STEM Content

Understanding How Students Learn Through Virtual Reality

Jocelyn C Anderson — March 25, 2024 - 9:02am

How ��Ƶ virtual reality research is promoting STEAM learning and helping improve child education.

��Ƶ, Girl Scouts Heart of Central California Partner on Patch Series Focused on Healthy Outside Initiative

Karen Michele Nikos — November 22, 2022 - 10:30am

��Ƶ and Girl Scouts Heart of Central California have teamed up to encourage Girl Scouts in the region to participate in a custom patch series involving campus spaces.

How to Make Chemistry a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM?

Karen Michele Nikos — June 08, 2022 - 5:10pm

A chemistry course bolsters both academic and social-emotional learning.

Study Shows Gaps in How STEM Organizations Collect Demographic Information

Andy Fell — March 31, 2022 - 11:00am

Professional organizations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields could more effectively collect data on underrepresented groups in their fields, according to a new survey published March 31 in Science. With more robust information, STEM organizations could better target efforts to recruit and retain a more diverse membership.

Summer Classes, Mentors Support Pakistani Women’s Growth

Julia Ann Easley — September 02, 2021 - 10:36am

Hijab Khan of Pakistan is an environmental engineering student 7,500 miles and a pandemic away from ��Ƶ. But still, she has inspired at least one student here, gained a mentor and had what she considers one of the most valuable experiences of her life.

Khan is one of three female students from Pakistan who participated — virtually — in two summer courses and individual mentorships at ��Ƶ through the U.S.-Sister2Sister Exchange Program.

$1M Grant for ��Ƶ-Led Online Learning Project

Andy Fell — March 25, 2020 - 3:43pm

With most teaching going remote because of COVID-19, a new grant for the LibreTexts project at the ��Ƶ, Davis, will help bring personalized online learning to students around the world.

Maribel Anguiano

Anonymous — February 25, 2020 - 12:47pm

Maribel Anguiano ’19

Lompoc, California
Transferred from Santa Barbara City College

University of Redlands Hosts ��Ƶ Symposium on Robotics in Math Teaching

Andy Fell — February 04, 2020 - 1:45pm

Using robotics to close the achievement gap in mathematics education is the goal of a one-day symposium at the University of Redlands Feb. 24. Organized by the C-STEM Center at the ��Ƶ, Davis, in collaboration with Redlands Unified School District and the University of Redlands, the meeting will bring together teachers, administrators and other educators to share experiences and hands-on training in using coding and robotics as tools to teach math.

Bat Girls

Kristin Burns — November 08, 2019 - 10:03am

A wildlife surveillance "bat collection" exercise at a STEM camp for 8-to-11 year old girls in North Lake Tahoe exposes participants to career fields in wildlife biology, veterinary medicine and conservation science. It also gives them a chance to meet a woman leader in science: Dr. Tracey Goldstein, associate director at the ��Ƶ One Health Institute and director of the One Health laboratory in the ��Ƶ School of Veterinary Medicine.

Explore Secrets of the Universe in Spectacular IMAX Movie

Andy Fell — July 05, 2019 - 9:46am

Venture from the tiniest subatomic particles to the grand scale of the galaxies and step inside the biggest machine ever built in Secrets of the Universe, a new IMAX movie. Secrets of the Universe will have its global premiere at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., on July 10.