The Press Release Resource

“It’s important to me to be able to give back to my community by promoting science and engineering fields to children who have limited exposure to them,” said FPL Production Assurance Engineer Melanie Roger. “If I can help get young children interested in the sciences and have a desire to enter into the field, than …

GARDEN CITY, NY, December 2011—Adelphi University has been awarded a federal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement the “Science Education Advancement (SEA) Program/NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program,” which will provide both funding and support for undergraduate and graduate students studying science and career-changers who are looking to pursue a teaching career …

Parkway Cancer Centre (“PCC”) will be launching a series of activities leading up to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March to raise awareness for the number one cancer in Singapore. Starting with a community walk to the recently opened Punggol Waterway, the Centre hopes to attract more than 500 participants and increase knowledge of this …

Dr. Laraine Fletcher, professor and chair of anthropology at Adelphi University and her co-director Dr. George Scheper, faculty associate, Advanced Academic Programs at Johns Hopkins University; and emeritus professor of humanities at the Community College of Baltimore County, have been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant money will …

As part of the Jerry March Memorial Lecture and the Joseph J. Napolitano Memorial Lecture series, scientist Roger Payne and actress Lisa Harrow will present “SeaChange: Reversing the Tide” on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. Payne and Harrow …

LI,USA : The World Health Organization and EPA predict that radon gas will be the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers in 2011. To address this epidemic, National Radon Awareness Week has been announced as: October 17th – 24th. This is the ideal time for Americans to test their homes and workplaces for radon …

Knowledge and innovation are accepted as the key drivers for sustainable growth and prosperity in a future Europe. Politics, industry and research are therefore trying to find joint answers on how to transform the EU into an ‘Innovation Union.’ But have we been asking the right questions? The genSET project, co-ordinated by Portia Ltd, invites …

Thinking about switching your career path to become a science or math teacher? The Drexel University School of Education and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology have created a Post-Baccalaureate Secondary Teacher Certification program that will help you meet this goal. Harrisburg, PA, July 26, 2011 — Thinking about switching your career path to become …

A YOUNG mother, who always wanted to work in science but lacked the confidence to pursue her dream career, is now a rising star in a Midlothian company which is a world leader in stem cell technology, thanks to the Modern Apprenticeship scheme and her own hard work. Twenty-nine-year-old Emma Clarke had spent her working …

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (June 16, 2011) – The new Happy Reading, Happy Learning English and Spanish supplemental program from Rourke Classroom is now available from Mackin Educational Resources. Happy Reading, Happy Learning includes 10 monthly thematic kits for PreK and Kindergarten in literacy, math and science, featuring sing-along print books, lap books and CDs,  interactive ebooks, …

On the horizon is approaching a religious and cultural furore so contentious, any clash of civilizations may have to wait. On one side, a manuscript titled: The Final Freedoms, against all the gravitas religious tradition can bring to bear. What science and religion thought impossible has now happened. History has its first literal, testable  and …

Laramie, Wyoming, June 4, 2011 – A lover of the outdoors, Frost has spent many hours on canoeing trips in different parts of the world, providing him ample time for meditation and connecting with his own spirituality. Also, his qualifications as a professor enable him to lay out the facts of evolution that nearly everyone …

June 2nd 2011 – The SETsquared partnership, one of the UK’s most successful university collaborations, has announced the results of its competition to find a student to take part in the Kauffman Global Scholars Program.  The winner is 22-year-old Alistair Shepherd, who is in the final year of a Masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics …

Author Colby Van Wagoner releases his 4th book, entitled, Earth Mongers. The book explores the fall of ancient civilizations, wars from the 19th to 20th century, natural and man-made disasters, and the crisis of the negative impact global warming is having on the environment. With a combination of historical events, and science fiction twist, Colby …

Students of the Robotics Club of TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas received the award for the Most Elegant Robot in the GEAR (Getting Excited About Robots) competition held March 26 at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Team members “worked well with each other to solve challenges and engineer solutions,” said TMI …

PROFESSOR Anthony Hollander – one of the world’s pioneers of stem cell technology – will appear in Edinburgh next weekend to talk about his life-saving work and research and what the future holds for the technology and those who work in it. The scientist shot to world-wide prominence in 2008 when he and his team …

Animal Chemistry   Shepreth Wildlife Park has been working in conjunction with Cambridge Science Festival again this year, putting the fun back into science!   This weekend witnessed the Wildlife Park’s own Discovery Centre bursting with young minds all eager to learn and be inspired by science awareness games and celebrations, with an emphasis on …

February 14th 2011 – The University of Exeter has joined the SETsquared partnership, one of the UK’s most successful and long running university collaborations. The partnership has a considerable track record of achievement in the commercialisation of academic research, stimulating the UK economy and creating jobs through its support for high tech, high growth early …

Distinguished Christian philosopher/author Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., spoke Jan. 13 at two events in All Saints Chapel at TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas. Kreeft, a Boston College professor of philosophy, spoke to students in chapel and took part in a panel discussion with TMI faculty about the relationship between faith, reason and science. He …

In its October 8, 2010 issue of Heartland, Time Magazine questioned the Vatican’s criticism of the awarding of the Nobel Prize to biologist Robert Edwards for having perfected in vitro fertilization (IVF) over 30 year ago. Considering the great advancement in understanding that has taken place and continues to take place between religion and science, …

OCEANSIDE, CA – October 1, 2010 – International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO), www.internationalstemcell.com, announced that its oocyte collection and activation protocol has received the approval of an Institutional Review Board (IRB). IRB review and approval is a Federal requirement for all studies enrolling human subjects, and ensures appropriate subject safety and monitoring to protect subjects …

NASA Scientist, Consciousness Expert and author of My Big TOE (Theory of Everything) to speak in London.

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