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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2012 Statement from Nancy Conrad regarding the passing of Sally Ride HOUSTON – “The Conrad Foundation and our students and partners are saddened to hear of Sally Ride’s untime...
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Conrad Challenge Students Discuss Innovation, Entrepreneurship at Rio+20 Presentations and cultural exploration focus of Motorola Mobility Foundation funded expedition HOUSTON (July 18, 2012) – Student winners from the Conrad Foundation’s 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge...
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Pushing Students Towards STEM By Michael Price July 06, 2012 A common refrain at the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions 2012 leadership summit in Dallas, Texas, last week was that, despite there being nearly 14 million unemployed people in the United States, A...
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Entertainment Industries Council Highlights Innovate Students in Science, Engineering and Technology Documentaries EIC, as Co-Chair of U.S. News and World Report “S.T.E.M. Solutions Summit” for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Visits Multiple Summer Camps in D...
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Mozilla Launches Thimble, A Web-Based Code Editor For Teaching HTML and CSS TechCrunch Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the popular Firefox browser, just announced the launch of Thimble, its latest project to teach more users how to build their own web pages. Thimble...
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Make your daughter play video games. It will help her get a high-paying job. By Dana Goldstein|Posted Thursday, June 7, 2012, at 9:22 AM ET The United States has produced viable female presidential candidates, women athletes who command millions of dollars in endorsements, and the first f...
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American education has not declined and other surprising truths. By David E. Drew|Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 7:15 AM ET Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is critical in the high-tech global marketplace that has replaced the industrial economy. Unfortunat...
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Forward: An Open Letter to the Creative Community READY ON THE S.E.T. AND… ACTION! CREATIVE FOCUS ON SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY There is an unprecedented issue facing our country that would greatly benefit from the involvement of the entertainment industry’s creati...
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Depicting Science, Engineering, and Technology Character Development Characters in science, engineering and technology (S.E.T.) have taken on a new form. They are today’s superheroes, detectives, and problem solvers. Incorporating characters involved in the S.E.T. fields is ...
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Wired Science: June 15, 2012 "Why the Scientist Stereotype Is Bad for Everyone, Especially Kids" by Michael Brooks Photo: x-ray delta one/Flickr To many – too many – science is something like North Korea. Not only is it impossible to read or u...