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Joint Science and Technology Institute's STEM event took place at UNM
Roswell Daily Record
It’s not often that high school students get to spend part of their summer exploring a new part of the country, touring national laboratories, meeting research scientists, and creating memories that will last a lifetime. That was the reality for the participants of this year’s Joint Science and Technology Institute (JSTI). From June 8–21, ORISE hosted JSTI at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Also known as JSTI West for its location, this two-week, fully-funded, residential STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) research experience allows U.S. high school students to engage in research projects mentored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory research scientists and other subject matter experts.
CIA and ORISE support local Battlebots Competition
The Atlanta Voice
In partnership with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) hosted a battlebots competition at the John Hope Envision Center on Friday. The competition marked the final event of the CIA Robotics Academy’s week-long day camp where a cohort of 23 rising seventh-ninth grade students used hands-on skills to learn how to build, test and refine robots.
CIA Robotics Academy inspires Atlanta students in week-long STEM extravaganza
Fox 5 Atlanta
This week proved to be a transformative experience for a group of local students who eagerly participated in the CIA Robotics Academy, hosted by the John Hope Envision Center on Larkin Street. The CIA Robotics Academy, managed by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, aims to foster interest in robotics and coding among young learners.
Georgia students compete in CIA-sponsored STEAM competition
Atlanta News First
A group of Georgia middle schoolers are competing in a CIA-sponsored STEAM competition. Robots are a week in the making, built, designed and tested by a group of seventh to ninth grade students. Each student went through an application process to be in the program, which is sponsored by the CIA. Twenty-four students were chosen. The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education hosted the event. They are funded by U.S. Department of Energy.
A group of the nation’s most accomplished STEM teachers selected as Albert Einstein Educator Fellows
Business Wire
Fifteen K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers from across the United States have been named 2024-2025 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows. Selected Fellows will spend 11 months serving in a federal agency or U.S. Congressional office in Washington, DC, engaged in the national STEM education arena.
Department of Energy mentor teaches importance of finance to students of science
U.S. Department of Energy News
Joe Giove is a mentor with the DOE, where he puts himself front and center as an inspiring source of counsel for students learning about finance and business in STEM.
Intern uses neural networks to advance medical imaging
U.S. Department of Energy News
As an intern with the Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Internship Program, Emily Corcoran takes her mathematical knowledge to the medical field, where she has been researching how machine learning can influence medical imaging for the better.
OPS Librarian wins $30,000 for her school
WOWT 6 News
When Oak Valley Elementary library media specialist Pam Krecek talked with some of her students in January about entering a contest, little did they know what would happen three months later.
In fact, Krecek won the $30,000 prize from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Mission Possible: Makerspace Nation Competition.
$30,000 Makerspace Contest For Local Teachers
FOX 4 Kansas City
Kansas City educators can win a $30,000 makerspace for their classroom in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mission Possible Makerspace Nation competition. A makerspace is a designated area of a classroom where students can use various materials and tools to create something unique, often to solve a problem of some nature.
Cross Lanes Elementary students win massive nationwide STEM competition and $60,000 grand prize
WCHS
A middle-of-the-week surprise for one elementary school teacher and her classroom of STEM learners. Tiffany Pace and her STEM class at Cross Lanes Elementary were winners of the CIA Mission Possible Operation Advance Technology Competition, receiving the $60,000 grand prize from ORISE, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
One CPS teacher could win $30K from CIA to bring high-tech equipment to classroom
WBBM NEWSRADIO
The CIA — yes, that CIA — wants to give one Chicago Public Schools teacher $30,000 to help inspire the next generation of STEM and STEAM professionals. The goal of the CIA's competition is to get students interested in the fields science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
CIA aims to inspire Chicago students with contest for $30,000
CBS Chicago
A teacher and students in Washington, D.C. just won $30,000 from the agency and a celebratory freakout like the one they had is coming to a Chicago classroom this year. The Mission Possible competition is open to third through twelfth graders. Video entries should explain how $30,000 will promote science, technology, engineering, art, or math learning.