Tag: Education
Heroes read: DC partners with schools and libraries to promote reading
#HeroesRead: New Ongoing Campaign Will Promote DC Graphic Novels Across Libraries and Schools
College majors graduating in STEM fields poised to earn the best salaries in 2019
Grads with engineering ($69,188), computer science ($67,539), and math and sciences degrees ($62,177) are projected to be the top-paid graduates in 2019.
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 […]
‘Show Your Soft Side’ features police Sergeant DeFelice in 2019 calendar
The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) has partnered with Show Your Soft Side (SYSS) to show the softer side of law enforcement in a 2019-2020 18-month calendar which includes Baltimore County Police Department’s Detective […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
NASA TV to air launch of NASA astronaut Nick Hagues’ first space mission
Astronaut Nick Hague, who joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 2013, is preparing to launch Thursday, October 11, on his first space mission – a six-month stay on the International Space Station. The […]
Jazz Night with Steve Hobbs, Harford Community College, October 12
Harford Community College’s Division of Arts and Humanities presents an Evening of Jazz featuring Vibraphonist Steve Hobbs on Friday, October 12, at 8 PM in the College’s Joppa Hall, Recital […]
NASA may have discovered first moon outside our solar system ever found
NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. On October 3, NASA reported that […]
