Posts Tagged ‘computer science’
Iowa STEM Council receives $150K Google grant
Google announced Tuesday a $150,000 grant awarded to the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council to support the council’s mission and programs.
“Public-private partnerships are so critical if we expect our future workforce to have the …
Read MoreState awards $500,000 to train teachers in computer science
Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education announced Wednesday more than $500,000 in awards from the Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund to train K-12 teachers in public and private schools to teach …
Read MoreNominations open for new computer science educator award
The Technology Association of Iowa has opened nominations for the Computer Science Educator of the Year Prometheus award in honor of Computer Science Education Week. The new award was announced at the 2021 Prometheus Awards …
Read MoreDevs Do Good hosting charity hackathon
Devs Do Good, a nonprofit founded by Valley High School student Connor Fogarty, will host a charity hackathon in West Des Moines on Nov. 6. Students interested in technology and computer science are invited to …
Read MoreISU computer scientists launch data science infrastructure to support COVID-19 research
Iowa State University computer scientists have developed a data science infrastructure to support research efficiencies for scientists studying the COVID-19 coronavirus, ISU announced this week. Researchers were able to load 60 years of coronavirus research, …
Read MoreTAI launches Techstream to connect students with after-school computer programs
The Technology Association of Iowa is debuting Techstream, a new database designed to track after-school technology programs for students to find across Iowa. Based off of TAI’s previous HyperStream program, Techstream (techstreamiowa.org) will track after-school …
Read MoreISU scientists are teaching computers to diagnose soybean stress
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently granted a three-year, $499,845 grant to a multidisciplinary team of Iowa State University scientists studying soybean stressors. The team, led by adjunct assistant …
Read MoreBrightWise launches to offer cybersecurity protections
Sherri Davidoff and the Iowa Credit Union League’s holding company Affiliates Management Co. have partnered to build new cybersecurity training firm BrightWise. Based in Des Moines, BrightWise will be led by Davidoff as CEO and …
Read MoreGov. Reynolds announces Computer Science is Elementary grant awardees
Six Iowa elementary schools in high-poverty areas, among them Perry and Marshalltown, will each receive $50,000 grants through the Computer Science is Elementary initiative, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced. The Governor’s STEM Advisory Council and the …
Read MoreGov. Reynolds announces Peggy Whitson as keynote speaker for 2019 Future Ready Iowa-STEM Summit
Former astronaut Peggy Whitson, space and science consultant, will be the afternoon keynote speaker for the governor’s 2019 Future Ready Iowa Summit titled STEM Education + Workplace Partnerships. The statewide event on April 30 at …
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