Stanford Students Take STEM Home to EthiopiaThis past summer, engineering graduate students Loza Tadesse and Tim Abate returned to their home country of Ethiopia to teach local college students about science research and educational opportunities. The Stanford engineering PhD students returned home this past summer to share their expertise with college students and expose them to science research and education. Tadesse and Abate convened a team of 13 scientists and graduate students from Stanford, the University of California, Berkeley, Pepperdine University, the University of Chicago, the University of Akron and the University of Toronto. “Our goal was to motivate college students back home to pursue higher education – Master of Science degrees and PhDs – and research,” Abate said. They sought 40 students for the program, but due to the amount of interest, they ended up with 50.

Source: Ethiopian News October 21, 2019 20:48 UTC