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June 21, 2013
By Festival Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr. Joe Schwarcz PhD
Living is a wasteful business. Just think of all the stuff we dispose of down are drains and toilets. Pharmaceuticals, oils, cosmetics, hair, condoms, glues, paints, nail polish removers, soap, urine, feces, food remnants, toilet paper,…
June 17, 2013
As announced earlier, the Festival has joined forces with U.S. News & World Report to host the U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference at the Festival Expo during the week of April 21, 2014 in Washington, DC -- bringing together the largest K-12 STEM outreach event and leading advocates of science…
June 14, 2013
ENGINEERING.COM, with its mission to inform, inspire and entertain the world's engineers -- and future engineers -- is returning as a key sponsor of the USA Science & Engineering Festival and Expo in 2014.
Widely known for having its fingers directly on the pulse of the fascinating, ever-…
June 12, 2013
Today's guest blog post is by Featured Science Author Dr. Fred Bortz
Tune in Thursday, June 13th on our Facebook page at 10 am EST to discuss this post with Dr. Bortz!
More than ten years after it was posted at the "Ask Dr. Fred" page "Why Isn't Pluto a Planet Anymore?" remains by far the most…
June 6, 2013
Karin Muraszko – Pediatric Neurosurgeon
--The first and only female to head an academic neurosurgery department in the U.S.
--Successfully handles her demanding surgical schedule despite having spina bifida (curvature of the spine)
Of the approximately 4,920 neurosurgeons in the United States…
May 30, 2013
Popular Science, one of the leading sources of news in technology, science, gadgets, space, green tech and more, is returning as a key Americium Media Partner with the Festival!
In doing so, Popular Science joins a growing list of other top science media leaders who will be serving as Festival…
May 28, 2013
Celebrating Role Models in STEM!
Read more about the life of educator and mathematician Edith Luchins here
May 16, 2013
Heroes should never be forgotten, but unfortunately too many of them in the field of science go missing from our classroom textbooks. Equally disturbing is that a disproportionate number of these heroes overlooked are women and minorities.
While the average American young person will likely have no…
May 6, 2013
By USA Science & Engineering Festival Founder Larry Bock
The answers to some of the biggest challenges facing us this century lie waiting to be discovered in the laboratories and institutions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But we must remember, scientists do not operate…
April 29, 2013
By USA Science & Engineering Festival Founder Larry Bock
In what started out as a hopeful trickle more than four years ago has seemingly evolved into a full-blown trend: Suddenly it's cool and hip to be a scientist in Hollywood. Ranging from such blockbuster films as The Amazing Spiderman, …
April 26, 2013
Save the date: the USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo is just one year away! We are so excited to bring you the largest celebration of science & engineering for the 3rd time! Leading up to the Expo we will have affiliate events, the return of the Nifty Fifty (x3), contests, and school…
April 24, 2013
Guest Blogger USA Science & Engineering Festival Nifty Fifty Speaker Joe Schwarcz PhD
I had my tonsils out in 1954. In those days a few bouts of tonsillitis, and out they came. I remember being plied with chloroform before the operation and with ice cream after. I also remember being given a…
April 18, 2013
Celebrating another Role Model in Science & Engineering Achievement!
Rock and roll as we know it today would not exist without his invention --the solid body electric guitar. Little wonder legends like Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Eddie Van Halen consider him an icon. Throughout his life,…
April 17, 2013
Celebrating another role model in science & engineering achievement! Bonnie Dunbar played a key role in building the Space Shuttle craft and developing its thermal protection system. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights, she today serves as a role model to thousands in STEM education and…
April 11, 2013
Celebrating another Role Model in Science & Engineering Achievement!
Noted Materials Science Researcher Swati Vilas Pol is creating a new green technology that converts plastic bags and plastic bottles into carbon waste material for a wide range of uses -- from water purification to powering…
April 4, 2013
Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement!
Ali Javan's important work is a major component of what you are doing right now- using the internet. To read his full biography and the profiles of all our STEM Role Models click here.
April 3, 2013
We are excited to announce that Dr. Mary Cleave will be serving as a Nifty Fifty Speaker for the Festival!
Long considered a role model in science and space exploration for her achievements, Mary is the recipient of various honors, including being the recipient of the American Astronautical…
April 2, 2013
Celebrating Role Models in Science & Achievement!
Biochemist and molecular biologist Severo Ochoa is best known for sharing the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with American biochemist Arthur Kornberg for discovering a bacterial enzyme that enabled him to synthesize RNA (ribonucleic…
March 28, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another STEM Role Model!
Dr. Anita Roberts was one of the most cited scientists in history and she served as an inspiration to many cancer patients when journaled details of her own battle with cancer- a disease she spent 25 years researching.
Read the full…
March 27, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another STEM Role Model! In today’s blog we feature Nanomaterials Physicist Dr. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky.
We are excited to announce that Dr. Leslie-Pelecky will be serving as a Nifty Fifty Speaker for the Festival!
She has appeared on television for ESPN, H2…
March 26, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another STEM Role Model!
Often rated among the top 10 forensic science experts today. Became internationally known for her work with the United Nations in conducting forensic investigations of mass grave genocide killings in Rwanda and the Balkans -- and…
March 21, 2013
The USA Science & Engineering Festival is thrilled to introduce our elite group of X-STEM and Nifty Fifty Speakers for the 3rd Festival! In today's blog we feature Physicist and former NASA Astronaut Dr. Kathryn Thornton!
We are excited to announce that Dr. Kathryn Thornton will serve as both…
March 18, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another STEM Role Model!
Read the biography of Nifty Fifty Speaker & NerdGirls Founder Dr. Karen Panetta and how YOUR SCHOOL can host a Nifty Fifty Speaker here
March 15, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another STEM Role Model!
To read the fascinating biography of Hedy Lamarr and all of our STEM role models click here
March 14, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another STEM Role Model!
Dr. Penelope Boston, geologist-microbiologist from the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, loves exploring caves where she finds a "virtual treasure trove of scientific information!"
Click here to read Dr. Boston's full…
March 13, 2013
Guest Blog by Festival Nifty Fifty Speaker Joe Schwarcz PhD
Unfortunately chemistry is a mystery to many. And that suits the hucksters just fine. It sets the stage for cashing in on chemical ignorance by bamboozling people with scientific sounding balderdash. Ignorance, though, is not total. …
March 12, 2013
By USA Science & Engineering Festival Founder Larry Bock
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
The excitement, the rigors and the risk of scientific discovery: Sagan loved and shared these emotions more effectively and openly with us than perhaps any other…
March 11, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another Role Model in STEM!
Combining her skills in math, science and the arts, Italian Architect Gae Aulenti has become known as a leading figure of contemporary architecture.
To read her full biography and all of our STEM profiles click here
March 7, 2013
Celebrating Women's History Month with another Role Model in Science & Engineering!
Sylvia Earle, a leading Oceanographer and Environmentalist conducts pioneering research in marine ecosystems; named a "Hero for the Planet" by Time magazine.
To read the fascinating biography of Sylvia Earle…
March 6, 2013
March is Women's History Month and the theme this year is "Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics".
We celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics year round at the USA Science & Engineering Festival…