Science Feeds
Lord Drayson takes science brief (BBC News)
Racing driver and businessman Lord Drayson becomes the UK's third science minister in two years.
Forums welcome input on science in schools (The Olympian)
A community roundtable forum Monday will help shape what science instruction will look like in the Olympia School District in the future.
Science Breakthrough (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
Cal State Long Beach on Friday broke ground on its largest building project ever: A $105 million science facility that university officials say will contain state-of-the-art equipment and classrooms.
Ellensburg's Amber Farthing named Science Teacher of the Year (Daily Record)
Amber Farthing talks with Matheo Salksi during a math lesson in her Lincoln Elementary classroom Tuesday afternoon. Farthing won the science teacher of the year award from the Washington Science Teacher Association.
Mad Science irked by District 47 flier policy (Northwest Herald)
CRYSTAL LAKE – The operator of an after-school science program and some local parents are upset about a District 47 policy that prohibits organizations from sending fliers home with students.
Science Center hosting SciFest (The Telegraph)
Stunning advances in medical technology and clever insights into human behavior will headline at the upcoming International Science Festival with events spanning Thursday through Oct. 13.
4th African Science Academies Conference, London Will Focus On Health, Agriculture, Education, And Water (Medical News Today)
The fourth annual conference of the African Science Academy Development Initiative will be held Nov. 4-5 in London at the Royal Society, the national science academy of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. The initiative is a 10-year effort led by the U.S.
Wheaton College officials dig new science space (Daily Herald)
Scientific advances took great strides forward Friday at Wheaton College. The school began construction on a new 128,000-square-foot science and mathematics building to replace Armerding Hall, a circa 1970s facility built well before technology and collaborative research were factors in the classroom.
4-H Announces New Science Initiative (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
4-H, America’s largest youth development organization serving 6 million young people worldwide, announced that it offers a solution to challenges posed in the National Academy of Sciences’ report Rising Above the Gathering Storm. The report calls for an ambitious national program to address the need for increased math and science education at all levels. 4-H’s science initiative, “One Million ...
Key Role In Largest US Children's Study To Be Played By UT Health Science Center At Houston (Medical News Today)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will play a key role in local recruitment for the largest child health study in the United States. The National Children's Study will follow 100,000 children across the United States from before birth through age 21 to identify genetic and environmental factors that contribute to health disorders and conditions of childhood and adulthood.