Sentences with phrase «global science education»

She has a strong interest in global science education and has led science / STEM education delegations to South Africa (2009), China (2010), India (2012), Cuba (2014), and Iceland (2017).

Combine professional development, global science education, STEM, and networking for this opportunity to travel with STEM colleagues.

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I should also note a thrust of my Leadership and the Environment keynote is that although I support science, education, innovation, and the approaches to reducing pollution, resource depletion, overpopulation, global warming, and our other environmental problems, I believe we need leadership in the style of Martin Luther King Junior, Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, Mohandas Gandhi, and so on.

Our entrepreneurs graduating from law, business, computer science or engineering programs need to receive the proper education for commercializing on the global stage.

Ventures to Address Global Challenges — Princeton, NJ Techonomy — Tucson, AZ Global Clean Energy Congress — Calgary, AB Mashable Social Good Summit — New York, NY Postcode Lottery Green Challenge — Amsterdam, The Netherlands COMMON Pitch — Boulder, CO Colloquium on Education, Science and Technology in African Development — Princeton, NJ National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance: Open Minds Exhibition — Washington, DC

Expand entrepreneurship education into ever younger populations, and rethink educational programming - especially in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)- to increase our global competitiveness

As Sachs writes, «Technological progress has been fueled by the ongoing revolutions of basic science and spread by the power of global markets and public investments in health, education, and infrastructure.»

Look at where we are in the global math and science testing and tell me that having standardized education doesn't produce results.

And so, in the sciences, scientists tend to be high education, they tend to be relatively affluent in a global sense.

We go on equipping Britain to succeed in the global race by switching from current spending to capital investment in science, roads and education.

«I want a Britain that is a leader in the world's fastest growing, most wealth - creating sectors at the cutting edge of global advance - in capital markets and financial services, in science and innovation, in creativity and enterprise, and in skills and education,» he told delegates.

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CSNE)-- SUNY Polytechnic Institute, is a global education, research, development, and technology deployment resource dedicated to preparing the next generation of scientists and researchers in nanotechnology.

In accordance with the vision and leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo in building New York's innovation - driven economy, the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the State University of New York (SUNY) is a global education, research, development, and technology deployment resource dedicated to preparing the next generation of scientists and researchers in nanotechnology.

In addition to participating schools, representatives of various organizations and nonprofits working to expand computer science education, including CS4All, Digital Girl, Girls Who Code, The Learnatory, Codesters, Black Girls Code, and Sankofa Global will be on hand to talk about their CS education programs.

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Fariña Celebrate Computer Science Education Week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today visited PS 241 in Brooklyn to celebrate Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 5 - 11), a national and global effort encouraging schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities and Science Education Week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today visited PS 241 in Brooklyn to celebrate Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 5 - 11), a national and global effort encouraging schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities anEducation Week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today visited PS 241 in Brooklyn to celebrate Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 5 - 11), a national and global effort encouraging schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities and Science Education Week (Dec. 5 - 11), a national and global effort encouraging schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities anEducation Week (Dec. 5 - 11), a national and global effort encouraging schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities and science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities aneducation by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities and events.

Fariña kicks off computer science education week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has launched Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding compescience education week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has launched Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding comeducation week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has launched Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding compeScience Education Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding comEducation Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding compescience education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding comeducation, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding competition.

She currently implements a landmark science cooperation agreement between AAAS and the Cuban Academy of Sciences, develops the Center's global science diplomacy education and capacity building initiatives, leads a research project analyzing science - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & Dipscience cooperation agreement between AAAS and the Cuban Academy of Sciences, develops the Center's global science diplomacy education and capacity building initiatives, leads a research project analyzing science - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & Dipscience diplomacy education and capacity building initiatives, leads a research project analyzing science - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & Dipscience - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & DipScience & Diplomacy.

She handled day - to - day aspects for two federally - funded programs, GET SET (Global Education for Tomorrow in Science, Engineering, and Technology) which engaged students, teachers, and parents in a suite of learning activities designed to increase student interest in pursuit of advanced course - taking, and careers in engineering and other STEM areas, and DC ACTS (DC Advancing Competencies in Technology and Science), which provided CEU's from George Washington University to teachers furthering their science education and teaching Education for Tomorrow in Science, Engineering, and Technology) which engaged students, teachers, and parents in a suite of learning activities designed to increase student interest in pursuit of advanced course - taking, and careers in engineering and other STEM areas, and DC ACTS (DC Advancing Competencies in Technology and Science), which provided CEU's from George Washington University to teachers furthering their science education and teaching peScience, Engineering, and Technology) which engaged students, teachers, and parents in a suite of learning activities designed to increase student interest in pursuit of advanced course - taking, and careers in engineering and other STEM areas, and DC ACTS (DC Advancing Competencies in Technology and Science), which provided CEU's from George Washington University to teachers furthering their science education and teaching peScience), which provided CEU's from George Washington University to teachers furthering their science education and teaching pescience education and teaching education and teaching pedagogy.

He also follows efforts to improve science and math education, as well as the factors that shape the U.S. and global scientific workforce.

The essays represent a wide range of scientific topics: neuroscience, biology, «Big Data», forensic anthropology, science policy, STEM education, wildlife ecology, environmental sustainability, sociology, medicine, global health, science ethics, stem cell research, materials engineering, crowd - sourcing, computer science, biotechnology, genetics, agricultural sciences, climate change, and information technology.

Eliza Reilly, executive director of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a non-profit which seeks to strengthen student learning and interest in STEM by connecting course topics to issues of local, national and global importance, said rethinking STEM education is necessary to produce graduates equipped to tackle society's environmental, economic and political challenges.

She was also a 2013 - 15 Executive Branch Fellow at USAID, in the Global Development Lab, where as a fellow and now program manager, she focuses on sourcing, piloting, and scaling science and technology innovations for the developing world as part of a network of universities called the Higher Education Solution Network (HESN).

To better prepare our children for the global economy, we should discourage policies that dumb down education curricula and redirect financial aid to those whose careers are directed toward science and technology fields.

I will continue to push for science and technology research and education because they put our economic recovery on a stronger course; however, we can all do more to publicize the tangible benefits that greater investment in science and technology has on our global competitiveness.

This is because over the last 20 years a number of countries have focused national attention on their students excelling in the areas of math and science education as a way for their country to create a highly - skilled workforce, allowing the country to compete in the increasingly competitive global economy.

Now the Singapore - born, U.S. - trained materials scientist will be addressing the fault lines in global higher education by becoming the founding president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a new graduate university in Saudi Arabia with a $ 10 billion endowment and aspirations to become a world - class research institution.

Science and Engineering Indicators is the most comprehensive source of high - quality federal data on a wide range of topics that include trends in global R&D investments and knowledge - intensive production, K - 12 and postsecondary STEM education, workforce trends and composition, state level comparisons, and public attitudes and understanding of science and related Science and Engineering Indicators is the most comprehensive source of high - quality federal data on a wide range of topics that include trends in global R&D investments and knowledge - intensive production, K - 12 and postsecondary STEM education, workforce trends and composition, state level comparisons, and public attitudes and understanding of science and related science and related issues.

• They agreed to launch a new Agriculture Dialogue and agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding on Agricultural Cooperation and Food Security that will set a pathway to robust cooperation between the governments in crop forecasting, management and market information; regional and global food security; science, technology, and education; nutrition; and expanding private sector investment in agriculture.

Traditionally very strong in basic research, German universities are currently debating how best to incorporate better training for young scientists, the commercialization of both research and education, and how to remain competitive in the increasingly global world of science.

«The program is supported by a broad partnership — a global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline, the world's largest multidisciplinary science society, community - based organizations like libraries and Boys & Girls Clubs, and the K - 12 educators who deliver the curriculum,» said Betty Calinger, AAAS Education and Human Resources project director.

The researchers examined respondents» deference to science on a scale of 0 - 10 when it came to 14 policy issues, including child vaccinations, stem cell research, global warming, child obesity and diet, AIDS prevention, birth control education, legalizing drug use, gun control, regulation of nuclear power, animal testing, and teaching evolution in schools.

As the United States puts ever - greater emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education to keep competitive in the global economy, schools are trying to figure out how to improve student learning in science.

Even as the United States and Europe join to solve grand challenges, he said, they must build global support for consistent standards on science education, research, and ethics.

«While NSF's permanent staff are highly knowledgeable and capable,» explains a recent white paper on the use of rotators, «the ever changing global science, engineering, and education landscape requires NSF to continually complement its permanent staff with the expertise of individuals from the broader research and education community.»

During the opening keynote address, former NBA basketball star and U.S. global cultural ambassador Kareem Abdul - Jabbar set the tone for the summit: In order for the United States to stay economically competitive with emerging markets in China, India, and elsewhere, it will have to overhaul its education system to increase its focus on critical thinking and on applied science, math, and tech skills.

Our community includes recognized innovators in science, medical education, health care policy and global health.

They included efforts to prepare communities to adapt to climate change; the cancer moonshot, precision medicine, and brain research in the health arena; a network of advanced manufacturing institutes to recapture global industrial dominance; and public - private partnerships to improve science and math education.

«The success of Princess Elisabeth Antarctica as a global hub for science and education shows that Belgium is a key player in uniting nations, and combining 21st century skills with leadership by example.

Acknowledgments: The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, DOE's Global Change Education Program, and intramural research and development program at EMSL.

For oceans There was a publication released last year by the Pew Center (Pew is a charitable foundation whose main focus is education) «Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change» a summary of the current science on this issue.

Through an agreement of cooperation between ZMT and the International Ocean Institute (IOI), with each contributing its respective expertise and channels, it is expected that a global network can be created going beyond science, seeking a comprehensive approach to addressing ocean and coastal issues, with interdisciplinary projects, involving natural and social sciences, economics, and legal elements addressing education, training and research.

By connecting plant science organizations, we are bringing together all those involved in plant and crop research, education and training, to harness the wealth of knowledge and expertise found within our membership base to strengthen and facilitate the development of plant science for global challenges.

This past November, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization published their most recent global science report, analyzing the trends and developments that have shaped scientific research, education and industry during the past five years.

★ Welcome summer student Laura Neises ★ Welcome new students Helena Ishak, Alexander Kühn and Mareike Bach ★ Thanks for a contribution by the Clas Groschinsky Foundation ★ Meet Simon at the Bridging Worlds Through Science conference ★ Congratulations to Maria Pires passing her MSc defense ★ Welcome new Students Banushree Kumar and Annika Faucon ★ Congratulations to Evan Alsaleem passing his MSc defense ★ Welcome new students Lea van Husen, Daniel Horn, Taotao Xiang ★ Anna - Maria Katsori wins Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation Postdoc Fellowship ★ Simon Elsässer receives grant from The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education for establishing an international collaboration for Alzheimer's research ★ Simon Elsässer has been appointed to the Global Young Academy ★ Elsässerlab receives grant from Åke Wibergs Foundation

The two sides agree that there exists an enormous potential for cooperation in a remarkably broad range of areas, such as: research programming, training and mobility of researchers, science education, open publishing, technology transfer, innovation, building next generation infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) and global scientific cooperation.

Following the leak of internal Heartland Institute documents, six universities with faculty listed in Heartland's budget for work relating to denying the science or implications of global climate change received letters from Greenpeace asking for conflict of interest investigations (see the Chronicle of Higher Education's coverage).

Earth Science Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment AirMOSS Aqua Aura Aquarius CALIPSO CARVE Center for Earth and Climate Science Education CloudSat DISCOVER - AQ Earth to Sky - Building Climate Literacy for Informal Educators: Expanding the Earth to Sky Partnership (EPOESS NNH09CF00C) Girl Scouts Earth Science Patch Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) The GLOBE Program GLOBE at Langley GRACE ICESat - 2 Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) MY NASA DATA NASA Climate Day / Earth Ambassadors NASA Know Your Earth Campaign NOVA Labs Ocean Surface Topography Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 SAGE III on ISS S'COOL: Student Cloud Observations On - Line SMAP Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Teaching Inquiry using NASA Earth System Science (TINES) Terra

Other members of the panel included Wilfred Madius Tangau, Malaysia's minister of Science, Technology and Innovation; Nick Campbell, executive editor and executive vice-president, Global Institutional Partnerships, Nature; Jean - Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council; Hongbo Chen, vice dean of Tsinghua University's Tuspark Research Institute for Innovation, and Andrei Fursenko, former minister of Education and Science for Russia and current aide to the president.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, has announced the establishment of the Kavli Prize Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science Science and Letters, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, has announced the establishment of the Kavli Prize Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science science and science science policy.

An official at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology forecasts the global stem cell market which stood at $ 6.9 billion in 2005 will jump to $ 32 billion in 2012 seeing a 25 percent yearly growth.