More students may be learning about the potential of fusion energy as a clean, green and carbon-free source of electricity this fall thanks to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s participation in Princeton University’s Quest 2023 teacher preparation program(Link is external) for sixth- to 12th-grade teachers.
Shannon Swilley Greco, a senior project leader in PPPL’s Science Education Department, co-taught a one-week workshop July 17 to 21 for 15 teachers from across New Jersey on “Phenomenal Fusion: Energy and Climate Justice.”
Read More“The purpose of this conference was to reiterate to these students that they have a right to science, they have a right to the joy of physics, and of discovering science,” said Shannon Swilley Greco, the senior science education program leader at PPPL who organized the conference. “I’m hopeful the conference gave them the language to confront systemic discrimination and the tools to identify it, to survive and to dismantle it.” ‘’
Read MoreRegister now for the Virtual Young Women’s Conference in STEM hosted by PPPL and General Atomics
Read MorePPPL’s Underrepresented Undergraduate Workshop in Plasma Physics was highlighted by the Department of Energy!
Read MoreHe’s screaming. Tears are streaming down his face. Oh, the agony. Just as I am composing in my head the “Reasons my son is crying” Tumblr caption (He stomped on his toy helicopter and is upset it won’t fly), Ainissa Ramirez, science superhero, comes to the rescue!
Read MoreShannon Greco, a science education program leader at PPPL, has been named one of the YWCA Princeton’s “women of excellence” for her work in “empowering women and eliminating racism,” including her help in starting two all-girls robotics teams for the YWCA Princeton.
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