Science

The STEM or STEAM Debate

Fellows Harvey Seifter and Alan J. Friedman were quoted in a recent Education Week post about the intersection of the arts with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning. Harvey is an expert in arts-based learning and director of the Art of Science Learning.  He says “For me, it is about connecting—or reconnecting—the arts and [...]

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C-PET Conference on Innovation for Development: Nov 14 in DC

November 14, 2011, 2.15 pm, registration and coffee; 2.45 program begins; reception following at 4.45-6.00 10 G Street NE, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20002 Nigel Cameron, FRSA, invites Fellows to join our next event on Innovation for Development. RSVP to: kathy.brown@c-pet.org INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: A HALF-DAY CONFERENCE Co-sponsored by RTI International UNESCO recently convened a High Panel [...]

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Follow up: 92Y Event – Lisa Randall

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Sunday, 2nd of October was the launch night of the RSA / 92Y talks program on the Upper East Side of New York. Fellows attended Physicist Lisa Randall’s talk How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate Our World, a lecture which illuminated physics to the audience from her accessible explanations of the Large Hadron Collider — [...]

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92Y Partner Event: Lisa Randall: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate Our World 10/2

Lisa Randall: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate Our World Sunday, October 2, 2011, 7.30PM (Buttenwieser Hall) 92Y Lexington Avenue at 92nd St New York Lisa Randall is the author of a new book, Knocking On Heaven’s Door, that makes understandable to a lay audience some of the most amazing and important scientific research and [...]

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RSA New York Partners with 92Y on Events

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RSA New York is proud to announce a new event partnership program with the 92Y, New York’s world-class nonprofit community and cultural center connecting people to the worlds of education, the arts, health and wellness and Jewish life. This partnership has been developed with the support of Fellows Helaine Geismar Katz and Henry Timms at [...]

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Protecting Infrastructure from Solar Storms, EMP and High-Impact Low Frequency Threats

Chuck Manto, FRSA, announces the formation of a nationwide special interest group (SIG) at InfraGard that will focus on high-impact low-frequency events such as solar storms and EMP. Chuck writes: “As you may have heard me say before, I believe that this class of threats may be the only effective way to influence more people [...]

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