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Partner Highlight: Port Discovery Children's Museum

November 9, 2011
Jayatri Das
Did you catch the new Nano mini-exhibition on display in the NISE Network booth at ASTC this year? After the exhibit hall closed down, the mini-exhibition made its way to its new home at Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore...
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NanoDays Highlights: Involving Industry

November 2, 2011
Vrylena Olney
Looking for ideas for NanoDays 2012 ? I'll be highlighting some examples of NanoDays activities from the 2011 NanoDays reports in the NISE Net blog over the next few weeks. I encourage you to get in touch with the partners...
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Nano Bite: October 2011

Welcome to the October Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → New Resources A number of new programs have been added to the NISE Net Catalog . Some highlights include
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NanoDays 2012 Physical Kit Applications Now Available

October 5, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Apply now for NanoDays 2012 physical kits! March 24 through April 1, 2012 is NanoDays, a week of community-based educational outreach events to raise public awareness of nanoscale science, technology and engineering throughout the United States. NanoDays kits are currently...
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ASTC to Announce Support for a PES Community of Practice

October 5, 2011
Larry Bell
ASTC is going to announce its support for a Community of Practice around Public Engagement with Science at the upcoming ASTC conference in an open session on Sunday, October 16, at 10:30 AM in room 315 at the convention center...
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Partner Highlight: Helping Blind Students Explore Leading Edge Nanoscience

October 4, 2011
Brad Herring
In July 2011, about 150 blind high school students from all over the United States gathered for one week to learn about science and technology at the biannual Youth Slam summer camp organized by the National Federation of the Blind...
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Partner Highlight: Cool Science Week at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

October 4, 2011
Vrylena Olney
Our NISE Net partners at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History recently organized a number of events with Yale materials scientist and NISE Net advisor Ainissa Ramirez as part of their "Cool Science Week." "Cool Science Week" is...
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Risk, Uncertainty, and Sustainable Innovation: New perspectives on emerging challenges

September 20, 2011
Larry Bell
We scientists and innovators should just accept the idea that when it comes to new and emerging technologies that at some point along the way we are going to “cock it up.” The public knows it will happen and we...
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Nano Bite: September 2011

Welcome to the September Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → Mini-Grants! The NISE Network is making available a limited number of small, one-time awards to support initiatives by NISE
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Growing Interest in Networks

September 12, 2011
Larry Bell
The National Science Foundation has asked CAISE ( Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education ) to explore creating a focus on networks at it's PI Summit in the spring. CAISE is using the ASTC session that NISE Net...
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Partner Highlight: International Partner - NanoDays - The Italian Way!

September 12, 2011
Rashmi Nanjundaswamy
Dozens of children participated in the second annual Nano Piccola event in Gagliato, Italy, in July, which gave kids a chance to learn about nanotechnology and nanomedicine through hands-on activities and (little) talks by researchers from The Methodist Hospital Research...
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Program Adaptation: Horton Senses Something Small

September 12, 2011
Vrylena Olney
The "Horton Senses Something Small" activity While I was talking to Betty Jones at Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) a few weeks ago about their summer camp program, she described an interesting adaptation to the "Horton...
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Partner Highlight: ECHO and UVM

September 12, 2011
Vrylena Olney
In 2008, Dennis Clougherty , a physics professor at the University of Vermont , called up nearby ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center to see if they’d be interested in working together to host a NanoDays event. In the three...
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NISE Network announces new 2012 Mini-Grants for partners - due November 1, 2011

September 8, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
What’s a Mini-Grant? The NISE Network is making available a limited number of small, one-time awards to support initiatives by NISE Net partners to engage their local audiences in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology topics. Requests can be made for...
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Nano Bite: August 2011

Welcome to the August Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → ASTC Annual Conference The early-bird registration deadline for the 2011 ASTC Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD is August 26th
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Partner Highlight: MOST, Syracuse, New York

July 26, 2011
Vrylena Olney
What do 17th-century Japanese literature and a science summer camp in Syracuse, NY have in common? Haiku! The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) in Syracuse, New York has been working to incorporate nano content into their...
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National Science Board Reviews Broader Impact Criterion

July 25, 2011
Carol Lynn Alpert
Science museums and their audiences often benefit from sub-awards provided by research centers which choose to address the NSF Broader Impact Criterion through partnerships for education outreach. Therefore, the National Science Board’s current review of this criterion (commonly known as...
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Nano Bite: July 2011

Welcome to the July Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → New to the Catalog Nanoscience in Elementary Schools TEDx Presentation : This 12 minute TEDx presentation by NISE Net
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NanoDays Collaborations

July 8, 2011
Vrylena Olney
As many of you know, NanoDays is the NISE Network's annual festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering and its potential impact on the future. Each Spring, hundreds of NISE Net partners across the country plan and host...
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If you missed the deadline, you can still submit your NanoDays 2011 report

June 22, 2011
Catherine McCarthy
Thanks to partners who have filled out their NanoDays 2011 reports! A few exciting results have already emerged from the existing report data. For example, of the 129 respondents who provided information about future use of NanoDays kits, all 129...
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Nano Bite: June 2011

Welcome to the June Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → Thanks for Filling out Your NanoDays Report! A few exciting results have already emerged from the existing report data
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Nano Bite: May 2011

Welcome to the May Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? → New programs in the NISE Net Catalog! Horton Senses Something Small : In this story time program, young visitors
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Nanotechnology moves from discovery to commercialization

May 6, 2011
Larry Bell
Research on publications and patent applications filed by both large and small corporations illustrates the trends in commercialization of nanotechnology -- to what extent and in what fields ideas are turning into commercial products. Jan Youtie of Georgia Tech presented...
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CAPITALIZING on your NanoDays Partnerships, Pt. 2

April 20, 2011
Carol Lynn Alpert
CAPITALIZING on your NanoDays Partnerships, Pt. 2 blog post
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Nano Bite: April 2011

Welcome to the April Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? NanoDays Successes! → Thank you to all NanoDays participants! A huge thank you to all those who participated in NanoDays
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