Sentences with phrase «public science programs»

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The Clinton platform also focuses heavily on education, including a call to broaden computer science education in public schools, revamp job training programs, and provide more funds for minority colleges to help tackle tech's diversity problem.

In light of sequestration, the petitioners want NASA to get its budget line back funding public outreach and science, technology, engineering and math programs.

Ben W. Heineman, Jr., GE's former Senior Vice President for Law and Public Affairs, is senior fellow at Harvard Law School's Program on the Legal Profession and Program on Corporate Governance and senior fellow at the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Phillip Plotch, a political science professor and director of the public administration master's program at Saint Peter's University, told Fortune that as new transportation technologies have emerged throughout history, they have allowed humans to radically alter the landscape.

The ed - tech company's master's degree program offerings — which are all online — include MBAs, social work, nursing, communications, public health, data science, and education.

We focused on the core elements of a political data science program, as we explained at public events, in media interviews, and on our website.

I do, however, believe religious views are constantly pushed on me, my children, my grandchildren and public school science programs.

These academic programs enable students to complement their theological and biblical studies with secular skills in public management and policy, law, music, social work, business administration, information and library science or health - care administration.

The CGIAR Research Program for Rice, known as the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP), is a partnership coordinated by six research - for - development organizations that bring together over 900 partners from the academic, public, private, and civil society sectors with a stake in the rice development sector.

Presenters at the public summit included Nate Lewis, Farm Policy Director for the Organic Trade Association, speaking on how to build organic farmer coalitions and encourage farmers to transition to organic; Dr. Jessica Shade, Director of Science Programs for The Organic Center, presenting the latest research on the benefits of organic; and Monique Marez, who gave an update and analysis of global organic trade and imports.

Dr. Lyerly has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Greenwall Foundation's Faculty Scholars Program, and her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Science, the Hastings Center Report, and The American Journal of Public Health, as well as the New York Times and Huffington Post.

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Today, thousands of Worcester Public School students visit Broad Meadow Brook annually, engaged in programs that complement STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) curriculum objectives:

We offer a wide range of 1 - 4 hour nature education programs, citizen science adventures, and training workshops as well as several larger public events each year.

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«It is clear that the complex array of federal food safety programs doesn't adequately protect America's schoolchildren,» said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group.

When the school lunch program was institutionalized across the country in 1946, Congress voted 9 cents for every child in the country eating school lunch, according to Victoria Leonard, director of Children «s Nutrition for the Center for Science and Public Interest, a Washington - based consumer activist group.

«It's a shame that Congress seems more interested in protecting industry than protecting children's health... this legislation may go down in nutritional history as a bigger blunder than when the Reagan Administration tried (and failed) to credit ketchup as a vegetable in the school lunch program,» — Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest in a press release

The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.

Philip Mark Plotch, Ph.D. is a political science professor and the director of the master in public administration program (MPA) at Saint Peter's University.

Of the nine donors or foundations that gave the Fund for Public Schools $ 1 million or more this year, six gave specifically to the computer science program.

She announced a science education program with NASA and said that Microsoft would provide free software, including Word and Excel, to public school students.

Program sponsors include UUP Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta Department of Secondary Education and Educational Technology, Hartwick College Education Department, Oneonta Area for Public Education, Gilbertsville - Mount Upton Teachers Association, UUP Cobleskill, Tri-County Women's Coalition, SUNY Oneonta History Department, Sidney Teacher Association, SUNY Oneonta Political Science Department, SUNY Oneonta Department of Africana & Latino Studies, Sherburne - Earlville Teachers Association, SUNY Oneonta Sociology Department, Sidney Teachers Association, Cobleskill - Richmondville Teachers» Association, Norwich Educators Organization, Morris Teachers Association, and Bainbridge - Guilford Teachers Association.

Mary Jean Jakubowski, Director of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, said, «The Library has many books, activities, programs, materials and databases to support and increase literacy in science, technology and mathematics.

Inaugurated last year with the first annual Buffalo Public Schools Science Week, this year's greatly expanded program begins at the start of the new academic year.

According to a short section of the 200 - page book that accompanied the governor's speech Wednesday, the college «will be the first civilian degree - granting college to integrate emergency preparedness, security and counter-terrorism studies through interdisciplinary programs that involve law, public and international affairs, information technology, cyber engineering, critical infrastructure protection and science.»

On Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Manhattan, Ester Fuchs, professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science and director of the Urban and Social Policy Program at Columbia University, will host «NYC Politics and Policy in the Age of de Blasio,» reviewing de Blasio's adherence to his campaign promises to end social and economic inequality.

AAAS developed the questionnaire because serving society is part of the mandate for many professional societies and funding programs, and its importance is often cited in public statements and international conventions — but few agree on what those social responsibilities are or ought to be, said Mark Frankel, director of the AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law program, which conducted the study along with the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition.

Scientific societies such as AAAS, the world's largest general scientific organization, provides scientists resources for communicating with lawmakers and the public and getting involved in policy, Holt said, pointing to the AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technpublic and getting involved in policy, Holt said, pointing to the AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and TechnPublic Engagement with Science and Technology.

Sales generated through the links to Amazon.com contribute to Society for Science & the Public's programs.

«I already have new travel plans to bring science and innovative educational pedagogies to other countries,» says Carpenter, who is now in her second - year of the PRISM program and works weekly with a high school teacher at the Carver School of Technology, an Atlanta public school.

The fellowship program is designed to enhance coverage of science - related issues in the media in order to improve public understanding and appreciation of science and technology.

It gave me a certain level of confidence that the public is: A, underserved in science programming; and B, has an appetite that previously was never recognized.

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The work of AAAS in connecting science with society, public policy, human rights, education, diplomacy and journalism — through its superb journals and programs — is essential,» said Chu in his candidacy statement.

Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen science engagement programs, which she views as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences of climate change and participate in all aspects of science.

The purpose of this guide is to provide up - to - date information on academic Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (SEPP) programs to assist prospective students, researchers, administrators, and funding agencies in obtaining a picture of the field and identifying programs whose offerings meet their individual needs and interests.

Argentina's Ministry of Science has launched an ambitious effort to place scientists throughout that nation's public policy arena to ensure scientific knowledge informs government decision - making and becomes a proving ground for similar programs across the globe.

Society for Science & the Public's Science News in High Schools program brings Science News magazine and educator content to high schools across the U.S. and worldwide.

This new fellowship program convenes mid-career scientists who demonstrate leadership and excellence in their research careers, and interest in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society, in order to build their capacity for public engagement leadership.

The AAAS Leshner Fellows program, now in its third year, builds on the long - standing commitment of AAAS to science communication and public engagement.

Located in the heart of the nation's capital, the Program on Science in the Public Interest promotes direct dialogue with the government, industry, and the community on critical scientific issues and helps to develop the next generation of citizen scientists.

STPP is a research, teaching, and outreach program of the Belfer Center, devoted to the intellectual exploration of the critical role that science and technology play in society and the complex interplay between scientific and technological innovation and public policy.

The Association acquired its first permanent home, a suite in the Smithsonian Institution, and initiated its first programs in education and public understanding of science.

The program also works on a smaller scale with the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, providing advice on grant management and ways to create public - private partnerships for Kuwaiti researchers.

However, it can be a lonely path, says Jennifer Smith, a computer science teacher at Digital Harbor High School, a public magnet program in Baltimore, Maryland.

The program is also producing an array of online resources for public engagement, including video archives of academic symposia, additional examples of science engagement projects with commentary, and a web - only version of the workshop.

The purpose of the program is to make practical contributions to more effective use of scientific knowledge in government, to educate the scientific communities regarding public policy, and to broaden the perspective of both the scientific and governmental communities regarding the value of such science - government interaction.

Even though I've been out of the biomedical research lab for 7 years, I still regularly use many of these skills in my work running educational programs geared toward improving equity and inclusion in the sciences, as well as connecting scientific research with the public.