The First I’m An Engineer, Get Me Out Of Here!’ Scheme Launched March 2012- Langtec Prepares to Welcome Next ...
An initiative to raise awareness of engineering as a strong career move has been launched- Lee Parnell of Langtec welcomes the students who could be ‘next generation of engineers’.Accrington, Lancashire (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 A project funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering is set to encourage schoolchildren to take an interest in all aspects of the engineering sector. ...
Background on the Exhibits, Students and Competitions at the White House Science Fair
Release Time: For Immediate Release Background on the Exhibits, Students and Competitions at the White House Science Fair The second White House Science Fair celebrates over 100 students from over 45 states, representing over 40 different competitions and organizations that work with students and inspire them to excel in STEM. A subset of the students being honored today will have the added ...
Scholarships available to students at Pocahontas County High School
The Pocahontas County High School guidance office collaborated with the Pocahontas County Conventions and Visitors Bureau to create a notebook of scholarships for every junior and senior.
Governor pitches jobs initiative in Hopkins
Gov. Jay Nixon toured Houston PolyTank in Hopkins Monday as part of a swing through western Missouri designed to introduce new initiatives designed to create jobs and "market Missouri to the world."
'Soldier's soldier' leads Virginia Guard
When 260 Virginia Army National Guard soldiers returned to the Fredericksburg Armory last month after a tour in Iraq, they were greeted by family, friends and colleagues in the military. One of those shaking their hands, and saying thanks, was a soldier in fatigues wearing two stars --Maj. Gen Daniel E. Long Jr., a Stafford County native and Virginia's adjutant general....
Women and the maths problem | Helen Powell
The researchers are right: girls are held back by preconceptions about maths being boring, not a 'stereotype threat' lack of belief Women's underachievement in maths may not be due to their poor self-image in the subject, a new report suggests. Researcher Dr Gijsbert Stoet at the University of Leeds says that the so-called "stereotype threat" theory – which holds that women perform worse than ...
What Scientist Shortage?
On July 28, 2011, Senator Chuck Schumer, a democrat from New York, opened a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on high-skill immigration with a call to staple a green card to the diploma of every foreign student who earns a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math—known collectively as a STEM degree—in the United States.
UVM announces 5 finalists for president
They’ve all played second fiddle — as provost — at major institutions of higher education. Now each of them aspires to the top job at a university that they have kind words for as they enter the last phase of UVM’s executive courtship ritual.
Television movies for the week of Jan. 22
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Technology may help detect a concussion, but the methods are still evolving
Rapid detection of a concussion on the sidelines or in the battlefield can be difficult. Technology is making inroads; the Army and some college and high school football teams already are using helmet-impact sensors as alerts. But the NFL, where concussions often happen, is moving cautiously.