STEM and the future
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, there were about 10 million people working in STEM jobs in 2021 – and 11% more needed by 2031. To stay competitive, the U.S. and Georgia need to encourage more students to become…
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Engineering a Better World
The phone call seemed to come out of nowhere. The city of Los Angeles Public Works wanted to know if Morehouse College senior Chase Garrison was interested in helping analyze an engineering problem. In fact, the Los Angeles program was…
A new IDEA for Black and Hispanic engineers
Over some 50 years, the Dual Degree Engineering Program at the Atlanta University Center Consortium has had a mission to graduate more Black engineers. A new $1.5 million investment gives that mission a boost by helping create a new national…
Visions Become Reality
With passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) in November 2021 and the promise of federal infrastructure funds flowing to the states, self-taxing community improvement districts (CIDs) are in a sweet spot. Their mission, typically projects…
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