How Robot Competitions Could Help Teach STEM

Texas Tech is one of the many universities involved in the state’s initiative to get elementary, middle, and high school students engaged and involved in STEM. STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. According to the Texas STEM, or T-STEM, Coalition website, many schools work to change teaching and learning methods, increase […]

Science: Is It A Girl Thing?

On Feb. 21, the Texas Tech Women’s Studies Program welcomed guest scholar Jennifer Glass, Ph.D., to talk about women in science, technology, engineering and mathematic, or STEM fields. Glass, professor in the Department of Sociology and research associate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin, spoke to a predominantly female group […]