Category: Education
After 11 years, NASA’s Dawn Mission runs out of gas around dwarf planet Ceres
On November 1, NASA reported that the space agency’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed […]
Middle school security guard arrested after initiating affair with 13-year-old student
In an age where most school jurisdictions are moving toward adding police officers and security guards into their schools, at least one of those security guards has been arrested for […]
Class of 2018 college grads’ salaries keeping pace with last year’s salaries
The average starting salary paid to Class of 2018 college graduates is showing little change from that paid to their Class of 2017 counterparts, according to results of a survey […]
2019 Canadian Hillman Prize, call for entries: Open now through January 15
Attention, journalists, editors, and awards coordinators: On October 30, The Sidney Hillman Foundation announced that they are now accepting nominations for the 2019 Canadian Hillman Prize honoring excellence in investigative journalism. The Hillman Prize […]
Halloween safety tips
Halloween can be a fun holiday for kids, but a worrisome one for parents. Concerns about children’s safety–whether they are out in the neighborhood or back home with bags of […]
Chelsea Davies named Harford County Public Schools’ Presidential Award finalist
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 mathematics and science teaching. Chelsea Davies, […]
iPhone XR available for pre-order on Friday, October 19
The new iPhone XR, integrating technologies from iPhone XS in an all-screen glass and aluminum design featuring a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina display — the most advanced LCD in a smartphone — […]
Space Station crew recovered following rocket launch failure (video)
At 7:52 a.m. this morning, NASA released a statement concerning Thursday’s Soyuz MS-10 launch headed to the International Space Station: “The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in […]
Jazz Night with Steve Hobbs, Harford Community College, October 12
Harford Community College’s Division of Arts and Humanities presents an Evening of Jazz featuring Vibraphonist Steve Hobbs on Friday, October 12, at 8 PM in the College’s Joppa Hall, Recital […]
NASA may have discovered first moon outside our solar system ever found
NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. On October 3, NASA reported that […]
