Microsoft Imagine Cup Grants Awarded to Students to Help Create Businesses and Nonprofits Aimed at Global Change

Jan. 27, 2012

Students from Croatia, Ecuador, Jordan and the United States receive funding and other support in the first year of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Grants program.

Microsoft Releases National Survey Findings on How to Inspire the Next Generation of Doctors, Scientists, Software Developers and Engineers

Sept. 7, 2011

New survey among college students and parents of K–12 students provides implications for nurturing interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.

STEM Perception Report

Sept. 7, 2011

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What do parents and students think of STEM education?

Sept. 7, 2011

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Creative Kids Win Kodu Video Game Design Competition

June 13, 2011

On Monday, Microsoft announced the winners of its first U.S.-based Kodu Cup, a competition for young video game designers. The entries were created with Kodu, a kid-friendly programming language developed by Microsoft Research’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs.

Calling All Kids: Microsoft Opens Kodu Cup Video Game Design Competition

March 16, 2011

Microsoft launches Kodu Game Lab software to help kids express creativity and learn skills needed for future jobs in science, technology, engineering and math.

Kodu Cup Fact Sheet

March 16, 2011

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Hello Mother: Microsoft Makes ‘Native Languages’ More Accessible

Feb. 21, 2010

The Microsoft Local Language Program extends software to often underserved cultures, allowing people to experience technology in their native language. Feb. 21 is International Mother Language Day.

U.S. Imagine Cup Winners Celebrate Victory, Share Inspiration with James Cameron and Craig Mundie

April 26, 2010

Team Mobilife from UC Davis wins with mobile application that diagnoses vascular diseases in world’s developing regions.

Bill Gates on the Imagine Cup

April 26, 2010

Why the competition is among his favorite student events.

More Women in Technology Needed

April 26, 2010

Women currently hold only a quarter of IT-related jobs in the U.S. Imagine Cup seeks to draw more.

Filmmaker James Cameron to Speak to U.S. Imagine Cup Finalists

April 25, 2010

Pioneer in imaginative use of technology in film to attend event for students competing in using technology to solve some of the world’s toughest problems.

Imagine Cup Students Sweat Presentations, Tour D.C.

April 24, 2010

U.S. Imagine Cup Finals kick into high gear as students gather in the nation’s capital.

More U.S. Students Needed in Tech

April 22, 2010

Hundreds of students will meet in Washington, D.C., this weekend to compete in the Imagine Cup U.S. Finals. The winner goes to the world finals in Poland but won’t be favored to win, an indicator that the U.S. must do more to remain competitive in technical fields.

Imagine Cup Contestants Aim to Use Phones to Help Stop World’s No. 1 Killer

April 20, 2010

A group of students from Wayne State University in Detroit wants to use mobile phones to help stop the planet's No. 1 killer—cardiovascular disease. The team is one of many competing in the U.S. Imagine Cup finals this weekend.

More Than 1 Billion Speakers of Endangered Languages Get Access to Technology

Feb. 22, 2010

Microsoft Local Language Program announces new initiatives to provide technology access, helping to grow local economies.

Microsoft Employee’s Daughter to Compete in Winter Games

Feb. 12, 2010

Danny Lange’s 16-year-old daughter, Yina Moe-Lange, will fulfill a childhood dream when she competes at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. A Danish citizen who has lived in the U.S. since she was 4, Moe-Lange will represent Denmark in the slalom and giant slalom alpine skiing events.

Carrying Torch Rekindles Memories

Feb. 11, 2010

Microsoft employee and former Olympian Ben Hindle carried the Olympic torch for the 2010 Winter Olympics in late January, bringing back memories of competing in the 1998 Winter Games.