March 18, 2017
Students Partner with Professionals to Build New Software Tool
Source Newsroom: Associated Universities, Inc.
March 8, 2017
If intelligent life without sight exists on some distant planet in our galaxy, these lifeforms would still explore the universe; how? This is a guiding question for Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy (IDATA), a new research initiative supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation – STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) Program.
Modern astronomy relies on computers and computational thinking for nearly every aspect of collecting, » Read more
February 15, 2017
A Pathway Perspective on Expanding the Participation of Women in IT
Saturday, February 18, 2017: 3:00 PM-4:30 PMRoom 203 (Hynes Convention Center)
Speaker:Mia Ong, TERC
Agency of Women of Color in Computing: Strategies for Persistence and SuccessComputing is a discipline in which women, especially women of color, are severely underrepresented. Drawing upon data from over 20 interviews with women of color students and professionals in computing, this talk illuminates how women of color are innovative agents in the strategies they utilize to navigate and persist in their discipline. » Read more
September 13, 2016
Program aims to broaden participation in STEM at national scale, with initial awards totaling nearly $14 million
September 13, 2016
Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670
Cambridge, MA —The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued its first-ever awards for the NSF INCLUDES program, a comprehensive initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering by broadening participation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science) aims to improve access to STEM education and career pathways at the national scale, » Read more
August 15, 2016
Education Research CollaborativeTERCCambridge, MA
The Education Research Collaborative (ERC) at TERC, a not-for-profit research and development institution focusing on education in STEM fields, in Cambridge, MA, invites applications for a two-year residential research fellowship. The fellowship program is focused broadly on transformative research on teaching and learning that intentionally seeks to expand formal and/or informal educational opportunities for children, youth and adults from historically underrepresented communities. We are particularly interested in work focused in the sciences, » Read more
May 16, 2016
National Science Foundation funded project brings scientific research at national parks to the public
May 16, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670
Cambridge, MA —TERC and its partners at Winston-Salem State University will unveil a nation-wide effort to communicate the scientific research happening in and around America’s national parks at Acadia National Park (ANP) the week of May 16. Park rangers from ANP, Joshua Tree in California, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, the Boston Harbor Islands, » Read more