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LEADS, which stands for Leaders in Education Advancing Data Science, is an initiative that aims to bridge the gap in educators and education by providing fully funded Ed.S. graduate degrees to specially…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A cohort of Middle Tennessee State University faculty recently landed a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to develop local middle school teachers in the subject areas of science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM…


MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A cohort of Middle Tennessee State University faculty members recently gathered local stakeholders in wake of a $3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to recruit, retain and develop local science, technology, engineering and math, better known as STEM, teachers into data science educators and leaders in high-need school districts…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Many of them dressed for success and exhibiting research at a top level, middle and high school students from as far away as Fentress County, Tennessee, recently converged at Middle Tennessee State University to showcase their STEM exploration in science, technology, engineering and math…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Williamson County’s Page Middle School and Ravenwood High School won their respective divisions in the recent 2025 Regional Science Olympiad.
Ravenwood’s team, from Brentwood, finished ahead of Central Magnet (Murfreesboro), Hume-Fogg Academic (Nashville) and Page (Franklin), with all four advancing to the state tournament Saturday, April 5, at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville…

Grant Gardner, Department of Biology professor and researcher, along with Middle Tennessee State University faculty Liz Barnes, Sarah Bleiler-Baxter, Jennifer Kaplan and Greg Rushton, recently landed a $1.25 million National Science Foundation grant to develop post-doctoral candidates into STEM-education researchers…

https://mtsunews.com/grant-targets-next-gen-ag-leaders/Middle Tennessee State University School of Agriculture faculty are part of a group collectively awarded $18.1 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to educate and develop tomorrow’s agricultural leaders from all communities…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Edwin Walck received his thirst for education and research honestly, through his parents, Jeffrey Walck and Siti Hidayati, Middle Tennessee State University Department of Biology faculty members.
Edwin Walck, a senior Aerospace Department major with concentrations in professional pilot and flight dispatch, was among seven MTSU undergraduate student researchers and nearly 60 from nine Tennessee universities attending the annual Posters at the Capitol recently at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A trio of Middle Tennessee State University professors has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to advance research in improving the teaching of the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.— The November edition of Middle Tennessee State University’s “Out of the Blue” television magazine features a trio of professors who were recently awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to advance research in improving the teaching of the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math.