best Undergraduate Engineering Program Rankings – U.S. News & World Report

The undergraduate engineering program rankings were based solely on peer assessment surveys. To appear on an undergraduate engineering survey, a school must have an undergraduate engineering program accredited by ABET. The programs below are schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a bachelor's or master's.

Who is Frances Haugen? Facebook product manager turned whistle-blower – The Week

Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen is giving evidence to MPs and peers today as pressure grows for a legislative crackdown on the social network.

The education of Frances Haugen: How the Facebook whistleblower learned to use data as a weapon from years in tech – The Washington Post

Haugen’s calls to change Facebook’s incentives have broken through because of careful planning and enthusiasm for deep research, according to interviews with her and with those who know her.

How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network – The Sentinel

Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough.

The Best 387 Colleges – The Princeton Review

For our 30th edition, we surveyed 154,000 students from across the country and looked back at our ranking lists from the past to find those schools consistently recognized for things like financial aid, career services, and great food.

The Fight Over Tenure Is Not Really About Tenure – The New York Times

Why should universities guarantee jobs to a bunch of elitists who study esoteric subjects and brainwash students with left-wing politics? This critique of tenure in higher education is as old as tenure itself, and it’s gaining ground.

Whistle-Blower Says Facebook ‘Chooses Profits Over Safety’ – The New York Times

Frances Haugen, a Facebook product manager who left the company in May, revealed that she had provided internal documents to journalists and others.