The New York Times: Hatching Ideas, and Companies, by the Dozens at M.I.T.

Over the course of the last three decades, the Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) has produced a variety of companies in the drug and drug delivery industries. With over 25 companies and more than 811 patents to Dr. Langer’s name, his lab is an example of the intersection between academic research and the commercial market—with an overall goal to improve people’s health.

Boston Globe: Invest in developing homegrown STEM talent

Public colleges and universities across the United States can play a significant role in increasing the country’s competitiveness in STEM industries by preparing the future workforce. Read about how schools in Massachusetts are responding to the need for STEM-educated college graduates.

Huffington Post: Community Colleges: An ‘Unsung’ Source of America’s STEM Talent

This article calls for increased respect for community colleges, which educate a significant percentage of U.S. minority students who go on to post-secondary education. The article also argues that these institutions have the potential to educate the individuals necessary to fill present and future STEM jobs.

Fast Company's CoExist: Meet the Genius Kids of the Google Science Fair

The innovators featured at Google’s science competition have come up with projects that can do everything from helping meth addicts to improving breast cancer testing. They’re also all 18 and under.

U.S. News & World Report: STEM Education is the Key to the U.S.'s Economic Future

"We need to encourage more students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math." - John Engler, president of Business Roundtable and a former governor of Michigan

Huffington Post's Education Blog: Where the Jobs Are - STEM Fields 

Linda Rosen, CEO of Change the Equation says, "Across the STEM fields, job postings outnumbered unemployed people by almost 2-to-1. Even in a tough economy, STEM is where the jobs are."

U.S. News and World Report: High Schools Need to Use Social Media to Spur STEM Engagement 

Imagine a scenario in which students from different school districts across the country are competing on Twitter to see who can build the best cardboard boat.

Huffington Post: Wouldn't It Be Cool to Get More Kids Excited About STEM?

Rapper and producer Will.i.am has made it his mission to spread the word about STEM education.

CNN: Fewer Women Enrolling in STEM Classes in Community Colleges

A study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research says that while women represent a majority of college graduates overall, only 27.5% earn degrees in the STEM fields.

The Delaware News Journal: Scientific pursuits earn Patel invite to White House event

A Sussex Technical high School junior’s pharmaceutical filtration – an example of STEM work – was acknowledged by President Obama.

Christian Science Monitor: President Obama hosts White House Science Fair. Did anybody win?

President Obama reasons that if championship sports teams are invited to the White House, so should winners of science fairs.

Idaho Press-Tribune: Students Study Engineering through Hands-on Projects

Seventh-grade science class at Sage Valley Middle School constructs sumo robots, interplanetary rovers and flying cars with feet.

Popular Science: High School Inventors 2011

Ten students who are improving MRIs, cancer treatments and human-robot interaction--between classes, of course.

Bots High Documentary: High School Robotics 

Students build bone-crushing combat robots to compete in thrilling caged-death matches.