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The Dueling Dinosaurs exhibit is a community celebration of STEM innovation in NC. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is opening a new exhibit this weekend in Downtown Raleigh. Eventgoers will have the chance to meet museum scientists and professionals from universities and other organizations.
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1 year ago Read more at WTVD-TV

NASA said volunteers combed through 37,000 images taken by the Hubble Telescope over a span of 19 years to try and spot space rocks soaring through the solar system. According to NASA, the searchers found 1,701 asteroid trails, with 1,031 of those asteroids being previously uncatalogued.
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Ben King is the principal investigator on a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Quantum Sensing Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems. The grant provides funding to support the development of a device that uses two reservoirs of superfluid helium to detect ultra-small changes in the rate of Earth’s rotation.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Nevada, Reno

Stephen Stambough, professor of political science, won the 2024 John W. “Jack” Bedell Leadership in Collegial Governance Award. The award recognizes a faculty member who has gone above and beyond to serve and uplift the Titan community through their work in collegial governance. It is named in honor of John (Jack) Bedell, the late professor of sociology who exemplified campus leadership through his dedicated service and passion for helping others.
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1 year ago Read more at CSUF News

SUE: The T. rex Experience will be on display at the Saint Louis Science Center this summer. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for children, those ages 60 and older and military personnel and $6 for current or new Science Center members. Children 4 and under are free, but must obtain a ticket for the exhibition.
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The program is part of a grant that gives schools in the region tools from which educators in any subject can benefit. Educators apply and, if accepted, are given material to guide their classes. Mariaeloisa Carambo, a former high school history teacher and current PhD candidate at Drexel University, was selected.
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NSF funding will support the creation of the National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences, or NCEMS. The center will enable research that uses existing, publicly available data to glean new insights about how complex biological systems emerge from simpler molecules. Findings from the research could eventually inform the development of disease treatments and other applications, such as minimizing the negative effects of aging.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Arizona News

SpinUp is U of T’s first wet lab incubator for life science startups. It offers student and local entrepreneurs access to equipment and programming. The facility is outfitted with the most energy-efficient laboratories in North America.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Toronto Magazine

Integrating Research in Science (IRIS) was held at Wake Forest University on Saturday, April 20. The conference aims to celebrate interdisciplinary interactions by bringing together the realms of STEM and STEM-related fields. This one-day conference for undergraduates is designed to allow students to promote their research, network among professors and peers and prepare for their academic and professional careers by attending expert panels.
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1 year ago Read more at Today at Elon

The Gillings School has received approval to launch a new Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) degree program. The first class of students will start in Aug. 2025. Nationally, more students now earn a BSPH degree than an MPH degree.
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1 year ago Read more at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health