STEM

Economics department votes to classify as STEM major

April 17, 2018

Northwestern’s economics department voted unanimously Tuesday to classify economics as a science, technology, engineering and mathematics major, economics Prof. Mark Witte said. The department decided...

Holtzman: Schools must do more to encourage girls’ interests in tech

February 19, 2018

Last Saturday, about a dozen Girl Scouts visited the Northwestern University Knight Lab, where they experimented with the Knight Lab’s virtual reality headsets. It’s one of many components of the Girl...

Baas: First-year classes like General Chemistry must provide better materials, resources

October 23, 2017

It all started during Wildcat Welcome. I received an email from Northwestern’s chemistry department saying new General Chemistry students were required to go to the lab resource room and purchase a lab...

D65, Northwestern officials explain plans for STEM partnership

May 24, 2017

Representatives from Northwestern and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 elaborated on plans for a new partnership office at a school board meeting Monday. The partnership office, which was announced...

Evanston Public Library receives grant to support growth of STEM programs

February 22, 2017

A new research project will bring science, technology, engineering and mathematics initiatives to the Evanston Public Library and the rest of the city, promoting efforts to increase interest in science...

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