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First All-Female Spacewalk
First All-Female Spacewalk Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir successfully complete first all-female spacewalk on Friday October 19, 2019. This was the first all-female spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk officially...
Nobel Prize 2019 Winners Announced!
Nobel Prize 2019 Winners Announced! This past week the winners of the various Nobel prizes were announced! We've rounded up all the winners so that you can read about their contributions over the years. We've highlighted the STEM related awards, but did...
Afrisnet launches webinars to inform Ghanaian students about graduate programs in the US
KNUST students gathered in a lecture hall in the Aboagye Menyeh Complex at KNUST campus (Kumasi, Ghana) to follow the inaugural Afrisnet webinar entitled: What is graduate school, and is it right for me? Novel knowledge is generated through research, and...
Afrisnet Education Committee Offers Professional Training to Kenyan Interns at Indiana University Bloomington
On a global scale, both the quantity and the quality of research produced from Africa remain low. The major challenges impeding the development of research in Africa include insufficient funding, inadequate infrastructure, as well as low number of trained personnel.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing
On July 20th, 1969, humanity made a giant leap in space exploration when the American astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin landed on the Moon. The Astronauts were part of the NASA famous Apollo 11 mission, which also included astronaut Michael Collins. Collins was the Command Module Pilot, and he stayed in the Moon orbit.
Three Afrisnet members win training positions through CAEP
Ange Uwera, Delphine Umuhoza, and Delphine Uwingabire have been working very hard for a long time applying to graduate programs and internships both in Europe and the United States. Recently, they were all offered training positions through CAEP, an...