ERIs Drive STEM Innovation and Education

Emerging research institutions (ERIs) are critical to the U.S. STEM research ecosystem. Although by statute they have less than $50 million in federal research expenditures annually, ERIs disproportionately educate the next generation of STEM worker, while driving innovation, building community engagement, and fueling local and national economic development.   Join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine The for the first of three webinars on April 21, leading up to a national summit this September. This webinar will discuss the wide breadth of approaches and unique roles that ERIs serve within the STEM research enterprise. Panelists will include Anna Quidier (Emerging Research Institutions Coalition; moderator), Susan Singer (St. Olaf College), Nigamanth Sridhar (Cleveland State University), and Felecia Nave (1890 Foundation).   Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/47AuRfj    #EmergingResearchInstitutions #STEM #Research #HigherEducation  

Emerging research institutions (ERIs) are critical to the U.S. STEM research ecosystem. Although by statute they have less than $50 million in federal research expenditures annually, ERIs disproportionately educate the next generation of STEM worker, while driving innovation, building community engagement, and fueling local and national economic development. Join us for the first of three webinars on April 21, leading up to a national summit this September. This webinar will discuss the wide breadth of approaches and unique roles that ERIs serve within the STEM research enterprise. Panelists will include Anna Quider, Ph.D. (Emerging Research Institutions Coalition; moderator), Susan Rundell Singer (St. Olaf College), Nigamanth Sridhar (Cleveland State University), and Felecia M. Nave (1890 Foundation). Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/v9hH50YFNPO #EmergingResearchInstitutions #STEM #Research #HigherEducation

📝 NEW BLOG POST Want to know if your research has made an impact? By Vesife Hatisaru and Nicole Atkins, Edith Cowan University #STEM #ResearchImpact ‘Partnerships between academics and practitioners offer a pathway to understand and disrupt the current downward trend in STEM enrolments.’ Read here: https://lnkd.in/g82gSMmK

🔬 Confessions of a Confused STEM Grad: Reproducibility...or Lack Thereof Listening to UCLA's Dr. Jonathan Flint this past week at Penn was a phenomenal experience but also a reminder of a glaring scientific issue: reproducibility. We have all had the experience of following a protocol where we dot our is and cross our ts and somehow, we never can seem to replicate the results! The emphasis in the recent years for many graduate students have been high impact and novel research. While this is great in its own way, when that same research doesn't replicate, it becomes a glaring disservice to our scientific community. This raises the question: are we optimizing for discovery or reliability? I don't have a clean answer yet to this, however, I do know that it is important to make sure our science holds up. While I am still figuring this out, I want to leave you with this: struggling with reproducibility does not make you a bad scientist - it means you're asking the right question! Stay Inquisitive 🔍 , Confused STEM Grad ⚙️ 🤔 #confusedbutcurious #confusedstemgrad #reproducibility #discovery #scientificreliability #gradlife #phdlife #stem #gradstudent

🤔 What’s the relative contribution of science, engineering, social sciences and humanities to human progress? "I often meet apparently well-educated people who have a simple answer to this question. All of human progress is essentially the result of advances in science and technology. "Vaccines, drugs and medical treatments; energy sources and new forms of transport; telecommunications, computers and AI – these are the causes of improved life expectancy, economic growth and progress of all kinds. "Social sciences, by contrast, are essentially a waste of time. They are indulgent, useless and irrelevant, with the arts and humanities even more trivial in their effects." Geoff Mulgan looks into the myth that STEM subjects alone drive growth in a new LSE Impact blog article: https://ow.ly/pf5450YIV3r

Why does the US have such a poor record on child mortality? Why do Scandinavian countries consistently top the happiness rankings? Why did the USSR, despite its extraordinary scientists, engineers and heavy investment in STEM, ultimately stagnate? The answers to these questions do not come from physics, engineering or computer science alone. They come from the social sciences: from how societies are organised, how institutions function, how inequality is managed, how trust is built, how power is distributed, and how people live together. The most successful countries are not those with the greatest number of scientists or engineers. Nor are the major differences between nations explained by unequal access to scientific knowledge. Science matters enormously, but it does not, by itself, explain prosperity, resilience, wellbeing or social progress. To believe that STEM alone drives progress and economic growth is not just a narrow view of education; it reveals a deeper misunderstanding of how the world works. It suggests a public culture that undervalues history, sociology, economics, psychology, politics, anthropology, ethics and the study of human behaviour. Yet this appears to be the view held by many: from MAGA who would happily close all social science departments to the current leaders of UK research, including government ministers. This is a dangerous mindset. A brilliant article by the Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at UCL, Geoff Mulgan. #STEM #SocialScience #Science #Solutions

The humanities and social sciences allow for veritas (truth) to be approached and revealed, and when the pursuit of veritas is lacking then no true progress can be made.

"to believe that only STEM drives progress and economic growth reflects something wrong in education and our public culture, a remarkable degree of ignorance about how the world really works."

🏆 Tech for the Good : Community Impact Award Andre Samuel, Ph.D. President & CEO, The Citizen Science Lab - Underrepresentation in STEM Andre Samuel, Ph.D. didn't have to stay in Pittsburgh. He could have done this work anywhere. He came to Pittsburgh from Washington, D.C. to earn his PhD in Biology at Duquesne University. He could have taken his research credentials anywhere. But one summer, he looked out from his university lab sitting idle, full of equipment and noticed what was right next door: the #HillDistrict. World class science on one side of the fence. A community with no access to it on the other. His ethos is opening doors. He decided to tear down the fence. Co-founding what would become The Citizen Science Lab, Dr. Samuel was inspired in part by the plays and writings of Pittsburgh native #AugustWilson and made it his mission to make a difference with each and every young person who walked through his doors. More than a decade later, that decision to stay and build has changed thousands of lives. Dr. Samuel has brought his passion for the #lifesciences out of academia and into the lives of young people creating hands on lab experiences as part of a lifelong dedication to opening new pathways into #STEM, especially for those who might not yet see a future for themselves in the sciences. His work is serious and the credentials are substantial. Dr. Samuel's research background spans toxicology, hookworm vaccine development, and tuberculosis reactivation studies. His student programs include drug design intensives where Hill District high schoolers learn the same computational and wet lab methods used by professional researchers and get paid a stipend to do it. Even as a PhD candidate, he founded the S.I.G.M.A. Science Mentorship Initiative to introduce ninth graders to university level lab research and build long term STEM career pipelines. His contributions to community run just as deep. Dr. Samuel leads the Remake Learning STEAM Working Group and serves on the boards of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the #EnvironmentalCharterSchool, the Duquesne University School of Medicine Advisory Board, and #OmiceloCares. The momentum is only building. Citizens named the lab: The Citizen Science Lab .The organization is now converting the former #MartinLutherKingJr. #Cultural Center in the #HillDistrict into its permanent new headquarters.  I know there is more ahead. He never stops. Dr. Andre Samuel, this one's for you. Pittsburgh is more than lucky to have you. Congratulations on the Pittsburgh Technology Council's Tech for the Good: Community Impact Award. 🎉 #PTC #CIOCTOAwards #TechForGood #Pittsburgh #STEMEducation #CitizenScienceLab #CommunityImpact #HillDist Richard King Mellon Foundation

🔬 From Idea to Impact: ASU RISE Ambassadors Advancing Science Communication ASU’s RISE Ambassadors are helping bridge the gap between research and the public, turning complex scientific ideas into accessible, impactful communication that reaches broader audiences. This story features F-1 international student Aliya Hashim, whose work highlights how international students are contributing to science outreach and making research more inclusive and engaging. 📖 Read more: https://lnkd.in/edf7_Kuj #ASUISSC #ASUResearch #InternationalStudents #ScienceCommunication #Innovation #GlobalImpact #STEM