Tracey DeBlase Huston, vice president for outreach at Penn State, will retire in June after a 37-year career in higher education, including more than 27 years at the University.
Tracey DeBlase Huston, vice president for outreach at Penn State, will retire in June after a 37-year career in higher education, including more than 27 years at the University.
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A new exhibition at the Carnegie Science Center, set to open late next year, will focus on the future of space travel. An outgrowth of the space science activity in the Pittsburgh region, the exhibit has the working title of “Our Destiny in Space.”
At an announcement event Wednesday evening, Carnegie Science Center Director Jason Brown stressed that “this immersive exhibition will engage our visitors to consider questions of our shared humanity and how they are addressed as we venture ever deeper into space.” It will emphasize the tribulations of living on Mars, while also highlighting other possibilities for future space exploration.
Kids, get ready to launch a career in the space industry.
Carnegie Science Center, in collaboration with North Side-based lunar logistics company Astrobotic, announced an initiative Wednesday that aims to connect students across the region with Pittsburgh’s growing resources in the space industry.
CSC Director Jason Brown says the goal is to help students from early learners to those ready for the workforce in Allegheny County and 32 surrounding counties find educational and career readiness opportunities.
“Most people think of space as just the astronauts or the engineers who build things, but it’s so much more than that,” Brown says. “That’s what we hope to illuminate is, ‘Listen, there are 1,000 different jobs you could have and you can still work in space.’”
The Readiness Institute at Penn State is teaming up with Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” to be sure Pittsburghers can level up on artificial intelligence by hosting the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp for underserved high school students in the Pittsburgh region. The AI Bootcamp is free for all students.