When Freya Abraham reflects on her experiences attending the Arizona SciTech Festival, she finds inspiration. As a young student, Abraham was drawn to the hands-on demonstrations and welcoming environments the festival brought to her hometown of Maricopa.
Honeywell, whose aerospace division is based in Phoenix, has announced a partnership with Mesa Public Schools to help improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education. The partnership brings Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) employees together with Mesa instructors to spur interest in STEM subjects through five “workstreams” that include seminars, activity spaces, mentorships and more for students across grades, as well as for their parents.
By now you have seen or at least heard about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) preparing its giant semiconductor manufacturing facility in the North Valley. Although no products will be made there until 2024, the world’s largest contract chipmaker already is benefiting from the Arizona STEM ecosystem taking shape here.
Building on the exciting new developments around generative AI, we are happy to launch the AWS Generative AI Accelerator, a 10-week program designed to take the most promising generative AI startups around the globe to the next level. Generative AI is an incredibly exciting field that has the potential to revolutionize many industries. Tech startups will play an important role in bringing this technology into the mainstream.
From UX Design to Cloud Computing, here are 12 answers to the question, “What are the most important tech skills an employer should look for in candidates in 2023, and why?”
Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) recently received grant funding from the US National Science Foundation to support CGCC students who are working towards their Associate’s Degree Program in Engineering and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. CGCC strives to provide students with learning and experiences which will advance students’ personal and professional growth.
Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) has partnered with the City of Chandler to provide paid internships for CGCC students. These internships offer a wide-variety of experiences in areas such as social media marketing, information technology, the arts, administration, and more. Devon Mahon is the Career Services Internship Analyst. As an employee of the Maricopa County Community College District, he works both with CGCC and the City of Chandler to manage this new program.
Sensory-stimulating science experiments. Awe-inspiring robots. Automated vehicle advancements. Sustainable farming innovations. Life-science breakthroughs. Arizonans of all ages will be able to experience all of this and much more at the 2023 Arizona SciTech Festival, the state’s annual celebration of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Dreamscape Learn announced a $20 million Series A investment by backers including Bold Capital Partners, GSV Ventures, Verizon Ventures, and Cengage Group. Built in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), the company develops immersive learning experiences that blend innovative pedagogy with the emotional power of cinematic storytelling.
Imagine exploring an ancient forest and coming across a collapsed, rundown barn. As you explore deeper into the environment, you realize something is off. Small things are changing… it’s turning eerie… you are losing your sanity. As things go bump in the night, you’re fully immersed in The Madness Project, Game Art & Animation graduate Emily Szymanski’s Student Innovation Project (SIP). With a focus on environmental storytelling, The Madness Project shifts the environment between two states of mind: sanity and insanity. Walking through the environment, your character becomes restless as paranoia eats away at the mind. Your sanity is ticking down and the environment is turning sinister.