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Superheroes, spaceships, and social wearables: An immersive, social STEM camp for middle school girls sparks interest, builds confidence in STEM

UC IT Blogger August 3, 2022 All ArticlesSTEM, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, Women in Tech, Women in Technology

By Melissa Weckerle. Live action role play (LARP) combined with social wearable technology, materials worn on the body that are computationally coded and can support social interactions, provides an impactful social activity for young girls and engages them in…
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On the Wings of Ada Lovelace

UC IT Blogger October 13, 2021 All ArticlesAda Lovelace, Ada Lovelace Day, CITRIS, cryptocurrency, diversity, gender equality, Global Gender Gap Index, Lord Byron, programming language, science technology engineering management, STEM, women in STEM 0

By Camille Crittenden. Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated on October 12. Ada Lovelace (1815 – 1852) is recognized for many remarkable attributes and affiliations, not only as a precursor of what came to be modern computer programming but also as the…
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A Sense of Belonging

UC IT Blogger July 14, 2021 All Articlesdiversity, equity, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, inclusion, National Science Foundation, NSF, Shelly Leachman, STEM, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB 0

By Shelly Leachman. Aiming to fortify and grow the STEM talent pipeline at Hispanic-serving institutions, UC Santa Barbara has embarked on a collaborative grant project funded by the National Science Foundation. The NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant was awarded to the…
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To Help Diversify STEM Faculty, Berkeley-led Model Goes National

UC IT Blogger June 9, 2021 All ArticlesCalifornia Alliance, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, National Science Foundation, NSF, science technology engineering mathematics, STEM, UC Berkeley, UCB, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington 0

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By Gretchen Kell. If underrepresented groups make up 30% of the increasingly diverse U.S. population, why do they represent less than 5% of the faculty nationwide, less than 6% of postdoctoral scholars and only about 10% of Ph.D. students in…
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Diverse Voices 2021: Promoting Diversity in STEM Education and Careers

UC IT Blogger March 17, 2021 All Articlesdiversity, diversity and inclusion, Engineering, Events, speaker series, STEM, technology, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, virtual, webinar, Zoom 0

Diverse Voices, a Baskin School of Engineering professional speaker series spotlighting industry leaders and Baskin Engineering alumni, returns in April 2021 for its third season. The Diverse Voices series aims to promote diversity in engineering and tech and inspire more…
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Tag Archive: STEM

Superheroes, spaceships, and social wearables: An immersive, social STEM camp for middle school girls sparks interest, builds confidence in STEM

On the Wings of Ada Lovelace

A Sense of Belonging

To Help Diversify STEM Faculty, Berkeley-led Model Goes National

Diverse Voices 2021: Promoting Diversity in STEM Education and Careers