The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is using a nearly $1 million grant to launch a program that will help Iowa teachers receive their secondary computer science education endorsement – qualifying them to teach computer science in grades five through 12.

New York’s Hartwick College has received a $500,000 grant to expand its capacity for providing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) opportunities for all students, particularly those belonging to historically excluded groups.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced awards for 147 university researchers, totaling $59 million, to finance the purchase of research equipment and enable universities to perform state-of-the-art research that augments current capabilities and develops new ones.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed new legislation that requires all public and nonpublic schools in New Jersey to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement in electronic format.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has committed nearly $84 million in a new round of funding through the Emergency Connectivity Program, which supports the FCC’s work to close the homework gap.

George Mason University is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop a unified platform to improve the process for students from community colleges to transfer into the university.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have reached an agreement to resolve allegations that the school violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because much of UC Berkeley’s free online content is inaccessible to individuals with hearing, vision, and manual disabilities.

Georgia’s Albany State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), has received nearly $3 million in funding from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed new legislation that will incentivize public school STEM teachers to participate in an existing grant program, as well as ensure that nonpublic school students have access to STEM education.

The Department of Energy (DoE) is investing $30 million in minority serving institutions (MSI) to help develop the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) leaders.