STEM education

NASA has donated $11.7 million to eight HBCUs to support the creation of curricula centered on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

A New Orleans-based nonprofit working to make STEM education accessible has received a grant from the NBA Foundation.

Actress Sonequa Martin-Green is empowering the next generation of STEM innovators through a new partnership with Frito-Lay Variety Packs.

Fayetteville State University was awarded a $2.3 million grant to advance its STEM education initiatives.

Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby will become the first woman to serve as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Aliyah Griffith made history by becoming the first Black scholar to earn a graduate degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina.

Spelman College has teamed up with the nonprofit SMASH for an initiative aimed at increasing the representation of Black women in STEM.

Author Andrea Stephenson and her 6-year-old son released a book designed to teach youth about Black STEM pioneers.

Livingstone College received a $2.24 million endowment to advance its STEM initiatives.

NFL player Emmanuel Ellerbee has founded a nonprofit designed to introduce student-athletes to STEM.

Billionaire Robert F. Smith has donated $50 million to support STEM students at historically Black colleges and universities.

Dr. Namandjé Bumpus is the first Black woman to chair a department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.