Bezos Scholars Program @ the World Science Festival Launches New Program and Announces 2009 Scholars
An innovative new scholarship program will bring five high school juniors and five educators from public high schools in the five boroughs of New York City to the World Science Festival, June 10-14, 2009. Post-Festival, during the 2009-2010 academic year, Bezos Scholars will work with scientists on real-world science research projects based on the scholars' fields of interest, which range from molecular biology, cancer research, chemistry, entomology and forensics, to genetics and robotics. Studies will be showcased at the 2010 World Science Festival.
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2009 - - The Bezos Scholars Program @ the World Science Festival, a new partnership between the Bezos Family Foundation and the World Science Festival, is pleased to announce the 2009 scholars for the pilot year of this annual scholarship.
The innovative five-day, all-expense-paid scholarship will bring five student scholars and five educator scholars from New York City's public high schools--one team from each of the City's five boroughs--to the World Science Festival, June 10-14, 2009.
World Science Festival Co-Founder Brian Greene with actor Alan Alda in Times Square before the premiere of the World Science Festival, 2008. Photograph © Amy Sussman/ Getty Images for World Science Festival.
Post-Festival, during the 2009-2010 academic year (the senior year for the student scholars), Bezos Scholars will work with scientists on real-world science research projects based on the scholars' fields of interest, which range from molecular biology, cancer research, chemistry, entomology and forensics, to genetics and robotics. Those studies will be showcased at the 2010 World Science Festival.
This pilot program has been launched to help foster a strong science legacy in NYC public schools as scholars share their knowledge and excitement with colleagues and peers.
"Science unlocks the unknown and develops new technologies that impact our world," says Jackie Bezos, who together with her husband Mike Bezos, founded the Bezos Family Foundation. "We take great pleasure in launching this new partnership with the very exciting World Science Festival."
"It's critical to make science compelling and accessible to people of all ages," says Tracy Day, Festival Co-Founder and Executive Director. "Together with the Bezos Family Foundation, the World Science Festival will allow students to learn about the exhilaration of discovery from the world's most renowned researchers--a program that promises to engage, nurture and inspire the scientists of tomorrow."
2009 BEZOS SCHOLARS @ THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL
STUDENT SCHOLAR - EDUCATOR SCHOLAR - SCHOOL
Stefani Mladenova - Milena Mihalache - Baccalaureate School for Global Studies (Queens)
Laura Leung - Siska Brutsaert, Ph.D - Bard High School Early College (Manhattan)
Chris Gucciardo - Malcolm Hill - Brooklyn Latin School Entomology (Brooklyn)
Kenisha White - Jonathan Curtis - Bronx Lab School (Bronx)
Erin Geraghty - John Davis, Ph.D - Staten Island Technical High School (Staten Island)
The Bezos Scholars Program @ the World Science Festival was founded in April 2009 to help cultivate leaders in science and science education. The Program is funded by the Bezos Family Foundation and hosted by the World Science Festival. It is the second scholars program initiated by the Bezos Family Foundation. The first program--the Bezos Scholars Program @ the Aspen Institute--was founded in 2005.
About the Bezos Family Foundation
The Bezos Family Foundation is a private, independent foundation established by Jackie and Mike Bezos, who along with their children and spouses, serve as directors. The Foundation works to strengthen educational opportunities for everyone, regardless of economic circumstances, and cultivate learning as a lifelong process that begins in early childhood. www.bezosfamilyfoundation.org/
About the World Science Festival
The World Science Festival, an unprecedented annual tribute to imagination, ingenuity and inventiveness, takes science out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums and public halls of New York City, making the esoteric understandable and the familiar fascinating. The inaugural Festival in 2008 attracted an audience of over 120,000 to its 44 events at 22 venues, and featured more than 150 participants, including 11 Nobel Laureates. The second annual World Science Festival will take place in New York City from June 10-14, 2009. The World Science Festival is a production of the Science Festival Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in New York City. www.worldsciencefestival.com/
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