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NJN News Highlights NSF Geoscience Education Outreach Grant
On Friday, January 16, 2009,
NJN News featured a story with
Dr. Alec Gates promoting geoscience careers in the
Newark public schools. The project, which is supported by a 5-year, $1.7 million grant by the
National Science Foundation (NSF) attempts to introduce students with diverse backgrounds to the
geosciences.
NSF GK-12 Fellow Participates in Educational Outreach at Fall AGU Meeting
In addition to the scientific contributions at last months’
American
Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, CA, the Earth and
Environmental Science Department was represented at the "Exploration
Station" educational outreach event by graduate student
Andy Parsekian.
This event is designed to allow children and parents the opportunity to
discuss science with researchers and to get involved with many
geoscience activities.
The two demonstrations contributed were: