9-May-2008
CIESE hosts Build IT student ROV competition, May 28
On May 28, 2008, the Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology will host an all-day symposium and competition for students from 36 middle and high schools across New Jersey.

Contact: Stephanie Mannino
smannino@stevens.edu
201-216-5602
Stevens Institute of Technology

8-May-2008
Seaweed a staple for early Americans
You are an archaeologist excavating a site that was inhabited by some of the earliest people to live in the Americas, about 14,000 years ago. You find ancient fragments of preserved seaweed scattered across the floors and stuck to an ancient cutting tool.

Contact: SciPak
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Public Release: 5-May-2008
There's a hole in my -- and in the data as well!
Like the popular children's song "There's a Hole in My Bucket," in which Liza and Henry try to patch a leaking pail, researchers with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC-San Diego are plugging a hole in the data management process by creating a universally accepted cyberinfrastructure to study our most valuable natural resource -- water.

Contact: Jan Zverina
jzverina@sdsc.edu
858-534-5111
University of California - San Diego

Public Release: 1-May-2008
Instant messaging -- a new language?
Dr. Pamela Takayoshi and Dr. Christina Haas, Kent State associate professors of English, along with four Kent State undergraduate researchers examined the language of instant messaging. They found that instant messaging is a unique language form differing from Standard Written English.

Contact: Melissa Edler
medler@kent.edu
330-672-8589
Kent State University

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