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Initiative Empowers HBCU Students and Alums as Entrepreneurs

Insight Into Diversity

That feeling motivated Olawepo, a senior at Alabama A&M University majoring in computer science and software development, to create career networking software that helps connect students and alumni from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The culture is different [at HBCUs],” he says. “The

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Announcing 1 degree pathway, 8 Professional Certificates, and 20 new and upgraded GenAI certs and Specializations

Coursera blog

These partnerships enhance our ability to deliver job-relevant content for learners around the world, empowering them to meet the rapidly changing demands of the labor market. Students will use industry-standard tools like Python, Tableau, and Pandas in practical computing challenges and activities.

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

Participants engage in research using statistics and computer science to analyze real-world data on diseases like cancer and COVID-19. Working with Adelphi professors and research assistants, students tackle projects from the epidemiology of ALS, Parkinson’s, and heart disease to infectious disease modeling.

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Law Project Advocates for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Insight Into Diversity

Also created by SIDDLAPP is the Lanterman Transparency Tracker, an interactive tool under development by students like Antonio Milane, a Stanford sophomore majoring in computer science. The initiative, launched in 2019, was inspired by Alison D.

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Academics work to detect ChatGPT and other AI writing

Inside Higher Ed

“If I’m a very intelligent AI and I want to bypass your detection, I could insert typos into my writing on purpose,” said Diyi Yang, assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University. Bengio is a professor of computer science at the University of Montreal.

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The Power of Empowerment

Faculty Focus

Encouraging a growth mindset in students is incredibly empowering. By offering such resources and tips, I model best learning practices and empower students to own their learning in personal ways supportive of a growth mindset. Education Sciences 12, no. Ting, Tin Tin, Shi Lin Teh, and Mee Chin Wee (2022).

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InSciTE Program Teaches Valuable Career Skills to Future STEM Workforce

Insight Into Diversity

The program is overseen by a faculty council with more than a dozen members representing fields from geography and environmental studies to physics and computer science. We support, we help, we guide.” The program is recruiting for its second cohort and expects around 50 students, with the capacity to accommodate up to 75.