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CFT’s Educate Texas Announces $7.3M in STEM Grants
Communities Foundation of Texas’s Educate Texas initiative is implementing more STEM teaching and learning opportunities for school districts in North Texas after Texas Instruments Foundation provides grant awards.
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What Does $2,500 Buy a Dallas ISD Teacher?
As Junior League of Dallas grant winners, Grace Lloyd and Virginia Ross have earned funds for a STEM Station and robotic sensors, respectively.
Greenhill School Launches $71M Growing Stronger Campaign
The Greenhill School has launched a $71 million fundraising campaign and broken ground on a new STEM and Innovation center.
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Space Camp Alumnae Discovers Her Out of This World Passion
I was only in sixth grade when I discovered my fascination with space.
A Doctor Like Her Mom: Nina Niu Sanford
Perhaps more girls will become doctors after visiting NorthPark Center and viewing an orange statue of Dr. Nina Niu Sanford.
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Camp Changes: SMU, UT Dallas, Texas A&M Reveal Summer Programs
While federal and statewide plans for distributing three vaccines might mean an eventual return to normalcy, face-to-face college programs for summer 2021 are still tentative.
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IF/THEN Ambassador Jennifer Stimpson takes Sabbatical from Hockaday to Write Federal Legislation
Jennifer Stimpson is on a mission: She wants to change what people picture when they think of a scientist.
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What Do Scientists and Engineers Look Like? Well, You
The 3-D printed statues produced after scanning 125 female innovators named American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN Ambassadors in 2019 have at least this much in common – they are orange.
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What’s a Not-So-Little Competition Between Robots During a Pandemic?
The robots are in full competition mode and on their way to Dallas for The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s VEX Robotics World Championship, presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation in April.
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Summer Camp at the Arboretum: Explorations in Nature and STEM
Do you want to get inside a bubble? Take a mission to Mars or travel “Back to the Future?” Fly a drone on a rescue mission, or explore nature while kayaking or hiking?
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Little Medical School Uses Play to Inspire Campers
For Dr. Nana Mireku, there’s nothing like seeing 5-year-olds listen to their heartbeat for the first time.
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A Parent’s Guide to Smart, Tech-Savvy Activities
Looking for fun and exciting ways to keep children engaged indoors?
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Hockaday Student Charts Her Course to the Stars
Want to go to space? Try starting in Huntsville, Alabama.
Take a Walk on The Science Side
The way Koshi Dhingra, an educator with a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math learning, sees it, “Every kid is a STEM kid.”
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STEM To Play Key Role In the Future of Texas
Texas has plenty of opportunity for growth and innovation in health care, but many challenges, as well, as the state nears its 200th birthday in 2036.
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UT Dallas Aims To Teach Younger Students, Too
The University of Texas at Dallas also aims to impact grade school students in the areas of science, technology, engineering art, and, mathematics (STEAM).
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Perot Museum Makes Science Fun
Inviting curious learners of all ages, the newly expanded Engineering and Innovation Hall at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science intends to bring out the innovator in every child and the child in every adult.
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IF/THEN Program Gives Girls Role Models
As the daughter of a physician, Nicole Small was exposed to science at an early age.