(Morehead, Kentucky) – An eager group of students from Whitley County, Elliott County, Paducah Tilghman, and Jenkins Independent visited the Space Science Center at Morehead State University looking for a future in space. The center at MSU is a world leader in small satellite development and tracking. According to Space Science Director, Ben Malphrus students…
(Louisville, Ky) – Thousands of computers in Kentucky K-12 schools work together as part of the DataseamGrid to find potential new cancer drugs. Professor John O. Trent, PhD discusses how scientists at the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center have leveraged this computing resource to create one of the largest pipelines of potential new cancer therapies in the world.
Whitley County High School students Samuel “Blake” McCullah, Connor Wilson, Morgan Mckiddy, and Hancock County High School student Casey Baize were honored by EWDC Deputy Secretary Josh Benton, Senate President Robert Stivers (R-Manchester), and Representative Regina Huff (R-Williamsburg) for their participation in the Dataseam IT Support Specialist Apprenticeship Program. The Dataseam IT Support Specialist Apprenticeship…
Checkout the lineup of 2018 summer camps offered by Craft Academy at Morehead State University. SPACETREK, Space Science for young women. BLAST OFF, design an experiment to go to the International Space Station. THE FINAL CUT, film making workshop. TAKE FLIGHT, build, fly and race drones. For a complete listing of camp information and registration…
New worlds. New ways of viewing our world. New ways to go forward or not. The Dataseam Si-Fi Project recognizes the blend of science and imagination that creates an important genre of Science Fiction. We have to imagine the world before we can create it. We have to see the possibilities before we can work…
Dataseam CEO Brian Gupton and UofL Brown Cancer Center Deputy Director, Dr. John Trent, discuss Dataseam’s value providing computers to school classrooms across Kentucky while delivering computer power to cancer researchers at UofL. The story is the first feature segment on UofL Today with Mark Hebert radio show. Listen to the story: UofL Today with…
(Frankfort, Ky) – The Kentucky New Skills for Youth (NSFY) Program provides up to $125,000 in planning funds to local school districts, to transition state and locally-operated technical centers into regional academies. Collaboration of two or more school districts, a technical center, a postsecondary partner, a community partner, and employer engagement is required. For more information,…
(Hazard, Ky) – Many times reality starts with a dream. A vision. A need to change. A desire to make things different. And what some see as fiction, others see as possibilities and an ultimate reality. We are not supporting fake news or fake science. We are talking about envisioning a future, and working toward making…
This is a great opportunity for students to apply knowledge and imagination in order to create a new world; sound the alarm on the future; or solve today’s problems. Students are challenged to create a movie, original piece of art, or written example of science fiction. Imagination is a powerful tool for any scientist, inventor or…
