Project Exploration Blog » Educate to Innovate http://www.projectexploration.org/blog Changing the face of science Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 From Sci Foo to You http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1791 http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1791#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:33:14 +0000 Gabe http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1791 http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1791 1 Here it is as promised: the report back from Sci Foo 2010. When three information-powerhouses (Google, O’Reilly and Nature) convene a bunch of scientists and science-thinkers one of the immediate results is that even waiting on line becomes fun. I barely boarded the bus taking campers from the hotel to the Googleplex before I had Tom Fuller [...] Commencement: Innovate to Educate; Update 4 from Washington, DC http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1405 http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1405#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:10:47 +0000 Project Exploration Staff http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1405 http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1405 1 On January 6th, the day the 22 Presidential Mentors received their awards for excellence in science, mathematics and engingeering mentoring, the Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation, Cora Marrett, closed the ceremony with the following words. “This is a commencement.” A commencement. The beginning of starting something. None of us who spent four days in Washington [...] President Obama Recognizes Project Exploration’s Junior Paleontologists in Remarks to the Nation – Update 3 from Washington, DC http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1367 http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1367#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:48:26 +0000 Gabe http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?p=1367 http://www.projectexploration.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1367 4 January 6th, 2010 9:30pm EST Today President Barack Obama commended Project Exploration’s Junior Paleontologists program in his remarks to the nation during the second “Educate to Innovate” event. He said, “…whether it’s helping young people from tough neighborhoods in Chicago to become “Junior Paleontologists,” or creating a mentoring program that connects engineering students with girls and minorities, who [...]