Sentences with phrase «communities around science»

Factors such as whether the district had appointed a district - level science teacher on «special assignment» to assist other instructors, developed professional learning communities around science, and completed most aspects of Common Core implementation were considered in the selection process.

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Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

In recent years, science and the medical community are coming back around to explore the amazing health benefits of chocolate.

Working with leaders from around the world, Feeding Tomorrow shares the collective knowledge of the food science community in order to ensure a safe, nutritious and sustainable food supply for everyone.

In addition to providing sustained environmental education, Mass Audubon helps support community organizations in conducting service learning and citizen science projects around critical environmental issues.

As the world's only professional body dedicated to the aerospace community, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) exists to further the advancement of aeronautical art, science and engineering around the world.

Paul Basinski, a political science professor at Orange County Community College, notes that roughly 9,000 votes made the difference, and a third - party line this time around could help.

The Center has hosted an annual conference since 2015 at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC, to bring together the community around emerging aspects of science diplomacy.

A new tool, developed by University of Washington and Microsoft researchers Maxim Grechkin, Hoifung Poon and Bill Howe, and described in a Community Page article publishing June 8 in the open access journal PLOS Biology, hopes to get around this problem and help advance open science by automatically detecting datasets that are overdue for publication.

Cities around the world have adapted the March for Science to their own communities, including seminars to encourage more scientific activism.

The idea of community literacy has been around for decades, says panelist Noah Feinstein, a sociologist and science educator at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, citing the role of HIV activists in the 1980s and 1990s in transforming clinical trials to combat AIDS.

Scientific research can inform policies aimed at addressing the needs of communities displaced by climate change, something that is already happening in the United States and around the world, according to experts at a 25 - 26 July meeting of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition.

Wyndham called for human rights and scientific, engineering and health communities to come together around common goals, adding that the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition is the best existing forum in which to hold such discussions and develop a joint strategy.

But the average age of the population is around 25, so that gives you good potential to bring science to the community.

The group, «Service to the Scientific Community,» aims to raise the scientific community's awareness of human rights issues and to enhance the well being of people around the world through access to science (e.g., science education, science - based products, technology, processes), in accordance with Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Community,» aims to raise the scientific community's awareness of human rights issues and to enhance the well being of people around the world through access to science (e.g., science education, science - based products, technology, processes), in accordance with Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights community's awareness of human rights issues and to enhance the well being of people around the world through access to science (e.g., science education, science - based products, technology, processes), in accordance with Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

«Globally important wilderness areas — despite being strongholds for endangered biodiversity, for buffering and regulating local climates, and for supporting many of the world's most politically and economically marginalized communities — are completely ignored in environmental policy,» James Watson, director of science and research initiatives at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York and the study's lead author, said in a statement, adding that we probably have only one to two decades to turn this around.

The South Georgia Future Science project is assessing this demand for science on and around South Georgia within the international scientific comScience project is assessing this demand for science on and around South Georgia within the international scientific comscience on and around South Georgia within the international scientific community.

2010 - Ralph Quatrano - for his scientific contributions and his multifaceted and stimulating service to the plant sciences community in the United States and around the world

Anyone staying late in the lab at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) on a Thursday night will witness a small but dedicated group of Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) students and a BTI graduate student or postdoc huddled around a microscope, discussing basic biology concepts, or laughing about a bit of science news — a teaching arrangement that has benefitted students and teachers alike since 2010.

This nanotechnology signature initiative coordinates the nanoscale science, engineering, and technology communities around the fundamental, interconnected elements of collaborative modeling, a cyber-toolbox, and data infrastructure to capitalize on American strengths in innovation, shorten the time from research to new product development, and maintain U.S. leadership in sustainable design of engineered nanoscale materials.

«The startlingly high temperatures so far in 2016 have sent shockwaves around the climate science community,» David Carlson, director of the World Climate Research Programme, co-sponsored by the WMO, said in a statement.

Our speakers will be Ed Yong, one of the best science journalists working today and author of the blog «Not Exactly Rocket Science»; Liz Neeley, executive director of The Story Collider and architect of science outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA fiscience journalists working today and author of the blog «Not Exactly Rocket Science»; Liz Neeley, executive director of The Story Collider and architect of science outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA fiScience»; Liz Neeley, executive director of The Story Collider and architect of science outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA fiscience outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA findings.

About three hundred years ago people in England on average consumed only 4 pounds of sugar per year.4 According to the USDA, Americans are now consuming around 131 pounds of sugar annually.5 This should come to no surprise that our bodies aren't use to this overconsumption of an ingredient, which is now strongly considered by certain members of the science community as a chronic liver toxin6 and responsible for rewiring our brain chemistry, compelling us to want to eat more.7

Each year, we power over 200 weekend - long invention competitions that inspire innovation, cultivate communities and teach computer science skills to more than 65,000 students around the world.

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Each year, we power over 200 weekend - long invention competitions that inspire innovation, cultivate communities and teach computer science skills to more than 65,000 students around the world.

About Blog - Built for the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) communities, we gather research news from hundreds of universities, government labs, institutes and industries from around the world, bringing the latest discoveries to our readers.

Starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig, the science fiction comedy - drama centers around Paul (Damon) and his wife Audrey (Wiig), who have decided to join a community of miniaturized people after undergoing a process to shrink themselves.

Council members frequently present the science and its implications to national, state, and community leaders, and engage with the media to help inform the public policy discourse around child and family policy.

«With growing faculty strength, new and energetic leadership, and significant advances in the field over the 20 years since the program's founding, this is the right time to recognize Prevention Science and Practice and its enhanced capacity to undertake new research on child and adolescent prevention, in schools, and the communities around them.»

Dr Chalmers tells Teacher her message to EPPC 2016 delegates will be around the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), robotics and coding in schools, what it looks like in practice and how members of the education community can work together.

Schools and organizations around the world are hosting screenings of a short film called The Science of Character, which explores the research behind character development and encourages us to focus on our character strengths for greater personal and community well - being.

The programme helps people develop digital and enterprise skills for free: https://idea.org.uk iDEA would like to thank everyone involved in the production of this film from the fantastic range of iDEA Pioneer learners who agreed to take part; and the brilliant educators and inspirers who are rolling out the programme in their communities and institutions (in the order they appear in the film): • Naomi Timperley Co-founder, Tech North Advocates and Wakelet Partnerships Consultant • Melanie Powell Associate Head for Student Employability, Manchester Metropolitan University • Alison McKenzie - Folan Deputy Chief Executive of Wigan Council and Director for Customer Transformation • Jeff McCarthy Senior lecturer, Digital Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University • Jayne Sherwood Founder / Director, Joining Communities • Mark Rodaway Headteacher, Calday Grange Grammar School • Nicola Mounsey Computer Science Teacher, Calday Grange Grammar School Special thanks also to all the institutions and learners around the world who are participating in iDEA; and to Jooka who made the film to help us show iDEA in action.

Recognizing that candidates receive much of their content preparation elsewhere in the institution, teacher educators engaged arts and sciences faculty in discipline - based professional learning communities around the standards.

Schedule a date on your school calendar for the Science Festival and start engaging your school community in discussions around the importance of STEM education.

Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable for: common core; technology initiatives; social and emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around social media and communications; and the barrage of emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.

About Blog - Built for the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) communities, we gather research news from hundreds of universities, government labs, institutes and industries from around the world, bringing the latest discoveries to our readers.

Each year, we power over 200 weekend - long invention competitions that inspire innovation, cultivate communities and teach computer science skills to more than 65,000 students around the world.

These two commitments result in terribly kinked phone cords and not - quite dry wetsuits around Ocean Conservancy's Santa Barbara field office.Greg received a bachelor's degree in political science and public policy from UC Santa Barbara, and served as Community Affairs Director for Environmental Defense Center prior to joining Ocean Conservancy.

In addition to essential community and policy - oriented actions around strengthening preventive public health infrastructure, science has an important role to play in prevention.

In fact all the scary hypothetical scenarios seem to be taken as absolute truths by The Greens Party here in Australia and many environmental activists groups around the world and the silence from the climate science community correcting this misinterpretation is deafening.

Research dissemination, community service and political dialogue are needed to guide and monitor science and technology around CE development and deployment to achieve desired conditions on the earth we want, a better home for all.

There have been clear voices against advocacy however, particularly in relation to the climate community, often centring around arguments of bias, impartiality, and ethics that suggest it is problematic for scientists to express views beyond communicating their science.

I am convinced that climate science should focus more on getting regional meteorological predictions of weather extended to cover up to 12 weeks, which will be of far greater use and benefit for communities around the globe.

In advance of the COP21 summit in Paris this December, Al Gore will be joined by world - class scientists, strategists, communicators and technical specialists to discuss the science of climate change, the direct costs climate impacts are having on communities around the world and the solutions available to solve the climate crisis.

If that was successful and Congress carried through and did vote through to strip away core funding of some of that research, could the UK and others around the world, other science communities, pick up the slack and help with that?

On what specific basis do you disregard the conclusions of the United States Academy of Sciences, and numerous other Academies of Sciences around the World including the Royal Academy of the UK, over a hundred of the most prestigious scientific organizations whose membership includes those with expertise relevant to the science of climate change, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, and according to the American Academy of Sciences, 97 percent of scientists who actually do peer - reviewed research on climate change whose conclusions hold that the Earth is warming, that the warming is mostly human caused, that harsh impacts from warming are already being experienced in parts of the world, and that the international community is running out of time to prevent catastrophic wscience of climate change, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, and according to the American Academy of Sciences, 97 percent of scientists who actually do peer - reviewed research on climate change whose conclusions hold that the Earth is warming, that the warming is mostly human caused, that harsh impacts from warming are already being experienced in parts of the world, and that the international community is running out of time to prevent catastrophic wScience, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, and according to the American Academy of Sciences, 97 percent of scientists who actually do peer - reviewed research on climate change whose conclusions hold that the Earth is warming, that the warming is mostly human caused, that harsh impacts from warming are already being experienced in parts of the world, and that the international community is running out of time to prevent catastrophic warming.

On what specific basis do you disregard the conclusions of the United States Academy of Sciences, and numerous other Academies of Sciences Around the World including the Royal Academy of the UK, over a hundred of the most prestigious scientific organizations whose membership includes those with expertise relevant to the science of climate change, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, and according to the American Academy of Sciences 97 percent of scientists who actually do peer - reviewed research on climate change which conclusions hold that the Earth is warming, that the warming is mostly human caused, and that harsh impacts from warming are already being experienced in parts of the world, and that the international community is running out of time to prevent catastrophic wscience of climate change, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, and according to the American Academy of Sciences 97 percent of scientists who actually do peer - reviewed research on climate change which conclusions hold that the Earth is warming, that the warming is mostly human caused, and that harsh impacts from warming are already being experienced in parts of the world, and that the international community is running out of time to prevent catastrophic wScience, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, and according to the American Academy of Sciences 97 percent of scientists who actually do peer - reviewed research on climate change which conclusions hold that the Earth is warming, that the warming is mostly human caused, and that harsh impacts from warming are already being experienced in parts of the world, and that the international community is running out of time to prevent catastrophic warming.

It is imperative the science is clearly presented to inform the media and enable them to fulfil their role as information brokers, and to support decision - making by communities, planners, and policy - makers, especially during the window of opportunity in the aftermath of disaster when important decisions are beingtaken on rebuilding efforts including around climate resilience and risk reductions measures.

A free MOOC on coursera.org by The World Bank Group called From Climate Science to Action provides a good overview of the real risks that are already happening around the world and strategies that real communities are taking to try to cope with change and manage climate change to help reduce risk of natural disasters.