Teen Creates Energy-Producing Machine for Just $12
Inspired by the lack of reliable electricity described by her pen pal in Ethiopia, 15-year-old Hannah Herbst found a unique, cost-effective way to produce energy. Learn more about her impressive invention....
Why the Growth of STEM Starts in Math Class
In order to foster the growth of a successful and innovative STEM workforce in the United States, proficient math skills must be established at an early age. Find out where our numbers currently stack up and why we must fill gaps in order to see positive change....
Fight or Flight: Women in STEM Face High Levels of Mental Stress
While women work to close the gender gap still present in STEM fields, they often struggle with unnecessary mental stress as their role in the workplace is regularly called into question. This stress can be attributed to being in a constant state of “fight or flight.”...
Mercury News
Carolyn Livengood: Skyline College in San Bruno launches partnership with Base 11. Read more.
Community Colleges: Fostering the Next Generation of STEM Innovators
Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Richard Branson are a few of the preeminent innovators of our time, who have changed the game and redefined the human experience at the outset of the 21st century. Where will the next generation of great entrepreneurs emerge from? It turns...
Efforts to Close Gaps in STEM Education Access and Achievement
Despite the undeniable growth in STEM fields and the need for employers to find talent to fill these positions, there are still segments of the population without sufficient access to STEM education or the tools to help them succeed in these fields. Spurred by the...
The Skyline View
Skyline Introduces New STEM Lab. Read more.
Base 11 Launches Innovation Center and New Course at Skyline College to Support the Next Generation of STEM Entrepreneurs
SAN BRUNO, CA -- Students at community colleges across the country who have the potential to develop into the next world-changing science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) professional are lacking just one component to success -- resources. Today, the nonprofit...
How One Organization is Using 3D Printers to Get Girls Excited About STEM
Armed with one mobile unit and the fascinating technology of 3D printing, nonprofit organization MakerGirl is hoping to ignite a love of STEM in girls at a young age. This unique program began as a project for a business course at the University of Illinois in 2014 by...