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Conference gives undergraduate women skills, inspiration to pursue physics careers
Conference gives undergraduate women skills, inspiration to pursue physics careers
Projects, News, Women in STEM, DEI in STEMShannon Swilley GrecoJanuary 19, 2017Princeton University
Shannon Greco Named "Woman of Excellence" by Princeton YWCA
Shannon Greco Named "Woman of Excellence" by Princeton YWCA

Shannon 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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News, Women in STEM, DEI in STEMShannon Swilley GrecoFebruary 1, 2016PPPL
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Workshop helps prepare teachers to bring lessons on fusion energy and plasma science and plasma to the classroom
Aug 31, 2023
Workshop helps prepare teachers to bring lessons on fusion energy and plasma science and plasma to the classroom
Aug 31, 2023

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.”  

Aug 31, 2023
College women find kindred spirits at Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
Jan 23, 2023
College women find kindred spirits at Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
Jan 23, 2023

“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.” ‘’

Jan 23, 2023
Register NOW for PPPL's Young Women's Conference in STEM!!
Apr 14, 2022
Register NOW for PPPL's Young Women's Conference in STEM!!
Apr 14, 2022

Register now for the Virtual Young Women’s Conference in STEM hosted by PPPL and General Atomics

Apr 14, 2022
Informal Science Education and Career Advancement
Dec 20, 2021
Informal Science Education and Career Advancement
Dec 20, 2021
Dec 20, 2021
Plasma Network for Outreach and Workforce
Nov 8, 2021
Plasma Network for Outreach and Workforce
Nov 8, 2021
Nov 8, 2021
Fusion Power Explained – Future or Failure
Oct 20, 2021
Fusion Power Explained – Future or Failure
Oct 20, 2021

Cool explainer video for fusion from Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Oct 20, 2021
What is plasma?
Jan 22, 2021
What is plasma?
Jan 22, 2021

Did you know lightning is plasma?

Jan 22, 2021
Fusion Energy Explained from PhD Comics
Sep 17, 2019
Fusion Energy Explained from PhD Comics
Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019
Fusion Apprentices!
Aug 2, 2019
Fusion Apprentices!
Aug 2, 2019

PPPL is helping to build New Jersey’s innovation economy and training technicians for fusion!

Aug 2, 2019
Creating a Diverse Pipeline
Aug 2, 2019
Creating a Diverse Pipeline
Aug 2, 2019

PPPL’s Underrepresented Undergraduate Workshop in Plasma Physics was highlighted by the Department of Energy!

Aug 2, 2019
Physicist breaks down the science of Marvel scenes
May 3, 2019
Physicist breaks down the science of Marvel scenes
May 3, 2019

“Talking raccoons, that part's OK.” A genuinely awesome and hilarious guy, Jim Kakalios, rates the science on a few Marvel moments.

May 3, 2019
Science Education staff testify about the importance of STEM programs to joint New Jersey Assembly committee
Apr 8, 2019
Science Education staff testify about the importance of STEM programs to joint New Jersey Assembly committee
Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019
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Apr 1, 2019
Alumna Highlight: Living the Science Life
Apr 1, 2019
Apr 1, 2019
“Doing science,” rather than “being scientists,” more encouraging to girls, new research shows
Mar 10, 2019
“Doing science,” rather than “being scientists,” more encouraging to girls, new research shows
Mar 10, 2019
Mar 10, 2019
An interview with Shannon Swilley Greco, new vice chair of the APS Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public
Sep 13, 2018
An interview with Shannon Swilley Greco, new vice chair of the APS Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public
Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018
Back to the Climate of the Dinosaurs
Aug 28, 2018
Back to the Climate of the Dinosaurs
Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018
Secretary of Energy Perry says PPPL research has potential to ‘change the world’
Aug 9, 2018
Secretary of Energy Perry says PPPL research has potential to ‘change the world’
Aug 9, 2018

PPPL oversees programs for middle and high school, college, and graduate students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Perry (left) talks with Shannon Greco (center), program leader in science education, and Deedee Ortiz (right), program manager in science education, while PPPL and University administrators and summer interns listen to the conversation.

Aug 9, 2018
Profile: Ainissa Ramirez
May 31, 2017
Profile: Ainissa Ramirez
May 31, 2017

He’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!

May 31, 2017
Conference gives undergraduate women skills, inspiration to pursue physics careers
Jan 19, 2017
Conference gives undergraduate women skills, inspiration to pursue physics careers
Jan 19, 2017
Jan 19, 2017
Shannon Greco Named "Woman of Excellence" by Princeton YWCA
Feb 1, 2016
Shannon Greco Named "Woman of Excellence" by Princeton YWCA
Feb 1, 2016

Shannon 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.

Feb 1, 2016
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