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Students at Mount Nittany Middle School took a hands-on approach to science Friday. They were learning about sustainability and the life cycle of a T-shirt at the Curiosity Cube. Scientists from Millipore Sigma Science Labs taught students how recycling T-shirts is beneficial to the environment.
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The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science celebrated moving into a new home on Friday, April 26. Community members, University President Jim Ryan, and Governor Glenn Youngkin helped to celebrate the new building. The school was established in 2019 thanks to a $120 million donation from the Quantitative Foundation.
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Students at Mount Nittany Middle School took a hands-on approach to science Friday. They were learning about sustainability and the life cycle of a T-shirt at the Curiosity Cube. Scientists from Millipore Sigma Science Labs taught students how recycling T-shirts is beneficial to the environment.
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Governor visits ASH to support the science of reading Students welcome a special guest for their small-group phonics instruction. The district has been a leader in this critical area since 2016 with student results on ELA and reading benchmarks supporting this approach.
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A $1.34 million grant to Bates from the National Science Foundation will position the college to play a crucial role in the study and teaching of solar-terrestrial physics. This will be the first faculty position of its kind in Maine. The grant is from the NSF’s Faculty Development in geoSpace Science program, which seeks to spur the integration of geospace science into U.S. higher education.
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The world's largest-ever genetic study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered 95 hotspots in the genome that are tied to the condition, including 80 that were previously unknown. This treasure trove of genetic data could eventually lead to new therapies for PTSD, scientists say. PTSD is a mental health condition that can develop after exposure to a traumatic or stressful event.
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NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Sunday, April 28 weather permitting. Dragon will undock from the station’s zenith port of the Harmony module at 1:05 p.m. and fire its thrusters to move a safe distance away from the Station after receiving a command from ground controllers at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.
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New Trier High School is your science olympiad state champions. The team earned the title on Saturday, April 20, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It moves on to the national finals on May 25 at Michigan State University.
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HB24-1446, sponsored by Rep. Barbara McLachlan, would make no-cost professional development programs available to science educators. The bill aims to improve K-12 science performance for Colorado students by giving teachers the tools and resources they need to foster success among the students who need the most support.
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Political Science Professor Mala Htun is joining the ranks of legends like Alexander Hamilton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King Jr. and Madeleine K. Albright. The Academy elected its first members in 1781 and announced its newest members April 24.
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