The new STEMconnector website launched on Nov. 30, 2011. This new website serves as a national gateway to "who is doing what" in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. STEMConnector is a nationwide collaboration of companies, nonprofit associations and professional societies, STEM-related research and policy organizations, and academic institutions concerned about the plight of STEM education in the United States. STEMConnector™ is designed to link "all things STEM" by constructing a comprehensive website that provides connections to national, state and local STEM entities and their own content through a variety of search tools.

 

Visit the new site to find state-by-state information, a blog, events and resources related to STEM. http://www.stemconnector.org/

NASA John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is accepting applications from full-time, qualified STEM faculty in accredited US colleges and universities, for the summer 2012 NASA Glenn
Faculty Fellowship Program (NGFFP).

 

The ten-week Fellowship starts on Monday, June 4, and ends on Friday, Aug. 10. The opportunity is open to US citizens. However, US permanent resident faculty members who are interested analytical/fundamental research will be considered.

 

Under-represented faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are highly encouraged to apply.

 

The application form and instructions are available at the website:

http://rt.grc.nasa.gov/university-affairs/ and clicking on "NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship Program".

 

The application season is Monday, November 14, 2011, through 5:00 PM on Monday, February 6, 2012.

 

For more information contact:

M. David Kankam, Ph.D.
University Affairs Officer / GRC
Research & Technology Directorate
NASA, John Glenn Research Center
21000 Brookpark Rd., MS 49-5
Cleveland, OH 44135.

E-mail: Mark.D.Kankam@nasa.gov
Ph.: (216) 433-6143; Fax: (216) 433-3687

 

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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first successful planetary mission, Mariner 2 sent to Venus, the NASA History Program Office and the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum invite papers for a conference relating to the history of planetary exploration. This historical symposium will be held in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25-27, 2012.

 

Entitled "Solar System Exploration @ 50," the purpose of this symposium is to consider what we have learned about the other bodies of the solar system and the process whereby we have learned it. This symposium seeks to pursue broader questions relating to the history of planetary exploration.

 

International scholars and graduate students seeking exposure to the history of the planetary sciences are particularly welcome. Proposals for papers should include a title and abstract, as well as the author's curriculum vita. Please send all proposals, in the form of a 300-word abstract and a brief vita electronically to Dr. William P. Barry, NASA chief historian, at bill.barry@nasa.gov, and Dr. Roger D. Launius, senior curator in space history at the National Air and Space Museum, launiusr@si.edu.

 

The new deadline for abstract submissions is Feb. 21, 2012.

 

For more information, visit http://history.nasa.gov/SolarSystem.pdf

 

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