Get ready to launch into a universe where science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) come alive! In partnership with the Kent Community Foundation and the Kent School District, we’re thrilled… Read More
The University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College this week celebrated the opening of Innovation Hall on their campuses located northeast of Seattle. The new $79 million facility will serve… Read More
More U.S. schools are offering computer science courses than ever before and the classes are more racially and ethnically diverse than in the past. But less than half as many… Read More
As the school year winds down, Trish Millines Dziko is focused on helping students at Washington Middle School in Seattle prep for their big STEM expo. It’s an exciting culmination… Read More
Today’s top STEM teachers embrace learning opportunities wherever they arise, whether it’s baby squirrels that have fallen from their nest, or engineering design failures that literally go up in smoke.… Read More
Seattle University landed $1.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation to support low-income students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programs. The NSF dollars will allow the university… Read More
Washington leaders trying to bulk up the state’s cybersecurity workforce are boosting community and technical college cybersecurity program enrollments by 500 seats. The $6.85 million effort is being funded through… Read More
Before enrolling last fall in the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Mya Baker and Mia Huynh were not writing lines of code. Or… Read More
The bleak and all-too-common spectacle of roadkill was upsetting to Vedant Srinivas — particularly when his uncle and cousin’s beloved German Shepherd-Rottweiler mix was fatally hit by a car. More… Read More
Dr. Tam’ra-Kay Francis was feeling a little nervous. The confession was a surprise given all she has accomplished. Francis, who goes by TK, has a masters degree in chemistry for… Read More
Innovation is alive and well in STEM classrooms across Washington state, inspiring students to seek opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. At the GeekWire Awards on May 12, we’re… Read More
In a world without terrific STEM teachers there would be fewer tech entrepreneurs and cutting-edge innovators that are honored each year at the GeekWire Awards. Luckily for all of us,… Read More
Christine Ye, a senior at Eastlake High School in Sammamish, Wash., has won the top award in the nation’s oldest and most prestigious competitions for science students, thanks to her… Read More
NASA has chosen 57 winning teams — including a team from Interlake High School in Bellevue, Wash.— to receive funding to build and fly experiments focusing on subjects ranging from… Read More
Amazon Web Services and Washington state officials this week announced a new partnership to provide cloud computing education for high school students. AWS, the market-leading public cloud provider, aims to… Read More
The Bezos Family Foundation and the McCaw family are putting some wind in the sails of the newly launched Maritime High School. The two Seattle-area tech families are donating to… Read More
Over the years, GeekWire has highlighted so many of the tireless folks who are nurturing the next generation of geeks. And this year we’re excited to announce a new award… Read More
Mama Sambusa Kitchen was recently saved from potential financial ruin by a high school student. Through a new program offered by the Seattle Office of Economic Development and the Urban… Read More
Three students are getting ready for a space experiment that will use gravity and magnetism to simulate the origin of planet Earth. Another trio plans to create a musical composition… Read More
This year, the Washington STEM Summit brought together more than 300 leaders in government, education, community and business — including Rev. Jesse Jackson and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Washington STEM… Read More
News Brief: Students from colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada are being recruited for the Base 11 Space Challenge, a $1 million competition to encourage the development of… Read More
Microsoft is upping its STEM game by introducing new chemistry and computer science options for Minecraft: Education Edition. Plus, the tech giant is adding more “mixed reality” products and offers… Read More
American Girl put a Space Age spin on the centuries-old tradition of dress-up dolls today by unveiling a spacesuit-clad character named Luciana Vega as its “Girl of the Year” for… Read More
If you’re the U.S. Postal Service, how do you follow up on Pluto, planets, “Star Trek” and a total solar eclipse? Here’s how: Next year’s batch of postage stamps will… Read More
Students at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Wash., are being honored today with the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for creating Schools Under 2C, an effort to fight climate… Read More
As leaders including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Microsoft president Brad Smith, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and many others have vowed to fight climate change, students at Tesla STEM High School in… Read More
The current political climate in D.C. is a mess — and Olympia has its own troubles with a court mandate to boost school funding and no easy means for doing… Read More
The earlier kids get started on STEM, the better off they’ll be. At least that’s where Amazon is placing another e-commerce bet. The online retailer launched a STEM toy subscription… Read More
Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is busy on your average weekend, but this past Saturday it was bursting. Between the life-sized bug exhibit and the dome of the Boeing IMAX theater,… Read More
