Education

Northern New Mexico College Establishes STEM Mentor Collective

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Dr. Steven Cox and Northern engineering student Elizabeth Browne. Photo by John T. Denne/NNMC 
 
NNMC News:
 
The National Science Foundation has awarded $300,000 over two years to the Northern New Mexico STEM Mentor Collective.
 
The Collective is a partnership steered by Northern New Mexico College, with UNM-Los Alamos, the school districts of Española Valley, McCurdy and Pojoaque Valley, El Rito and the Embudo Valley libraries, the Bradbury Science Museum, and key leaders at Los Alamos National Laboratory and its Foundation, the Center for the Education
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LAHS Student Studying In Bosnia And Herzegovina On State Department YES Abroad Scholarship

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LAHS student Darcy Turin atop the 564′ tall Avaz Twist Tower in Sarajevo. Courtesy photo

EDUCATION News:

Los Alamos High School student Darcy Turin has been awarded a YES Abroad scholarship for 2016-17 from the U.S. Department of State. She is living with a host family and studying in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the academic year.

Turin is one of only 65 competitively selected students from across the nation who has received a scholarship to participate in the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad program. The merit-based award covers the full cost of an academic year abroad, providing Read More

Thirteen Los Alamos High School Students Semifinalists In 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program

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From left, LAHS Principal Brad Parker with students named semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program Robert Zhu, Wilbur Wang, Justin Lemke, Opale Schappert, Rose Click, Michelle Yang, Jennifer Wang, Zephram Tripp, Nicolas Dowdy and Andrew Tang and Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus. Not pictured – Megan Kornreich and Darcy Turin. Courtesy photo

LAHS News:

Today officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Los Alamos High School Read More

Science On Tap: ‘Through A Robot’s Eyes…’

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LA CREATIVE DISTRICT News:

Science On Tap happens every third Thursday of the month, featuring a new topic each time. Join us tonight when Chris Rittner will talk about the LANL hazmat robots. Science On Tap is tonight, Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at UnQuarked Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square.

Rittner is part of LANL’s Hazardous Devices Team (HDT) and will talk about the work the group does, including the recent Hazmat Challenge (held each year since 1996), designed to test responders under the most trying of circumstances.

Science On Tap is sponsored by the Los Alamos Creative District Read More

PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Mushrooms Along La Jara Trail

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PEEC Amateur Naturalist
By ROBERT DRYJA
 
Mushrooms Along The La Jara Trail
 
It is late summertime and rain has been falling regularly for several weeks in the Valle Grande. Varieties of mushrooms are emerging from the ground or are growing on the sides of trees. 
 
The trail around the Cerro La Jara dome in the Valle Grande provides a visually pleasing setting in which to look for mushrooms. The Valle Grande is seen in any direction as the trail circles the dome. The dome was created as lava below pushed the level floor of the Valle Grande upwards. Sheets
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Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lecture Series Sept. 26-27

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Seth Lloyd/Courtesy photo
 
SFI News:
 
SFI’s popular Ulam Lecture Series — now in its 24th year — features two talks that explore the Information Edge, the principle underlying both the creation and destruction of our universe’s complex structures.
 
Using simple, accessible examples from cosmology, quantum physics, and biological and financial systems, Seth Lloyd will shine a light on this powerful perspective. Lloyd is a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the SFI external faculty.
 
Lloyd,
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100+ Women Who Care In Los Alamos Funds PAC 8’s Teen Suicide Prevention Project

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From left, PAC 8 Executive Director Jean Gindreau with Kate O’Donnell guide the creation of a teen suicide prevention PSA project funded by 100+ Women Who Care in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
UWNM News:
 
100+ Women Who Care in Los Alamos is a group of women who strive to have a positive impact on those in need in the Los Alamos area, without the time-consuming effort associated with fundraising.
 
The mission is to reach out and help the community by collecting contributions for local nonprofits. All organizations up for consideration for an award are in the Los Alamos
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Juvenile Justice Advisory Board Meets Sept. 21

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JJAB News:
 
The next Juvenile Justice Advisory Board meeting is Sept. 21 and will include discussion on the FY-18 CYFD application, updating the JJAB strategic plan and getting board member signatures for the CYFD MOU is on the agenda. 
 
The 2016-2017 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey Roadshow is 1-3 p.m., Sept. 28 in Council Chambers at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave.
 
Data from the 2016 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey will be presented and discussed and will include data specific to Los Alamos County. Nearly all Los
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Rep. Garcia Richard Evaluates Proposals During LESC Meeting At State Capitol

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During a recent meeting at the state capitol in Santa Fe, Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard as an educator and member of the Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) evaluates proposals that will affect New Mexico schools, teachers, insurance premiums for New Mexico, charter schools and the Every Child Succeeds Act that replaced No Child Left Behind. Courtesy photo Read More

PED Announces Grand Prize Winners Of 2016 New Mexico True Summer Reading Challenge

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NMPED News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Public Education Department has announced the grand prize winners of the 2016 New Mexico True Summer Reading Challenge, a program that encourages kids to read over the summer. This year, more than 1,100 New Mexico elementary school students read more than 13,000 books.
 
“New Mexico elementary school kids worked very hard this summer to stay on top of their reading skills before heading back to class, and we’re very proud of them,” said New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera. “I’m also grateful to all our community partners for
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