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Creating the Race for Innovation

January 10, 2012

by Kiersten Clements EnergySolutions Foundation In 2011 The EnergySolutions Foundation and The Leonardo, a Utah museum for science, technology, and art, committed to creating a program to engage the Foundation’s 2011 Utah scholarship recipients. What resulted from this ambiguous beginning was the Race for Innovation: a two-day competition held at The Leonardo Museum in which [...]

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Overcoming Insecurities and Becoming Engineers

January 3, 2012

by Kiersten Clements EnergySolutions Foundation A new study published in the October issue of the American Sociological Review (ASR) reported that women are not becoming engineers because of confidence issues. According to the ASR news release, “The study found that the real issue for female engineering students is their lack of ‘professional role confidence.’ Among [...]

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Balance….It’s Not Just Important in Yoga

December 9, 2011

by Pearl Wright Executive Director, EnergySolutions Foundation I read a lot of blogs. I don’t remember many of them. But recently I read a blog that resonated with me and kept my mind active for days. I’m sure it stuck with me because it was about Type A personalities and the associated pitfalls. It’s true, [...]

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Nuclear Medicine – What it is and How it Works

November 29, 2011

by Dr. Frederic Fahey President-Elect, Society of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that uses very small amounts of radioactive materials (radiopharmaceuticals) to diagnose and treat disease. While other diagnostic imaging procedures, like X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound, provide primarily structural pictures, nuclear medicine allows physicians to evaluate physiology or [...]

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Mixed Signals – Do your kids or students know that you value STEM education?

November 15, 2011

by Kiersten Clements Public Outreach & Education Specialist EnergySolutions Foundation The Microsoft Corporation commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct two national surveys to evaluate STEM perceptions among students and parents. One survey was administered to college students pursuing STEM degrees and the other was given to parents of K-12 students. The survey yielded very interesting results, [...]

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