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UI experts partner with community to engage future engineers

Published
2013.05.05
Elise Finn, 9, Aricka Ramser, 10, and Olivia Harmon, 10, all of Muscatine, discover what the oobleck feels like, which is liquid made of cornstarch and water

Muscatine area school children enjoyed a wide range of hands-on activities Saturday as part of a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Festival, offered by area businesses and representatives from the UI. Story from: Muscatine Journal

Muscatine Journal

High school students from across state present STEM research

Published
2013.02.28
High school students listen to University of Iowa junior Sergio Loubriel during a presentation Thursday at the Medical Education and Research Facility. The session was one of numerous laboratory tours offered to students interested in pursuing a career in medicine.

High school students from across the state are presenting their best STEM research at the UI College of Education Belin Blank Center's Annual Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. (Note: A paid subscription is required.) Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Project HOPE helps students explore the health sciences

students look at a human muscle skeleton model

Employment opportunities in the health science fields will be the topic of discussion when students from two eastern Iowa middle schools visit the University of Iowa Department of Biology this spring as part of Project HOPE, created by College of Education associate professor Saba Ali. Story

STEM initiative sees rapid growth in Iowa

Published
2013.02.10
 team of students from West Des Moines Valley High School feel the weight of plastic rigs and take notes at the FIRST Tech Challenge kickoff at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City on Sept. 8, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

Thanks to support from Rockwell Collins, FIRST Tech Challenge has seen rapid growth since the UI brought the program to the state in 2009, says Rebecca Whitaker, affiliate partner for the challenge in Iowa that promotes science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs across the state. Story from: The Gazette

The Gazette

UI colloquium highlights education faculty research

Five University of Iowa College of Education faculty members gave a glimpse into their ongoing research at the first University of Iowa College of Education’s Research Colloquium Nov. 13 featuring Faculty Research Award recipients. Story

UI, Kirkwood partner to strengthen Iowa K-12 science, math education

Students welding at one of Kirkwood Community College's regional centers

The University of Iowa and Kirkwood Community College are partnering to create a joint regional center focused on enhancing technical education and examining new models to stimulate additional student interest in STEM careers and four-year degrees and will co-lead one of the governor’s recently proposed regional STEM hubs. Story

STEM careers for women is topic of free talk April 19

Improving opportunities for women to obtain higher-paying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers will be the subject of a free, public talk from 5 to 6 p.m., Thursday, April 19, at T-Spoons, located at the corner of Linn and Market streets. Story

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