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STEM-focused SEEK program launches in Englewood neighborhood
Gliders? Gravity cruisers? Steel-can rovers? A large group of Chicago students is making these contraptions and more during a three-week program aimed at growing their enthusiasm for STEM.
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$10K Awarded to NSBE Jr. Member!
East Bay NSBE Jr. member, Myron Evans, awarded first ever Boule $10,000 Scholarship!
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NSBE's SEEK is Hot in Atlanta
The crowd was at capacity last night in Atlanta at the SEEK parent orientation.
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NSBE Partners With RECF to Create Robotics Teams
The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) today announced a partnership to establish 20 new VEX Robotics Competition teams through NSBE’s Pre-College Initiative (PCI) program to encourage interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as academic subjects and as future career paths.
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The First African-American Piano Manufacturer
As I progressed and learned more about piano technology, I never aspired to; I just knew how to do it. I would say, ‘Piano is what I know, drums is who I am.’ As I went out there and toured with different acts, did a bunch of Broadway shows and got a little tired of the road, I learned how to tune, rebuild and restore pianos. I would take these pianos down to the nuts and bolts and build them back up just for fun, just for a hobby.
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NSBE's New Leaders!
Meet the 2014- 2015 National and Professional Executive Boards!
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National Society of Black Engineers Selects Karl W. Reid as Executive Director
by NSBE
May 08, 2014
Categories: Students
For more than 15 years, Dr. Reid has been a leading advocate for increasing college access and opportunity for low-income and minority youth.
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The 46 Most Important African-Americans In Technology
African-Americans in the tech industry still seem to be relatively few and far between, but Business Insider put together a our of some of the most accomplished African-Americans in the industry.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/important-blacks-in-technology-2014-4?op=1#ixzz30I4uZJA2
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Finding the Perfect Fit at Cummins
March 26, 2014
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Engineering has always been a perfect fit for Mary A. Simmons, allowing her to use her organizational and problem-solving skills to arrive at innovative solutions to complex problems.
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Trailblazers, Makita Phillips
Makita Phillips, NSBE’s National Leadership Institute chair for 2013–14, looks for ways to keep things cool in a hot area of STEM research. A mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate at North Carolina State University, she works with a multidisciplinary team, in the Materials Science and Engineering department, to detect and avoid “quench behavior” in superconductors.