Prospect Elementary Hosts Third Annual STEM Night</h1> <article> <h1>Prospect Elementary Hosts Third Annual STEM Night</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:35 +0000</p> <span>Prospect Elementary Hosts Third Annual STEM Night</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:35-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN—The third annual Prospect Elementary STEM Night will take place 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 6, in the 91ֱ�� College Science Center. It is an evening of interactive science activities and demonstrations for students in third through fifth grades and their families. </p> <p>The theme is “What Inspires a Scientist?” Featured departments include: physics and astronomy, mathematics, neuroscience, computer science, chemistry and biochemistry, TIMARA, psychology, and geology. America Reads coordinator Maureen Simen and Natalia Viveros ’17 and are organizing the event.</p> <p>STEM Night is sponsored by the 91ֱ�� College chapter of America Reads, Eastwood/Prospect PTO, 91ֱ�� College Bonner Scholars, and the Bill Long Foundation. This event is done in cooperation with the 91ֱ�� College Bonner Center for Service and Learning and the Center for Learning, Education, and Research in the Sciences.</p> <p>The 91ֱ�� College chapter of America Reads is part of a national community service work-study program, and is administered through the Bonner Center for Service and Learning at 91ֱ�� College.</p> <p>This event is free. For more information, please visit https://americareadsblog.wordpress.com/ or send e-mail to areads@oberlin.edu.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-04-27T12:00:00Z">Wed, 04/27/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2367">Science & Math</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2385">Community</a></div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>STEM Night Brings Elementary Students to Science Center</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:52 +0000</p> <span>STEM Night Brings Elementary Students to Science Center</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:52-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The second annual Prospect Elementary STEM Night (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) will take place in the 91ֱ�� College Science Center from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 8, 2015. The purpose of the event is to introduce Prospect Elementary School students to STEM fields on a college campus.</p> <p>91ֱ�� College faculty, staff, and student volunteers will conduct demonstrations and experiments. Featured departments include: biology, geology, neuroscience, chemistry, physics, and anthropology. This year, Natalia Viveros ’16 and Sydney Spiro ’15 are coordinating the event. Every registered Prospect student will receive a booklet of the hands-on experiments, goggles to keep, and a free book. In addition, there will be a raffle drawing for a microscope.</p> <p>This event is sponsored by the 91ֱ�� College chapter of America Reads, Eastwood/Prospect PTO, 91ֱ�� College Bonner Scholars, and the Bill Long Foundation. This event is done in cooperation with the 91ֱ�� College Bonner Center for Service and Learning (BCSL) and the Center for Learning, Education and Research in the Sciences (CLEAR).</p> <p>The 91ֱ�� College chapter of America Reads is part of a national community service work-study program, and is administered through the Bonner Center for Service and Learning at 91ֱ�� College. The Bill Long Foundation “provides small grants to projects and activities that meet basic human needs or enrich the cultural life of the 91ֱ�� community and its environment,” and tracks its activities online at Billlongfoundation.org.</p> <p>This event is free, but registration is required. Registration information is available at Prospect Elementary or by contacting the co-coordinators at areads@oberlin.edu.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-05-01T12:00:00Z">Fri, 05/01/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2385">Community</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2367">Science & Math</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> </article> <article> <h1>91ֱ�� Celebrates 125 Years of Alcoa</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:25 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� Celebrates 125 Years of Alcoa</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:25-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:04">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OH—This year, 91ֱ�� College and Alcoa are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the company’s incorporation as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, Alcoa’s predecessor. The company was launched in 1888 with technology developed by Alcoa’s cofounder, 91ֱ�� graduate Charles Martin Hall. Two years earlier, with the help of 91ֱ�� chemistry professor Frank Jewett, Hall unlocked a commercially viable process for extracting aluminum metal from ore.</p> <p>The discovery of an electrochemical method for extracting aluminum metal from ore is a technological development that has transformed the world, leading to widespread use of aluminum in industrial and consumer products. Hall’s invention and Alcoa have made thousands of everyday products lighter, more fuel efficient, and recyclable. The revolution started with a close mentoring relationship between student and professor—the type of collaboration that is the hallmark of an 91ֱ�� education in the 21st century.</p> <p>In the months following his graduation, Hall set up his laboratory in a woodshed attached to his family home on East College Street. After many unsuccessful experiments with chemical methods of extraction, Hall and Jewett turned to electric current. On February 23, 1886, Hall produced aluminum metal by passing an electric current through a solution of aluminum oxide in molten cryolite. On July 9, 1886, he filed for a patent for the Process of Reducing Aluminum by Electrolysis.</p> <p>After being awarded his patent, Hall continued to develop his process, and later sold the rights of his invention to the Aluminum Company of America, now known as Alcoa. The company brought Hall’s process to a commercial scale.</p> <p>Hall’s legacy benefited 91ֱ�� College in many ways. A generous benefactor of the college, he made several direct gifts, and his estate left more than $10 million for the college endowment, as well as money for an auditorium.</p> <p>Alcoa, along with the Alcoa Foundation, helps educate and train the next generation of innovators through global and local partnerships, particularly in the areas of environment and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2013-11-05T12:00:00Z">Tue, 11/05/2013 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2367">Science & Math</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">A bronze statue of Charles Martin Hall is a focal point in the 91ֱ�� Science Center. Students traditionally dress and decorate the statue for holidays and special occasions, such as Commencement.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>