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Dallas-area education notes
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, July 19, 2009
Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc. seeks monetary donations to provide school supplies to students in need. According to CISDR's Web site, $25 provides supplies for an elementary school student, $50 for a middle school student and $75 for a high school student. Donate online at www.cisdallas.org or mail a check to: Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc., 8700 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 125, Dallas, TX 75247-3729. Call 214-827-0955.
deadlines approaching
Pre-registration dates for the Mayor's Back-to-School Fair are today, Friday, Saturday, July 31 and Aug. 1 and 2. Qualifying families are urged to pre-register to avoid the long lines expected at the fair. Register by mail or in person at remaining pre-registration events held across Dallas:
• After the 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. worship services July 19 at Friendship West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road
• 1 to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at MetroPCS Corporate Store, 704 W. Jefferson Blvd. or 2731 Northwest Highway; Telecell, 3440 Webb Chapel Extension; or DF Wireless, 8224 Park Lane, Ste. 100.
1 to 5 p.m. Fridayand 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdayat Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center, 8701 Greenmound Ave.
• 3 to 6 p.m. July 31 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 1 at Cobb Field House, 1702 Robert B. Cullum Blvd.
• After the 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. worship services Aug. 2 at Inspiring Body of Christ Church, 7710 S. Westmoreland Road
Free Dallas Cowboys/University of Phoenix backpacks will be given away to kids who pre-register and qualify for free school supplies at the Cobb Field House events. For more on eligibility requirements and volunteer sign-up, call 311 or visit www.themayorsbacktoschoolfair.com.
Woodrow Wilson High School cheerleaders will host a one-week mini-camp for children ages 5-11 Aug. 10-14 at the school, 100 S. Glasgow. Drop-off is at 9 a.m. and pick-up is at 12:30 p.m.
Campers will learn basic cheers and spirit dance routines and spend time playing games and making crafts such as a homecoming mini mum. The cost is $150, with a camp T-shirt and daily snacks included. The camp concludes with a parent showcase on Aug. 14.
The registration deadline is Aug. 1. Space is limited to 100 campers. E-mail melindakurzner@sbcglobal.net or andrea.haywood@sbcglobal.net or call Andrea at 214-213-7294.
COLLEGE NEWS
Several Mountain View College physics students recently received recognition for their contributions to the Killer Asteroid Project, a world-wide National Aeronautics and Space Administration program operated by the Astronomical Institute in Charleston, Ill.
They are Daniela Grimaldo, Eva Quiroz, James Stratton, Joseph Helms, Fernando Contreras, Janeen Jervis and Melina Aguilar. Participating MVC students each received certificates of recognition from NASA and the Astronomical Research Institute for their valuable contributions to the project.
The project is part of a broader campaign called the International Astronomical Search Collaboration.
Texas Woman's University will host an information session on its Executive MBA program from 6 to 7 p.m. July 29 at the Education Service Center, 3001 N. Freeway in Fort Worth. www.twu.edu.
Rada Mihalcea, associate professor of computer science and engineering, is among 100 university researchers nationwide to earn recognition from the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. She will honored by the White House for her groundbreaking research on the semantic interpretation of text, a critical capability for many natural language and information processing applications.
The Presidential Award program recognizes outstanding scientists and engineers who, early in their careers, show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of science and technology. The recipients will receive their awards in the fall at a White House ceremony.
The University of Texas at Arlington received three grants from the Texas Ignition Fund for research projects that show promise in advancing out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. Each winner was awarded $48,000 to $55,000.
• Hanli Liu, a bioengineering professor, researched developing a low-cost, real-time, optically guided needle biopsy system that could improve prostate cancer diagnosis.
• Digant Dave, a bioengineering assistant professor, and Richard Timmons, a chemistry/biochemistry professor, have developed a technique in which biomolecules are detected and quantified without using color labeling. The technology could expedite drug development by enabling faster, more precise and less expensive screening of candidate drug molecules.
• Brian Dennis, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and J. Priest, professor of industrial engineering, have a project that will build a bench-scale "proof of concept process" that converts North Texas Barnett Shale natural gas to synthetic gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. A regional Texas oil company has committed to fund UTA for the development of a full-scale microrefinery based on the researchers' microreactor process.
The University of North Texas Sky Theater will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing with a showing of Dawn of the Space Age and a discussion of NASA's possible return mission to the moon.
The film, a unique view of the years leading to the Apollo 11 landing, will start at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Ron DiIulio, UNT's planetarium director, will discuss a proposed NASA return mission to the moon. Robert Finkelman, a UNT professor and one of the first scientists to study the lunar rocks from the Apollo 11 mission, will conduct a presentation titled "A Microscopic View of the Moon."
Sky Theater is in the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building at Avenue C and West Mulberry in Denton.
Bishop Lynch High School senior Brian Bruck recently completed participation in the Pete Sessions Leadership and Growth Program, its third program session this year, June 21-27.
Through the program, students explore the capital by interacting with members of Congress, touring the Pentagon, White House, National Portrait Gallery and the Newseum, and visiting the Canadian Embassy and the Holocaust Museum.
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