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Hearst Foundations fund RCBI scholarship opportunities

Money will assist rural/lower income, female, minority students pursue careers as machinists, welders The Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University (RCBI) has new scholarship opportunities for underrepresented students as part of its effort to expand...

RCBI to present virtual hands-on 3D Printing & Maker Camps

The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University has announced dates for its popular series of statewide 3D Printing and Maker Camps for middle and high school students. Three virtual week-long “Design to Production” camps will run 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily...

RCBI assists U.S. Navy with 3D printing technology

Navy sailors aboard the USS Tulsa now have access to 3D printing technology and the know-how to use it thanks, in part, to the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University and its Apprenticeship Works partner AST2. RCBI’s Apprenticeship Works and AST2...