Category: Events
Amazon launches childhood-to-career program to inspire underprivileged youth to build careers in computer science
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available – but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for […]
Stayin’ Alive: Music of the Bee Gees comes to Bel Air on November 3
Our friends at Harford Community College want you to get your tickets now to see Stayin Alive: The Music of the Bee Gees. The event hits this Saturday, November 3, […]
After 11 years, NASA’s Dawn Mission runs out of gas around dwarf planet Ceres
On November 1, NASA reported that the space agency’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed […]
2019 Canadian Hillman Prize, call for entries: Open now through January 15
Attention, journalists, editors, and awards coordinators: On October 30, The Sidney Hillman Foundation announced that they are now accepting nominations for the 2019 Canadian Hillman Prize honoring excellence in investigative journalism. The Hillman Prize […]
Halloween safety tips
Halloween can be a fun holiday for kids, but a worrisome one for parents. Concerns about children’s safety–whether they are out in the neighborhood or back home with bags of […]
Chelsea Davies named Harford County Public Schools’ Presidential Award finalist
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 mathematics and science teaching. Chelsea Davies, […]
Dodgers clinch National League title to face Red Sox in 2018 World Series
On the evening of October 20, boys of summer Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the 2018 National League pennant and will be heading to the World Series for the 11th time […]
Help wanted: Amazon paying $15 an hour or more for 100,000 seasonal jobs
As the U.S. heads into the holiday shopping season, Amazon will be filling more than 100,000 seasonal jobs across its network of customer fulfillment and delivery facilities this year. And […]
iPhone XR available for pre-order on Friday, October 19
The new iPhone XR, integrating technologies from iPhone XS in an all-screen glass and aluminum design featuring a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina display — the most advanced LCD in a smartphone — […]
Space Station crew recovered following rocket launch failure (video)
At 7:52 a.m. this morning, NASA released a statement concerning Thursday’s Soyuz MS-10 launch headed to the International Space Station: “The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in […]
