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USDA Science Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Meet Jose

October 24, 2024 Megan Guilfoyle, Public Affairs Specialist, Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area

National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, is a time to celebrate the rich history, cultural diversity, and contributions from Hispanic communities. USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area is home to over 8,000 of the world’s best and brightest minds in...

Research and Science

USDA Science Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Meet Luz

October 24, 2024 Megan Guilfoyle, Public Affairs Specialist, Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area

National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, is a time to celebrate the rich history, cultural diversity, and contributions from Hispanic communities. USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area is home to over 8,000 of the world’s best and brightest minds in...

Equity Research and Science

USDA Science Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Meet Luz

October 08, 2024 Megan Guilfoyle, Public Affairs Specialist, Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area

National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, is a time to celebrate the rich history, cultural diversity, and contributions from Hispanic communities. USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area is home to over 8,000 of the world’s best and brightest minds in...

Research and Science

Mirror, Mirror, What Do You See? I See a Scientist Looking at Me

September 17, 2019 Justice Wright, Deputy Director of Communications, Research, Education and Economics mission area

Strolling down the aisles of most toy departments, parents are likely to see more diverse options such as a brown-faced doll holding her microscope and African-American action figures in engineering sets. Many toy manufacturers have removed the stigma of “traditional gender roles” and created...

Research and Science

Join USDA at the 5th USA Science and Engineering Festival

March 26, 2018 Damon Thompson, Communications Director, USDA Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a proud partner of the th USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF). USDA will be among more than 750 of the world's leading professional scientific and engineering societies, universities, government agencies, and high-tech corporations that...

Research and Science

For Wyoming 4-H’ers, it’s Time to Head Back to High School and College

August 16, 2017 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Most teenagers across the country are preparing to start a new year of school, but in Wyoming many will pull double duty by earning college credit after they close their high school books.

Research and Science

Open Data Summer Camp Plans Gaining STEAM for 2017

January 13, 2017 Joyce Hunter, Deputy Chief Information Officer, USDA

USDA and the Governance Lab at New York University (GovLab) are teaming up again to design and deliver a “summer camp” in 2017 for middle- and high-school students that focuses on using Open Data related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, and Math (STEAM). The Open Data STEAM Summer...

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