Dr. White Talks Race and Professional Physics
Fermilab physicist Dr. Herman White gives an example of what racism may look like within his profession.
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How to be Healthy: When You’re Older
FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE:
CHICAGO, IL January 19, 2015
Chicago Council on Science and Technology presents: How to be Healthy When You’re Older
It’s not about aging, it’s about how to age well. Hear from local experts on physical and emotional well-being as you age, and how to manage complications from illnesses with your doctor.
Synopsis of Decoding the New Science and Math Standards
By Sally Whitaker
In recent years, there has been movement towards a common, centralized set of standards across the United States which has led to the implementation of the Common Core in 43 states. The emphasis of the Common Core is on math and literacy, which left a need for a set of science standards as well. This led to the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and together these standards are helping to shape modern education, while also spurring much debate over the goals and outcomes of education. Continue reading “Synopsis of Decoding the New Science and Math Standards”
Rat Neuroscience & Chicago Politics
University of Chicago neurobiology processor Peggy Mason’s research on prosocial behaviour among rats could encourage it’s all to “ratten” ourselves up!
2014 Women in STEM – E. Graslie, C. Thomas, A. Schlenker, O. Alabi, S. Hallen, and C. Phillips
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at School of the Art Institute of Chicago Ballroom
The event features a panel of women from various fields, at different points on their career arc, discussing what it means to be a woman in STEM. Continue reading “2014 Women in STEM – E. Graslie, C. Thomas, A. Schlenker, O. Alabi, S. Hallen, and C. Phillips”
Sage Tells Students: Want To Make Money In Tech? Become A Wall Street Banker
By Jeff McMahon, Opinion, Forbes
The real money in engineering and technology is on Wall Street, an emeritus director of Argonne National Laboratory told a roomful of engineering students Monday at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Argonne Director Emeritus Alan Schriesheim was asked whether students should go into nanotechnology because of that emerging field’s future. The question reminded him, he said, of the scene in “The Graduate” in which Dustin Hoffman’s character is told there’s a great future in plastics.
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