President Obama Pushes Innovation ‘Frontiers’ in STEM - Sri Ravipati, THE Journal

President Obama traveled to Pittsburgh, PA to speak on building up the United States’ capacity for STEM innovation at the White House Frontiers Conference, a one-day national convening co-hosted with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The Frontiers Conference brought together global researchers, business leaders, technologists, philanthropists and local innovators to discuss how to keep Americans on the cutting edge of innovation with next-generation science and technology that will help improve lives. More than 700 innovators across academia, industry, government and civil society will participate in the conference, according to a White House fact sheet on the event. https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/10/13/president-obama-pushes-innovation-frontiers-in-stem.aspx