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The National Science Foundation has awarded UMass Dartmouth Associate Professor of STEM Education and Teacher Development Walter Stroup a $457,755 grant to develop new strategies for middle school and high school teachers to excite their students about science, technology, engineering and math careers. ...

Nicholas is my 10 year old brother. As we were going through our movie collection one day, he stumbled upon old VHS tape. I was born in 1992 and my brother was born in 2006. As he so graciously reminds me every other day, I was born in the 20th century, and that makes me “old ...

Researchers at UMass Dartmouth's School of Marine Science and Technology have been issued a U.S. Patent for technology that would help along New Bedford's waterfront. The technology uses an onboard 3D camera system to help monitor commercial fishing vessels and manage depleted fish stocks...

Next year's freshmen at New Bedford High School will have new gadgets to look forward to. At Monday's meeting, the School Committee approved a $126 million school budget for 2017, about $7.7 million more than 2016's school budget. ...

Technology took the forefront of Monday night's New Bedford school budget discussion. Out of the $7.7 million expected to be added to the district's budget for 2017, $300,000 will be included for technology replacement. New Bedford schools' Information Technology Director Rob Tetreault says the additional funds could go toward a number of needs, such as laptops for middle school faculty, or partia

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The New Bedford School Department is taking steps to convert Normandin Middle School into an Innovation School, with special emphasis on subjects like science, technology, engineering, art and math. School Department spokesman Jon Carvalho says district leaders are hoping to boost educational attainment at Normandin...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed on to be a visiting fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school announced on Tuesday that Patrick, who left office last week after two terms, will participate in MIT's Innovation Initiative...

Some fitness apps have been around for a few years, but there's no doubt that devices to measure health, activity and fitness are becoming increasingly popular.

Fédération Internationale de Football Association will use state of the art technology to detect when a ball crosses the goal line in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.