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Team of Informatics Graduates Wins Microsoft's Prestigious Imagine Cup Competition

07/14/2008 | Two Indiana University School of Informatics graduates took a first place award at the prestigious Imagine Cup finals, an international competition sponsored by Microsoft Corporation, this year held in Paris, France. The pair has enjoyed enormous success recently, combining winning a highly competitive international competition with developing a project that had an impact on real-world environmental sustainability.

Physics K-12 Outreach Coordinator Position

07/15/2008 | Purdue University's Department of Physics is seeking to fill a vacancy for a K-12 Outreach Coordinator.

Trends Among High School Seniors, 1972-2004

06/25/2008 | The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Trends Among High School Seniors, 1972-2004 (NCES 2008-320)."

BioCrossroads establishes the Life Sciences Champion of the Year Award

05/29/2008 | The inaugural BioCrossroads Life Sciences Champion of the Year Award seeks to answer the question of Who is making the most positive impact on the growth of the state's life sciences sector?

Indianapolis Life Science Website For Youth Receives High Honors

06/14/2008 | BioWorksU.com, an interactive Web site created by the Indianapolis Private Industry Council to attract young people to careers in the life sciences, has been named an official honoree of the Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the Web.

Accomplishments add up for Indiana's Mr. Math

06/09/2008 | Sam Dittmer remembers the tough time he had when he left the comfy classrooms of elementary school for the wide world of middle school, where, suddenly, he had to learn how to be cool.

Indiana Expeditions Teacher Toolkit

04/17/2008 | A letter from Indiana Expeditions Host Rick Crosslin with links and lesson plans for the three pilot science shows. Each show focuses on a different aspect of science: earth, physical, or life sciences. They show concepts, classrooms in action, industry and cool Indiana places and people.