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  • FIRST, Booz Allen, & Qualcomm Hold Event to Highlight STEM Education in San Diego - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FIRST, Booz Allen, & Qualcomm Hold Event to Highlight STEM Education in San Diego

    FIRST, Booz Allen Hamilton and Qualcomm have hosted an event aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier museum in San Diego to support science, technology, engineering and math education. FIRST said Thursday the event highlighted collaborative efforts across the education, corporate and military sectors to boost STEM education in San Diego’s military and underserved communities. “The average military […] More

  • Northrop Seeks to Promote STEM Education Through School Lab Makeover Contest; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Seeks to Promote STEM Education Through School Lab Makeover Contest; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments

    Northrop Grumman has unveiled an online competition that aims to incite students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math education through makeovers of classrooms and technology laboratories in U.S. public middle schools. The second annual Fab School Labs competition will award up to $100,000 in grants to five winning schools to help them equip their classrooms […] More

  • Leidos, USC Partner on Network Analysis, Computing Research Projects; Gulu Gambhir Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, USC Partner on Network Analysis, Computing Research Projects; Gulu Gambhir Comments

    Leidos and the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Information Sciences Institute have partnered for two research projects that seek to advance high-performance computing and network analysis. Leidos said Monday it will fund both projects through a five-year, $500,000 grant under the Strategic University Alliances Program. The program seeks to support science, technology, engineering and math education […] More

  • Julie Gravallese: 10 Female Mitre Employees Receive Honors at Magazine's STEM Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julie Gravallese: 10 Female Mitre Employees Receive Honors at Magazine’s STEM Conference

    Women of Color magazine has recognized the leadership and work of 10 Mitre employees during the publication’s STEM Conference that was held from Oct. 15 to 17 in Detroit. Mitre said Tuesday the conference acknowledges contributions of female professionals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The 10 awardees from Mitre “have not only achieved technical and workplace […] More

  • Stephanie Hill: Sustain Student Interest in STEM to Build Future Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephanie Hill: Sustain Student Interest in STEM to Build Future Workforce

    Industry and government need to keep high school and college students interested in science, technology, engineering and math for them to pursue STEM as a career, Stephanie Hill of Lockheed Martin said in May. The Oakridger reported Monday that Hill told a Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit audience more action is needed to energize students and address a potential shortage of […] More

  • CA Technologies, 2 Swiss Universities Partner on STEM Program; Bjarne Rasmussen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies, 2 Swiss Universities Partner on STEM Program; Bjarne Rasmussen Comments

     CA Technologies has invested $207,000 in new technologies developed by students from Swiss universities Wcole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and Haute Ecole d’Ingenierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud. The investment is part of a five-year program that kicked off in 2013 to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education at the Swiss universities, CA said Tuesday. “We […] More

  • Pamela Drew: Exelis Factors Diversity in Company's STEM Career Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pamela Drew: Exelis Factors Diversity in Company’s STEM Career Push

    Pamela Drew, executive vice president and president information systems at Exelis, has discussed the company’s initiative to advocate science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects among students in an interview with STEM Blog published Friday. Drew told STEM Blog that the company highlights contributions of STEM careers to different fields as it “is an important message to convey when encouraging our youth to pursue […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson Highlights Lockheed STEM, Collaboration Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson Highlights Lockheed STEM, Collaboration Initiatives

    Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, has outlined the company’s planned strategy for technology initiatives as she encouraged collaboration and innovation among Lockheed’s engineering, scientific and technical workforce. The company said Wednesday Hewson also pointed to new education efforts on science, technology, engineering and math during an address at the Lockheed Martin Fellows Conference. “Together, we envision a […] More

  • Battelle's Non-Profit Subsidiary to Manage STEM Education Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle’s Non-Profit Subsidiary to Manage STEM Education Network

    A non-profit subsidiary of Battelle has received at least $2 million from the state of Ohio’s Straight A Fund program to manage education and learning networks centered on science, technology, engineering and math. “We believe STEM education is the best way for children to develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed,” Aimee Kennedy, Battelle’s vice president […] More