Asia brings a unique background to his role as Program Director for the CPASS STEMM Scholars Academy. As a first-generation college graduate, he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Georgia State University and expanded his knowledge in Logistics...
Reflecting on the Success of the CPASS Foundation’s Annual STEMM Pathways to Health Equity Breakfast
The CPASS Foundation hosted its Annual STEMM Pathways to Health Equity Breakfast, bringing together passionate individuals committed to advancing health equity in our communities. This event provided a platform for meaningful discussions and innovative strategies...
Welcome Tracie Screven as Associate Director for the CPASS Foundation
Tracie Screven is an adept technical professional with exceptional project management and strategy experience. In previous years, Tracie held various roles in Research and Development at Kraft Heinz for over 16 years. And most recently she held roles at SMASH as Site...
Illinois’s Future Depends on STEMM Careers That Include Everyone
To grow a diverse workforce and address inequality Chicago companies need to innovate with STEMM hiring and promotion. The Illinois STEMM workforce is the sixth-largest in the US and growing fast. With an innovative job market and strong universities, students come to...
Robotics Is Surging in Chicagoland
The pandemic accelerated development of artificial intelligence and automation. Now students as young as pre-K are learning to code. The pandemic forced laboratories, factories, and warehouses around the world to replace humans with robots. As the world reopens,...
Experimenting with experiments during lockdown changed science education
Between COVID vaccines and mass lockdowns, humanity just experienced some of the largest medical and health experiments ever. This made it harder for STEMM students to continue their own studies and transformed STEMM university education. From accessing cadavers for...
Social Media Doctors
These doctors are here to teach everybody, on several platforms. Americans spend at least four hours a day looking at their phones. In 2020, 59 percent of American internet users looked online for health information. Social media is an efficient way to reach diverse,...
Importance of all students having routine vaccinations and how schools can work with communities to keep everyone safe
It?s never been more important for schools and communities to collaborate to ensure that all students catch up on routine childhood and adolescent vaccines they may have missed during COVID lockdowns.
Metro Chicago?s future is in STEMM
Of the 20 occupations projected to have the most growth in the US between 2020 and 2030, almost all require some STEMM education and experience.
Combating the Infodemic: How to help schools debunk scientific myths
Fake news isn?t new?it became widespread when early newspapers demonstrated their power over public opinion. And while we now have access to more information than ever before in human history, misinformation has evolved into a potent tool to seed social conflict.
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