New STEM Program

New STEM program: TPS students to benefit from AEP Foundation’s $3 million grant to TCC By Nour Habib, World Staff Writer The American Electric Power Foundation and Tulsa Community College on Monday will announce a $3 million grant that will fund a new science, technology, engineering and math — or STEM — program that will […]

State of STEM

Microbes, Apps, and Backflips-in-Space at 3rd Annual White House “State of STEM” Event for Kids Posted by Becky Fried and Meredith Lightstone on January 22, 2015 at 09:27 AM EST on White House OSTP Yesterday, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Megan Smith, kicked off an afternoon of conversation between senior Obama-Administration scientists and technologists, outside […]

Spelbots Team Debunking Myth

November, I had the opportunity to meet and work with the famed Spelman College Spelbots team at the UAF Hackthon. Yes, the Spelbots team is as impressive as advertised. I had the front row seat to watching the team assemble robots from scratch, build a business model around their robotics product and deliver a riveting […]

Annual boxing event turns into Tulsa Charity Flight Night

By Kyle Arnold, World Business Writer The Siegfried family’s long-running “Fight Night” tradition is getting a major shakeup, one that may fit the clan’s aviation leanings better. In September, the annual “Fight Night” will become “Flight Night,” with an ‘L,’ and is moving from the ring to the air. Instead of prizefighting, the Sept. 18 […]