This past week, I’ve walked miles. Walking changes the nature of my thoughts. It helps me make sense of things I don’t understand. And boy, have I needed to walk off this election.
Exactly one week after Election Day, the sky over my upstate New York home opened up and torrential rain fell for hours … raining havoc on my ability to get out and walk.
Written by lcarter on Sep 21 2014 - 7:10am
Announcing the fifth annual TEDxSanAntonio “Ideas in Action” Speakers
World-changing conversations about the most innovative, creative, intriguing, and sometimes disruptive, ideas alive in our city on the rise. Speaker topics range from art, science, education and health, to technology, social justice, and the environment. They include:
Written by Amanda Evrard on Feb 27 2014 - 5:01pm
REPLAY VIDEO: On Friday, Feb. 28 NOWCastSA webcast the 2nd Annual FIRST Women in Technology Luncheon.
Written by Clayton Price on Jan 14 2014 - 3:12pm
Girls Inc. of San Antonio hosted its 8th Annual Girls RockIt Into the Future Science Festival presented by Rackspace on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Port San Antonio.
The goal of the Festival is to get girls (and boys, too!) interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. NOWCastSA's participation in this year's event was sponsored in part by a grant from the Best Buy Children's Foundation.
Check out our video of fun highlights from the festival below.
Written by UT Health Scie… on Jan 14 2014 - 1:45pm
The Circles of San Antonio Community Coalition is collaborating with the University of Texas Health Science Center to recruit individuals who have been arrested for a DWI and would be willing to participate in a research study for addressing the treatment needs of these individuals.
Written by CharlotteAnne Lucas on May 13 2013 - 6:55pm
You be the driver on this amazing video of the Roosevelt High School Roughriders Drumline, which combines 17 different perspectives:
Written by kcscharnberg on Apr 17 2013 - 3:06pm
Looking for ways to keep your kids active and learning over the summer? The University of Texas at San Antonio's Interactive Technology Experience Center (iTEC) offers a variety of weeklong summer camps for Kindergarten through twelfth grade children from June 10 through August 16.
Held at UTSA's main campus, camps at each grade level vary and include explorations in robotics, microbiology, human biology, geology, magical science, food chemistry, aviation, weather, forensics, biomedical and even rollercoasters.
Here are a few camp highlights:
Written by Andrew Delgado on Apr 3 2013 - 5:06pm
Exciting Update: We got more than 16 cameras on the Roosevelt High School Roughriders Drumline at the Rock-It Into the Future Science Festival at Rackspace Hosting on April 6, including four (count 'em!) Drum Cams! (If you look closely at the photo on this story you can see one of the FlipCams on a drum ;-)
Written by Providencestaff on Oct 18 2012 - 6:17am
At Providence Catholic School, science is a girl thing. Beginning in the 6th grade, students are encouraged to find their potential to thrive in science and math.
“Great science is about creating, seeing connections, asking questions, understanding how and why things work,” Middle School science teacher Katie Shults said. “Girls at Providence are given the opportunity to do all of that in the classroom and labs.”
Written by CharlotteAnne Lucas on Apr 2 2011 - 4:32pm
Nearly 1,500 girls and their families flocked to the Girls Inc. RockIt Into the Future Science Festival, on April 2, hosted by Rackspace and featuring dozens of hands-on science activities.