A monthly compilation of articles on black culture in ASTEM.

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2. STEM Gap Widens for Minorities

3. New Program Combines STEM Education and Entrepreneurship

4. Innovative FAMU Freshman Hansberry Still A Prodigy

5. Florida A&M University Professor Receives Patent for Highly Effective Anti-HIV Compounds

6. STEMinist Profile: Ty Darensburg, Educational Analyst

7. Xavier University of Louisiana Leads the Nation with the Most Africa-American STEM and       Medical Graduates 

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

December 28, 2012

 

Earlier this month Polite Stewart Jr. earned a bachelor's degree in physics at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. While a very small percentage of bachelor's degree awards in physics go to African Americans, Stewart's achievement is all the more remarkable given that he is only 18 years old. 

 

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December 12, 2012

 

As the nation's demand for more workers in science, technology, engineering, and math grows, the skills gap among the largest ethnic and racial minorities continues to widen, a survey commissioned by Monster Worldwide has found.  

 

Read Full Story: www.nationaljournal.com

December 10, 2012

 

North Carolina Central University has taken another step in its continuing efforts to enroll and graduate more science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors. A grant of $1.7 million over four years from the National Science Foundation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) will allow NCCU to implement DREAM STEM. The program, whose acronym stands for "Driving Research, Entrepreneurship and Academics through Mastering STEM," takes a three-pronged approach that includes early identification of students as scientists, entrepreneurship in science education, and STEM faculty development through teaching and learning research mini-grants. 

 

Read Full Story: www.nccu.edu

South Florida Times

December 5, 2012

 

Tony D. Hansberry is not an average college freshman. Perceived as a child prodigy after developing an innovative suture method that decreases hospital stays and increases efficiency during operations for hysterectomies, the then 14-year-old said he just wanted to bring a prize back home from the science fair. 

 

Read Full Story: www.sfltimes.com

The Body

December 13, 2012

 

Kinfe Ken Redda, interim vice president of research at Florida A&M University (FAMU), and his research team have received a patent for the development of therapeutic agents suitable for treating humans who are infected with HIV. They were awarded US patent #8,314,143 title, "Synthetic Flavonoids and Pharmaceutical Compositions and Therapeutic Methods of Treatment of HIV Infection and other Pathologies." Redda was principal investigator and co-inventor. 

 

Read Full Story:www.thebody.com

Ann Hoang, STEMinist

December 28, 2012

 

What inspired you to pursue a career in STEM?

I found my way to a STEM major accidentally. I started off in college as a Political Science/Pre-Law major, but was talking Calculus III as an elective because I registered late. My Calculus III instructor convinced me to consider changing my major to Mathematics. I did, and the rest is history.

 

Read Full Story: www.steminist.com

The Street

December 3, 2012

 

PR Newswire-While the United States lags behind countries like China, Germany, and Japan in graduating students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, math) curricula, Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is bucking the trend-enrolling and graduating more underrepresented African-Americans than any United States college or university. 

 

Read Full Story: www.thestreet.com

The Student Connection, Hampton University

December, 2012

 

Maa-Bara, the brainchild of Hampton University's Oghenerumo Okiomah, assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, recently won a 2013 Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) award. Maa-Bara is a minimal-waste closed loop sustainable agriculture model, that uses kitchen scraps to grow fish and vegetables as food and income source. The design competition awards excellence in public interest design.

 

Read Full Story: www.llnl.gov  

Rachel Mann, Howard University Office of University Communications

December 3, 2012

 

On November 20, 2012, HBCU presidents, provosts, faculty and other key administrators gathers at Howard University to discuss the progress of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Washington Baltimore Hampton Roads-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WBHR-LSAMP) program. The WBHR-LSAMP program is a nationally recognized initiative designed to increase the diversity, quality, and quantity of students matriculating in STEM baccalaureate and graduate degree programs.

 

Read Full Story: www.howard.edu

December 4, 2012

 

The need to enhance minority targeted STEM programs is not just on the radar for education, administrators, but also has been a priority for several government officials, especially members of President Barack Obama's cabinet. According to a recent report released by the President's Council of Advisory on Science and Technology (PCAST), investing resources in secondary and postsecondary science education could be a key ingredient for rebuilding a nation as technologically advanced as China's.

 

Read Full Story: www.diverseeducation.com

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