POTSDAM — Clarkson’s Institute for STEM Education is excited to announce the winners of its first STEM QuESTS Challenge — Questions that Explore STEM for Teachers and Students — offering
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POTSDAM Clarkson’s Institute for STEM Education (STEM Ed) has been awarded a New York State Education Department (NYSED) Smart Start grant through a partnership with Saint Lawrence - Lewis BOCES.
STEM Ed faculty will provide professional development for teachers with a focus on careers in computer and information technologies.
Led by Dr. Benjamin Galluzzo and Dr. Mary Margaret Small, the Student Preparation for Emerging Careers in Computer and Information Technology initiative will serve kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers in the St. Lawrence - Lewis BOCES region.
With funding of approximately $100,000 annually for five years, the Institute will provide high-quality innovative professional development opportunities to increase teacher expertise and understanding of engineering, computer science, and educational technology so they can better prepare their students for successful careers and college.
The law will only apply to facilites that generate over 2 tons of food waste a week, places like prisons, large grocery stores, universities, or some farms.
Susan Powers, Director of the Institute of Sustainable Environment at Clarkson University, says a good food waste system requires coordination.
“You need to have the composting or digester business going. You need to have the business that picks up and delivers the waste to the food waste recycling facility,” she said. When all of those pieces are in place, Powers said, “that food waste has become great quality and sifted composted soil or it might be biogas from an anaerobic digester that’s an energy resource.”
WHITE PLAINS — The New York Power Authority is kicking off its “SustainAbleU — Let’s Get Climate Smart” employee education program this month with curriculum materials prepared by faculty and