DETROIT - The Michigan Science Center is ready to inspire curious minds of all ages with free general admission days this winter. General admission includes access to more than 250 amazing hands-on exhibits, live stage shows, Spark!Lab from the Smithsonian, Kids Town gallery, STEM Playground space and more, including MiSci’s newest exhibition - Sun, Earth,
WASHINGTON DC - The United States' privacy regulations shouldn't be anything like Europe's, tech giants argued on Wednesday. During a hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, members of Congress heard six tech companies discuss what they want in a federal privacy law. Lawmakers are still crafting a potential data privacy bill, but multiple
TROY - The Michigan Science Center and Digerati Girls will come together on April 4 at IoT TechConnect for an interactive workshop with high school students who will learn the basics of coding including creating characters that will be plugged into augmented reality video games. The sessions will explore new global Code.Org curriculum sponsored by
ANN ARBOR - A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating developed at the University of Michigan is hundreds of times more durable than its counterparts. It could enable waterproofing of vehicles, clothing, rooftops and countless other surfaces for which current waterproofing treatments are too fragile. It could also lower the resistance of ship hulls, a step that
ANN ARBOR - Registration closes April 6 for the 2017 Michigan Robotics Day at the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex April 11, an event celebrating National Robotics Week. It is co-hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the U-M College of Engineering. Keynote - Paul Snyder, Designing for Advanced Urban Mobility
LANSING - The Michigan STEM Partnership, a statewide non-profit organization, is extending an invitation to STEM stakeholders statewide, including those from: education, business, government, and non-profits, to participate in the organization’s designated Work Committees and Task Force Groups in order to enable a broader voice in the policies and initiatives of the state’s leading STEM
EAST LANSING — The Michigan State University College of Engineering has received the largest individual gift in its history. A $10.7 million bequest from a California entrepreneur joins a previous cash gift of $2 million, bringing his total giving to $12.7 million to support the college and the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution
ROYAL OAK - The Marburger STEM center will expose young people to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (and now the Arts) at Lawrence Tech University. Sibrina Collins, executive director of LTU’s Marburger STEM Center, appears on M2 TechCast to explain how this project will help students. Opened in August 2016, the A. Alfred Taubman Engineering,
YPSILANTI – For every 100 jobs in information technology, information assurance and cyber security, only 12 are filled by women. On Nov. 4 at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center, a day-long conference will show 330 middle school girls that carriers in STEM can not only be lucrative, but also fun and rewarding, Keynote speakers
ROYAL OAK - Justine Sheu from ProUp.Com talks about how her website helps students get connected to career paths in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math who might not get the introduction otherwise. Sheu developed her program through the Detroit Public School District, where she works with high school students to match them with STEM internships,
