Sentences with phrase «science programs run»

Traditional after - school art, sports, or computer science programs run by local groups don't cut it anymore in many districts.

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A program run by the National Academy of Sciences, The Exchange is a hotline (844 - NEED - SCI) that screenwriters can call when they want help with the science in a script — any script.

She has founded and run several summer and afterschool programs such as Sally Ride Science Camp for Girls and Menlo Summer Explorations.

Hyndman, a retired teacher who worked at Dawes for 26 years — 12 in the science lab — has been running the program at Dawes on a volunteer basis.

Back in Portugal, he entered a Ph.D. program in biology and medicine run by the Gulbenkian Institute for Science (IGC) in Oeiras.

The Science Show is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio.

The Senate panel's action also runs counter to the House Appropriations Committee, which decided to stick with the White House proposal to eliminate funding for the ARPA - E, a program designed to promote «revolutionary advances in fundamental and applied sciences» and further the nation's standing as a global leader in innovation.

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.

Prof. Ulrich Dirnagl, from Charité's Department of Experimental Neurology, hopes that, in the long run, MD / PhD programs should help to break down the «barriers that separate natural sciences from medicine».

One day, while running errands in his pickup truck, he received a call from Parker, who had just established an undergraduate research program in his lab through the U.S. National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.

He explored teaching - focused faculty posts (these, too, he learned, typically involve writing papers and grant proposals, though not as much), running science - outreach programs (ditto on the grant proposals), business development, and management consulting.

Science has learned that the president's 2005 budget request, due out early next month, would phase out the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) largest program to improve student achievement in science and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar pScience has learned that the president's 2005 budget request, due out early next month, would phase out the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) largest program to improve student achievement in science and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar pScience Foundation's (NSF's) largest program to improve student achievement in science and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar pscience and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar program.

Similarly, the basic energy sciences program, which supports chemistry, condensed matter physics, and material sciences and runs DOE's big x-ray synchrotrons and neutron sources, get a boost of 6.7 % to $ 1.849 billion, as requested.

In separate stints, she also ran the foundation's education programs and led its social and behavioral sciences directorate.

Officials at the National Science Foundation, which runs the program, told the National Science Board yesterday that they are trying to figure out how to compensate for the anticipated loss of the two ships.

(There's also an Office of Education at NASA headquarters that runs agency - wide programs such as scholarships and research opportunities for students and efforts to attract more minority students into space science.)

NC Biotech itself runs a summer research program for undergraduates, a two - year postdoctoral program for Ph.D.'s considering a career in industry, and even a series of workshops on biotech - related science for junior high and high school teachers.

On Tuesday at ScienceInsider, Jeffrey Mervis reported that «Representative Bill Foster (D — IL) surprised some of his colleagues last week when he proposed killing a long - running program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) intended to lift up states at the bottom of the research funding heap.

It also convinced the member states to earmark 4 % of the program's funding pie over 7 years to a funding instrument for small businesses, inspired by the Small Business Innovation Research program that U.S. science agencies have run for the past 3 decades.

In November, for example, the U.S. Justice Department threatened to sue Southern Illinois University for running three such programs, one a «bridges» effort for underrepresented minorities pursuing science degrees, funded by the National Science Foundation (Science, 25 November 2005, p.science degrees, funded by the National Science Foundation (Science, 25 November 2005, p.Science Foundation (Science, 25 November 2005, p.Science, 25 November 2005, p. 1263).

For 15 years, one of the biggest suppliers of alternatively certified science and math teachers to the Chicago Public Schools system was a program called NU - TEACH, run by Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Although 6 days in Ottawa is nowhere near the amount of exposure U.S. graduate students interested in policy get through programs such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (publisher of Next Wave) Science and Technology Policy Fellowships, it's the first such project of its kind in Canada and a running start.

Next winter the agency will bid adieu to the assistant NSF directors who run its math / physical sciences and geosciences programs.

Intel has announced that it will no longer sponsor the program, and the nonprofit that runs the competition, the Society for Science & the Public in Washington, D.C., is looking for a new sponsor to pick up the $ 6 million annual tab starting in 2017.

«We who run NASA today are doing our very best to preserve a robust science program in the face of, frankly, some daunting fiscal realities that affect all domestic discretionary spending.

The work was funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity under its Quantum Computer Science program, which explores questions relating to the computational resources required to run quantum algorithms on realistic quantum computers.

said Dr. Scott Kraus, Vice President of Research for the New England Aquarium and head of a long - running science program on the species.

If approved by the U.S. Senate, the trio will round out Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz's leadership team for DOE's civilian research programs, which include 10 national laboratories run by the Office of Science.

Wendie Johnston runs the Biological Technologies Program at Pasadena City College, a well - recognized program that helps science graduates make the transition to inProgram at Pasadena City College, a well - recognized program that helps science graduates make the transition to inprogram that helps science graduates make the transition to industry.

IISME is just one of the education programs run by the Lab's Center for Science and Engineering Education (CSEE).

Because, despite having this breadth of knowledge within its walls, and for many years after these climate science programs were run at Exxon, the company has spent years and millings of dollars funding climate deniers and think tanks who attack the scientific consensus, spreading doubt and uncertainty.

To analyze how the density gradient affected the strength of the electron turbulence, the team fed information about the plasma's temperature and density into a program run on computers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.

The Science Show with Robyn Williams is one of the longest running programs on Australian radio.

Each summer, educators interested in starting a similar program in their communities are invited to come and learn how to establish and run a successful science and technology program for girls.

Jason S. Freeman has been appointed the director of the Coalition for Science After School, an initiative run by the After - School Corp., a New York - City based nonprofit organization that works to improve after - school programs.

Some of the highlights included: Sophie Healy ‑ Thow, Google Science Fair 2014 winner and one of Time magazines most influential teens of 2015, discussing My Journey — Food Security — Everybody's Business; Jordan Casey, a 15 year ‑ old entrepreneur from Waterford in Ireland, sharing her passion for programming; Ready Salted Code's Genevieve Smith ‑ Nunes running a hands - on coding demo; Raspberry Jams; and Step into STEM Skills Day, a mixture of inspirational talks, presentations and activities to teach you about the skills you need to succeed in this sector.

Today, NBU, a research - oriented institution that offers degree programs in telecommunications, computer and social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, is 10,000 students strong and, in many cases, sets standards for the state - run universities.

After graduation, Mowschenson was encouraged by her advisor Senior Lecturer Paul Reville, also Massachusetts Secretary of Education, to take a position at Harvard Medical School running the Harvard Premedical Institute, a program dedicated to getting inner city students excited about the sciences using patient simulation.

Around the world, millions of analysts and data researchers use R Programming to take care of their most difficult issues in the fields running from computational science to extensive marketing.

The Department of Education and Training Science Specialist Centre runs Science programs for primary to Year 12 schools, and is based at Bacchus Marsh College, located northwest of Melbourne in the town of Bacchus Marsh.

He runs the National Computer Science School, the largest CS outreach program in Australia.

«We work closely with architects and managers on their building plans in these situations, taking into account factors such as the predicted number of school students, as well as advice on the number of rooms they'll need to run programs, whether that's Science rooms, Art rooms, or Physical Education spaces,» she says.

By then, she had taught gifted children on the autism spectrum, founded a summer tinkering program, and ran offsite camps for a science museum.

Organization of Ibero - American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI), which runs the project, also offers technical and vocational education programs to adults but the major focus is primary schools.

She has helped establish programs in her schools including Girls on the Run, Global Cardboard Challenge, Science Olympiad, and the STEM Carnival.

«We want them to think critically and be able to solve problems,» said Camelia Cherry, middle school science teacher in the Atlantic City schools who ran a summer program in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, for 25 students in grades six through eight.

An unqualified success for these new schools would be results like those at Science Leadership Academy, a magnet school that is home to the district's longest - running project - based learning program, which opened in 2006.

I have worked in an urban district for the last 24 years, and spent the last four years running a program to try to retain science teachers.

Pre-K 3 through Grade 8; Universal Pre-K; High School Coordinator; AdvancEd Accredited; Laptops for use in classrooms; variety of after - school programs through 5:45 P.M.; Breakfast and lunch programs; Diverse multicultural student body; Academic enrichment programs run through computer lab, science lab, art studio, and music program; Daily Religious instruction; Full Sacramental preparation; School choir; Sports programs and PE conducted in our full - size gym; Counseling services; Parent School Association (PSA); Resource room, Title I services; interactive displays in every classroom.

Currently, with his interest in the role of art and alternative education, Heo has been running an art education program for children called Meeting of Science and Art.