It's OPEN and buzzing with excitement and a whole lot of energy. Students from Lincoln Prep and Paseo Academy are engaged in programming, researching, writing and robot building in the new KC Engineering Zone. Read More...
A space for creation & innovation The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Computing and Engineering and the KC STEM Alliance celebrated the opening of the Kansas City Engineering Zone with a dedication and thank you to donors and supporters. The KC Engineering Zone is a pilot...
The KC STEM Alliance and other organizations have launched a Million Women Mentors initiative to increase awareness of job opportunities for women in science, technology, engineering and math. The drive includes an online pledge at MillionWomenMentors.org in which women in STEM commit to mentoring a young...
In Silicon Valley's youth-obsessed culture, 40-year-olds get plastic surgery to fit in. But IDEO, the firm that famously developed the first mouse for Apple, has a 90-year-old designer on staff. Barbara Beskind says her age is an advantage. "Everybody who ages is going to be their own...
Santa Fe Trail Middle School teacher Amy Hillman has a bone to pick with science. The problem is that her sixth-grade math and science students are being told that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields are for only a certain kind of person — that...
KANSAS CITY, MO. — A new center that hopes to eventually provide resources for science and engineering students throughout the Kansas City region is now open. The KC Engineering Zone workspace, a 4,200-square-foot center on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus, was officially dedicated this week, although...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Students in the inner city all too often lack the science, technology, engineering, and math education opportunities that students in more affluent schools around the metro receive. Now a new program called Kansas City Engineering Zone, or KC-EZ is changing that. “I...
Devin Edwards is sold on the strategy. Happy to play his part. So we need more scientists and engineers? More homegrown talent? More students of color? Boys and girls alike? Right here in the heart of the city? The 17-year-old Paseo Academy junior totally embraces the Pied Piper...
Kansas City, MO – This week, KC STEM Alliance and The Missouri Mathematics and Science Coalition, along with multiple Missouri and Kansas STEM industries, organizational and educational partners are joining efforts with the Million Women Mentors initiative to increase awareness and participation of women in...
Nearly 500 students from the Kansas City metro area competed in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST, Tech Challenge qualifier Saturday. Thirty-seven teams of middle and high school students filled UMKC's Swinney Recreation Center. Each team brought a small remote-controlled robot...
