Meet Gitanjali Rao—TIME’s first-ever Kid of the Year
At age 15, Gitanjali Rao isn’t your typical scientist. The brilliant teen was selected as TIME’s Kid of the Year from more than 5,000 kids, ages 8 to 16. Her inventions can sense lead in water, detect early opioid addiction, and identify cyber bullying. Rao hopes to inspire other young…
“She Can STEM” ad campaign features female role models
In 2017, the US Department of Commerce released a report about people working in STEM jobs (science, technology, engineering and math). Only 25 percent of these jobs are held by women, the report said. The Ad Council decided to help. It partnered with companies like Google, Microsoft, and IBM to…
Tech job boom of 2016 continuing into 2017
The tech sector grew about 2 percent in 2016, swelling to 7.3 million workers in the United States, and that boom is showing no signs of slowing down in 2017. The tech industry is worth around $1.3 trillion annually, which is 8 percent of the total US economy, and tech…
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