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Science in the Summer
For tribal college faculty, summer is a time for research, teaching, and workshops. Also gardening, road trips, and fishing.
Continue readingBuilding a Pipeline for Native Hawaiian Students
The University of Hawaii-West O’ahu receives $2.5 million for development of STEM programs and student support
Continue readingAre Reservations Safe?
Thinking about the role of science in tribal communities
Continue readingTribal college students feel nurtured and empowered but also need more support, report finds
Students who attend tribally controlled colleges praise the quality of their education and the support they receive from faculty and staff, according to a new report released by the Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin.
Continue readingPartial shutdown of the federal government is producing a complete shutdown of many tribal offices; tribal leaders struggle to sustain essential services
The partial shutdown of the federal government is—for the moment–only indirectly felt by many Americans. But on the nation’s Indian reservations, where federal funding is vital for the day-to-day operation of many programs and services, the impact is sweeping.
Continue readingPeer reviewed research remains inaccessible to many scholars, argues former CEO of Creative Commons
Working in some of the nation’s most rural regions, faculty at tribal and many Native-serving colleges often feel isolated from colleagues and far from the nation’s research centers.
Continue readingLuce Foundation announces support for Native leaders
The Henry Luce Foundation has launched a new initiative to support the work of Native “knowledge makers and knowledge keepers” through a competitive fellowship program developed in collaboration with the First Nations Development Institute.
Continue readingAs government shutdown continues, research stalls; NSF furloughs staff and curtails services
The partial shutdown of the federal government is having a disproportionate impact on science, curtailing the work of government scientists and darkening federal agencies that fund college and university-based research—including many programs within tribal and Native-serving institutions.
Continue readingNSF funds four tribal research centers
The National Science Foundation’s Tribal Colleges and Universities Program has awarded $14 million to tribally controlled colleges to establish four research centers.
Big ideas wanted
The National Science Foundation is asking researchers and the public to help identify the “pressing research questions that need to be answered in the coming decade.”
Navajo Technical University receives ABET accreditation
Navajo Technical University, a four-year tribally controlled institution located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, learned this week that its electrical and industrial engineering programs have received ABET accreditation.