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California Program Cultivates Minority Physics and Astronomy Ph.D. Students
M. Katy Rodriguez Wimberly is well into her Ph.D. program in physics at the University of California at Irvine, and she gives credit to participation in Cal-Bridge, a program that helps underrepresented minority students earn doctoral degrees in physics and astronomy.
October 7, 2018
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NASA Gives $1.4M for STEM Course Development at MSIs
College of the Desert and Prince George’s Community College are among five minority serving institutions selected to receive grant funding from NASA to develop or enhance science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project.
August 1, 2018
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Two University of Minnesota Students Named 2018 Astronaut Scholars
Two students in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities have been awarded scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The prestigious, competitive scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research-oriented careers in mathematics, engineering and the natural and […]
May 17, 2018
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How to Fail: The Lesson We’re Forgetting to Teach Our Students
Our students can learn from small mistakes before they get out into the post-college world and make big one. But, first, we need to allow them the room to make those mistakes — and recover from them.
April 25, 2018
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Stephen Hawking, Best-Known Physicist of His Time, Has Died
LONDON — Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died. He was 76. Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England, according to a statement by the University of Cambridge. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries […]
March 14, 2018
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Emerging Scholar Profile: Guggilla’s Aspiration and Effort in Physics
Growing up in South India, Dr. Padmaja “Paddy” Guggilla had an acute sense of the importance of education.
January 30, 2018
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