Broadening Participation in STEM degree programs
Take a look at this cool information that just hit my inbox! It used to be that the FBI was a 'second career' organization, but it looks like the might now be hiring new college graduates for some 'first career' positions.Take a look. This sounds like a cool opportunity. Begin forwarded message: From: Stalzer, Sharon L. [mailto:Sharon.Stalzer@ic.fbi.gov] Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 2:31 PMTo: Stalzer, Sharon L.Subject: Time sensitive-Employment Opportunities at FBI nationwide Please share/forward the following...
From: "Collegiate Inventors Competition"
This came to be through the intertubes today:
From: "Science Education Programs"
A group calling itself 'Teachers in Space' is offering a cool looking workshop for those who teach science, technology, engineering, or math at the high-school level. Participating teachers will fly in a glider and learn to pilot a flight simulator for the Lynx suborbital spacecraft now under development by XCOR Aerospace. See [here] for more info and a link to the application. Encourage your favorite HS teacher to apply to participate!
Yesterday, I called attention to a new Kauffman Foundation report that explores the effect that a growing financial sector has on entrepreneurship and the creation of robust new companies, perhaps through their recruitment of STEM talent. In their discussion, the authors remark on the modern opportunities for STEM-trained entrepreneurs to create products that have more social value that complex financial service products like CDOs: What sets [modern social problems] apart in the contemporary context is their sheer...
This from kotke.org, a cool weather tool. It might replace weather.com for me. Weatherspark via kottke.org by Jason Kottke on 3/15/11 Weatherspark is an impressive collection of weather data, graphs, and tools. WeatherSpark is a new type of weather website, with interactive weather graphs that allow you to pan and zoom through the entire history of any weather station on earth. Get multiple forecasts for the current location, overlaid on records and averages to put it all in context. Here's the weather for...
From today's Insider Higher Ed: Educators have long worried about students who "choke" on key exams. A University of Chicago study,published this week in Science, finds that if such students are given the opportunity to write about the worries 10 minutes before the test, their anxiety is reduced and their performance on the test improves substantially.
This announcement just landed in my Inbox. Please spread the word. U.S. Department of Energy DOE Scholars Program Now accepting applications Contact: Barbara Dunkin at barbara.dunkin@orau.org Department of Energy (DOE) Scholars Program is now accepting applications for Summer 2011. Visit http://orise.orau.gov/doescholars for more information or to apply - deadline is January 31, 2011! Are you interested in participating in the most recent scientific research and development? Would you like to gain...
And there really IS a wikipedia page for Common Misperceptions. I'm going to read them to my daughters tonight, in fact.
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