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Blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List features many from ASTC community

Once again, the Blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2023 includes a number of individuals affiliated with ASTC-member organizations and partners. This fourth annual list highlights 50 key individuals whose innovation and creativity have been integral to developing today’s museums. The Blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List is again launched in partnership with Barco, which develops networked […]

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ASTC members recognized by AAM

Several ASTC-member institutions and science center professionals have been recognized by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) with 2023 awards for their leadership and excellence within the museum field. Awards will be presented at the 2023 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo later this month in Denver, Colorado. Nancy Hanks Award for Rising Stars To highlight

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President Obama visits New York science fair

March 31, 2011 / Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories / Christine Ruffo

During a day trip to New York City on March 29, U.S. President Barack Obama made an unscheduled stop at the American Museum of Natural History to tour the New York Science and Engineering Fair—his third science fair visit in recent weeks. As he examined projects including a bamboo bicycle and an exhibit on human-robot

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Transforming Science Education

June 10, 2009 / Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories / Christine Ruffo

On June 10, the Carnegie Corporation of New York—Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Commission on Mathematics and Science Education kicked-off a national mobilization to achieve much higher levels of math and science learning with the release of its report, The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy. The report

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