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New Badges Highlight Girl Scouts’ Increased Focus on STEM

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Recently, GSUSA announced 42 new badges , of which nearly three-quarters are dedicated to helping girls develop skills they need for the future related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM: Nine badges dedicated to cybersecurity, particularly encryption and hacking. Three badges on space science.

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CompTIA Study Finds Tech Hubs Where You Wouldn’t Expect Them

Associations Now

Yes, you’re probably aware that San Francisco or Seattle are tech hotbeds, but what about Huntsville, Alabama, or Lansing, Michigan? The geographic diversity of the index is something we’re very excited to see and demonstrates the positive impact the technology industry is having on regional economies.”.