High school students nationwide will study the effects of the solar eclipse on cosmic rays.
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The particle physics laboratory makes a Spanish connection.
High schoolers from local communities demographically underrepresented in STEM came to Fermilab for the event, which aims to help foster racial equality.
From ChicagoInno, May 23, 2017: As part of the UChicago Innovation Fest, a panel of female scientists from UChicago, Fermilab and Argonne discussed the future of women in STEM.
More than 100 Latina middle and high schoolers and their parents attended and participated in workshops, heard from speakers, and took a tour around the lab.
Fermilab’s annual STEM Career Expo featured more than 140 professionals from 40 organizations.
The connection between Fermilab and the Illinois Math and Science Academy goes back to the lab’s second director.
From Daily Herald, March 19, 2017: Hundreds of kids and their families watched in awe on March 19 as suburban science teachers presented fast-paced demonstrations about electricity during the 30th annual Wonders of Science show at Fermilab in Batavia.
Meet Hernán Quintana Godoy, the scientist who made Chile central to international astronomy.
Nearly 100 curious neighbors turned out for Fermilab’s first Spanish-language Ask-a-Scientist event.