SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In a first for the country, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has initiated an ambitious program to attract top international talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The Seoul Tech Scholarship aims to bolster the city’s future workforce in key industries. On October 7, a ceremony was held on [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is introducing a new refrigerator brand called STEM that directly connects to a water line to produce purified water and ice. The company plans to expand the STEM lineup to more than half of its premium French-door refrigerator models and position it as a driving force for its [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — After the coronavirus outbreak, the demand for medical and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related workers increased, a state-run think tank said. The demand for employees who can develop new technology increased on the back of the growing interest in health resulting from population aging and income growth, according [...]
Dallas, Texas (SMU), USA, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Beginning in the fall semester of 2018, the SMU Cox Master of Science in Finance degree (MSF) will be STEM-designated. The Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, at its December meeting, approved changes to the MS in Finance program curriculum and the [...]
SHENZHEN, China, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Makeblock Co., Ltd, the STEM education and robotics startup, today announced it has closed a $30 million Series B round at a $200 million valuation led by Evolution Media China and Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Ltd. The funding supports Makeblock’s expansion into new markets, further product development and [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Strong winds have the capability to take down any man-made structure. Maintaining a wind-resistant building structure has always been a conundrum for architects. However, Korean researchers have recently come up with a structure that can reduce the effect of wind by 20 percent, by using daffodil stems as an [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government will promote the distribution of watermelons whose stems are cut-off during harvesting, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) on April 14. Watermelon stems have been a conventional indicator of the quality and the freshness of watermelons for Koreans, who have created a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – It becomes common that humanities majors are neglected while STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) majors take center stage in job markets across the world. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 6, 2013, that the unemployment rate of graduates majoring in English among recent college graduates in the United Sates was 9.8 percent. [...]
CHICAGO, July 10, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Thirty-one aspiring female inventors will compete to build and race electric cars created from old refrigerators as part of a new initiative launched by ComEd. The program, dubbed “The Icebox Derby,” is co-sponsored by Girls4Science, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana and the Chicago Urban League and is [...]
RICHARDSON, Texas & ATLANTA, Apr. 10, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are critical to the future success of young people as many of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S. will require some education in STEM. Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile) today announced a national technology partnership with Boys [...]