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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. The program includes a science fest, monthly virtual STEM nights, and a summer camp on campus.

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InSciTE Program Teaches Valuable Career Skills to Future STEM Workforce

Insight Into Diversity

In January 2022, Wiline Pangle, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University (CMU), collaborated with 14 of her colleagues to create an innovative new program aimed at equipping students with often overlooked yet essential skills needed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

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The latest courses, Specializations, and Professional Certifications in UX design, generative AI, real estate, and cybersecurity

Coursera blog

You’ll gain a unique perspective on AI and discover how to empower yourself and your day-to-day work with this technology. Engage in hands-on exercises and receive tips on effective prompt engineering, and learn how to go beyond prompting for more advanced uses of AI. Generative AI for Everyone by DeepLearing.AI

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4 trends in STEM building design that deliver a competitive edge

University Business

Taking a multidisciplinary approach Combining engineering departments that were previously separated, such as computer science and mechanical engineering, allows for increased innovation with the culture shift towards multidisciplinary teams and better efficiency for the university with shared research support spaces.

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Creating Pathways for Students in Cybersecurity: The Inspiring Journey of Josiah Alexander

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Josiah Alexander, a computer science major with a concentration in network security at the New York Institute of Technology, serves as an exemplary example of how such pathways can be established. In the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity, creating pathways for students to enter and excel is crucial.

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Negative headlines ‘harming’ Canada’s reputation

The PIE News

Empowered with relevant professional skills, students can integrate their academic learning with practical paid work experience.” times as likely to study math and computer sciences – two of the top areas projected to face labor shortages, they highlighted. They are more than 2.5

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The Evolution of the Humanities

HEPI

Aimed as much at helping to empower citizens for whom the world has changed in confusing ways as it is at workers in industries that need to work smarter to understand how to communicate across cultural borders, this course gives vital skills and knowledge for anyone who wants to interact successfully with the globalised contemporary world.