June 15, 2021
Comments Off on Boys & Girls Clubs, AT&T collaborate on summer digital literacy program for kids
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Rochester has partnered with AT&T to create a free digital literacy and education summer program to address equality issues in technology education. The program will help local students impacted by the digital divide by ...
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April 28, 2021
Comments Off on Allendale Columbia to offer two new diploma programs
Allendale Columbia School has launched two innovative new diploma programs. The Entrepreneurship & Creative Engagement and STEM Engagement diplomas are the first of their kind offered in the Rochester region and are in addition to the traditional local diploma students ...
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October 23, 2019
Comments Off on Partnership, children to showcase new trail connecting the Strong with Central Library
The Greater Rochester After-School Alliance (GRASA) on Thursday will partner with the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, Healthi Kids, the Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association (GRSLA), United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. and the Children’s Agenda to host ...
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May 8, 2019
Comments Off on Technology jobs need the humanities, panelists say
Though employers, educators and even parents have fixated on STEM disciplines to prepare young people for jobs in an increasingly technological society, a recently convened expert panel said it’s important to remember the humanities. And above all, they said, young ...
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September 5, 2018
Comments Off on YMCA earns grant for STEM programs
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation has announced its cohort for STEM 2035, a $5.5 million initiative through which grant funding and technical assistance will be provided to existing afterschool and summer science, technology, engineering and math programs. The YMCA ...
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April 13, 2018
Comments Off on A Day of Science rally takes place downtown Saturday
Everyone is a scientist. Just ask the folks at Rochester NY March for Science Inc. “Kids hypothesize, ‘Is this food?’ Testing, they put it in their mouth. Conclusion, no, it’s not. And then repeat that,” explained Joey Lawson, a director ...
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March 7, 2018
Comments Off on Warner School wins $800,000 research grant
The University of Rochester has won an $800,000 grant that will be used to help study potential barriers preventing students with learning disabilities from going into science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The grant from the National Science Foundation will ...
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November 8, 2017
Comments Off on Strong launching STEM workshops
The Strong is taking play one step further as it boosts science, technology, engineering and math skills in a series of new workshops. The new STEM-inspired Are You a Maker? workshop series encourages participants to go hands-on with everyday materials—such ...
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