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Learn more about the winners of the annual Community College Innovation Challenge, co-sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges and NSF. Dr. Moore, EDU's AD, says that “the student participants represent both the present and future of STEM by addressing some of the most pressing challenges of our times." Participating teams went through a weeklong boot camp to fine tune their projects, give pitches to potential investors and more.

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Tucson summer camp teaches girls to be STEM leaders

June 13, 2024

Quantum Quest, a free all-girls camp, was established in 2022 as a partnership between The Coding School's Qubit by Qubit, the University of Arizona and Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona. It’s intended to help prepare girls for a future in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) by providing them with foundations in quantum computing, quantum mechanics, and coding.

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Webb telescope takes its first images of forming planetary systems

March 28, 2024

The observations will help astronomers refine their theories about the processes involved in planet formation and shed light on what our sun did when it was very young.

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Tucson summer camp teaches girls to be STEM leaders

Webb telescope takes its first images of forming planetary systems