UMD Language Science Outreach at CHANGE THE WORLD: Science & Engineering Careers Fair
October 14, 2013
Maryland Language Science Center
On September 27 and 28, 2013 the UMD Language Science Outreach group participated in “CHANGE THE WORLD: Science & Engineering Careers Fair” organized by NSF. The event was tailored to middle and high school students, teachers, and families. NSF co-sponsored this important event with Congressman Frank Wolf in northern Virginia at the Dulles Town Center Mall at Dulles Town Circle, Dulles, Virginia on Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28 respectively. The career fair showcased exciting science and innovation with the goal of encouraging young people, especially in grades 7-12, to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (shortened to “STEM”). More than 60 interactive exhibits engaged students, teachers, parents, and the public in activities highlighting the work done by scientists and engineers and their process of discovery: from facial recognition to “smart” bridges; from predicting lava flows to DNA sequencing of strawberries; from investigating crashes to manipulating robots. Members of the 2013 Language Science group who attended the event: Alison Shell (Psychology) Chris Heffner (Neuroscience & Cognitive Science) Alix Kowalski (Hearing and Speech Sciences) Rachel Dudley (Linguistics) Yakov Kronrod (Linguistics) Alia Biller (Second Language Acquisition) Faculty support was offered by Meredith Rowe (Human Development) and Ellen Lau (Linguistics).
