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Science as a Tool for Connecting Latino Youth to Nature
*Welcome to our newest collaborators! Latino Outdoors. These good folks are fighting the good fight for the environment and passing their love of all things nature to the next generation […]
No Latinos, Girls or Blacks Take AP Computer Science Exam in Some States
By Liana Heitin, Education Week A new analysis of test-taking data finds that in Mississippi and Montana, no female, African American, or Hispanic students took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science. In fact, […]
Why Are There Still So Few Women and Latinos in Science?
By Eileen Pollack, The New York Times Last summer, researchers at Yale published a study proving that physicists, chemists and biologists are likely to view a young male scientist more […]
National Science Foundation awards grant to UTEP and Smithsonian Latino Center
By Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum The University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and the Latino Center have received a $297,550 grant from the National Science Foundation for a three-year impact study […]
Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Science Tuesday: Consciousness Through Art
By Melissa Carrillo and Marissa Morales, SLC Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Art isn’t something I usually tie together with science experiments, but one such assignment does. Performance artists Marina Abramovic […]
How To Get More Latinos Into Advanced Science & Tech Classes
By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision Only a small percentage of the Hispanic students who qualify for AP classes actually take them. Of the 20 percent of public school graduates in the […]
Bien Hecho: SACNAS, Helping Latinos Achieve In Science
In 1975 less than 1% of doctoral degrees in science were awarded to Latinos and Native Americans combined in the U.S. Today that number has crept up to around 7%, […]
Army Pursues Latinos To Push Them Into Sciences
An interesting story comes from the Army this week, which is apparently trying to push Latinos in its ranks into the sciences, or STEM, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. They […]
Bien Hecho: Latino Math Prof Wins Natl Medal Of Science
Next month, Mexican-American mathematics professor Richard Tapia will receive the country’s most prestigious awards for scientists, National Medal of Science. He’ll accept the award from President Obama himself, an honor […]
We Need More Latinos Involved In Math & Science
By Jean Rockford Aguilar-Valdez I have a proposition for us Latinos. A revolution of sorts, and one that is ripe for the making: Latinos need to become a force to […]