Science & Technology
Bowen’s Corner Elementary prepares students with job skills through the use of robotics programs with a $25K grant from Google
One of Berkeley County’s STEAM schools, Bowen’s Corner Elementary School, received a $25,000 grant from Google to fund its robotics program to help students learn needed technological skills to prepare them for careers in the future workforce. The robotics program teaches students the design, construction, operation and use of robots, as well as coding for…
Read More2020 Census Available Online for the First Time Ever
For the first time ever, the 2020 Census is available online allowing people to respond anytime, anywhere. The United Way Association of South Carolina in collaboration with Together SC and The SC Grantmaker’s Network are leading partnerships to engage and support community based efforts for a complete count in the 2020 Census. Google is providing…
Read MoreCollege of Charleston Student’s Website Helps Children of Immigrant Parents
By Amy S. Mercer Imagine being a 15-year-old sophomore in high school terrified that your parents will be deported. Imagine being so scared that you don’t leave the house. You stop going to school. You keep silent about your fears because you think you don’t have anyone to talk to. Imagine the challenge of carrying…
Read MoreSummerville Native Creates Retro Video Game System
Patrick Rollins, a junior computer science major at Voorhees College, recently developed a retro game system called “R box” that plugs into the TV with an HDMI cord to play. The R box contains Nintendo video games, but Rollins also creates games on a program named “NESmaker.” Once the games are created, they are installed…
Read MoreScholarship applications open for underrepresented students in the chemical sciences
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholars Program is offering renewable scholarships of $1,000 to $5,000 per year for African American, Hispanic/Latinx and Native American students majoring in chemistry-related fields and pursuing chemistry-related careers. Qualified students may be studying at community colleges or four-year institutions. Graduating high school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores and juniors may…
Read MoreCharleston Parks Conservancy welcoming new volunteers to garden in city parks
Common on those New Year’s resolutions lists are more exercise, volunteering and learning a new skill or hobby. Volunteers with the Charleston Parks Conservancy’s Garden in the Parks program can easily check those three resolutions off their list. The Conservancy is seeking new volunteers to garden in Charleston’s public parks. Volunteer tasks include planting flowers…
Read MoreGullah Geechee Chamber hosts Second Monday Environmental & Energy Conversations
South Carolina Citizens’ Climate Lobby opens the Second Monday Environmental & Energy Conversations hosted by the Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce, Monday, January 13th, 2020, 6:00 pm at the Training Building 420 S. Hazard Street, Georgetown. “It’s important our community is educated about the crisis facing our environment, the opportunities in green, renewable energy and…
Read MoreQueen Quet Takes Part in United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid
Global leaders have gathered in Madrid, Spain for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) to take the next crucial steps in the climate change process. The conference took place under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and was held with logistical support from the Government of Spain. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of COP25 said,…
Read MoreSingle-Use Plastic Regulations to Take Effect in Charleston January 1, 2020
Beginning January 1, 2020, the grace period will expire and new single-use plastic regulations will take effect in the City of Charleston, Town of James Island, and in the unincorporated areas of Charleston County. At that time, operations must eliminate use of single-use plastic carryout and merchandise bags, as well as certain plastic carryout and…
Read MoreClemson Architecture Partners with The Green Heart Project to Build Farm Stand at Future Urban Farm Site in Downtown Charleston
The Green Heart Project, a local nonprofit focused on education, healthy food and community, partnered with Clemson Architecture and its CommunityBUILD program to design and build a farm stand structure at the future site of its Urban Farm at Enston Home. The stand will provide space to process and prepare harvests, act as an outdoor gathering and…
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