STEM Content

Understanding How Students Learn Through Virtual Reality

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

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

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

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

�ٺ��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 �ٺ��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 �ٺ��Ƶ through the U.S.-Sister2Sister Exchange Program.

$1M Grant for �ٺ��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 University of California, 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 �ٺ��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 University of California, 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 P 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 �ٺ��Ƶ One Health Institute and director of the One Health laboratory in the �ٺ��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.