Posts Tagged ‘STEM’
Baltimore High School Students Delve into Clean Energy at Constellation’s Weeklong UMBC Camp
The Youth Energy Summit hosted by Constellation Energy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), which brought together nearly 70 high school students from across the nation. The weeklong camp for students focused on various aspects of climate, environment, and STEM, particularly renewable energy, energy efficiency, and microgrids. Students participated in hands-on activities like…
Read MoreDOE Announces First-Ever HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize Winners
Each HBCU Winning Team Will Receive $40k to Support Clean Energy-Focused Summer Programs The U.S. Department of Energy announced the first 10 prize winners in the inaugural Historically Black Colleges and Universities, HBCU, Clean Energy Education Prize Inspire Track. Each HBCU team selected today will receive $40,000 to support the development or enhancement of clean…
Read MoreAfrican-American Students’ Academic Achievement in STEM at HBCUs
Numerous reports assert that the United States must increase its production of highly educated workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in order to maintain its competitive edge in the global marketplace (Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering 2004; National Science Foundation (NSF) 2006a, b; Southern Education Foundation, 2005). Historically Black…
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