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New Innovative Mission Control Mobile Classroom

| June 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>New Innovative Mission Control Mobile Classroom</strong>

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is unveiling a new innovative and groundbreaking Mission Control mobile classroom which will dramatically increase the Museum’s STEM outreach and programming and bring education to where the need is most critical in our local communities. “The San Diego Air & Space Museum has provided STEM-focused youth educational programming in the […]

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1960s Classic Rock Themed “Brian Jones Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival” Concert

| March 7, 2023 | 2 Comments
<strong>1960s Classic Rock Themed “Brian Jones Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival” Concert</strong>

Come for a private experience and enjoy the San Diego Air & Space Museum in an entirely new light — after dark! — during a 1960s classic rock-themed concert featuring local legends the Brian Jones Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival in the Museum’s open-air Pavilion of Flight 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Friday, April 21, 2023. Brian Jones […]

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$2.7 Million Research Grant to Develop Shoulder Tendon

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>$2.7 Million Research Grant to Develop Shoulder Tendon</strong>

Scripps Health has received a $2.7 million research grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to investigate the use of pluripotent stem cells to develop lab-grown tendon tissue for repairing rotator cuff injuries.  Funding will support the initiative’s discovery phase, to be conducted over the next three years at the Shiley Center for […]

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Birch Aquarium and Cincinnati Zoo Join Forces to Bolster the Little Blue Penguins Population in the United States 

| December 3, 2022 | 0 Comments
Birch Aquarium and Cincinnati Zoo Join Forces to Bolster the Little Blue Penguins Population in the United States 

Five Little Blue Penguins from Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego embarked on a 2,000-mile cross-country move to Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.  The move is part of an international Species Survival Plan (SSP) that works to maintain the genetic diversity of certain species in zoos and aquariums.  This year, […]

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Super Viking Science Night at St. Vincent de Paul School

| July 4, 2022 | 0 Comments
Super Viking Science Night at St. Vincent de Paul School

St. Vincent de Paul School held its 6th Annual Science Night after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus. Students, families, faculty, and alumni marked the special occasion with a Star Wars theme, apropos of the “May the fourth” date. Kindergarten through 8thGrade students explored a range of STEM principles through hands-on activities organized and tended by parents, […]

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Mechanical Figures Come to Life at the Fleet Science Center

| October 4, 2021 | 0 Comments
Mechanical Figures Come to Life at the Fleet Science Center

The Fleet Science Center is pleased to announce the opening of Mechanics Alive, featuring exhibits from the Cabaret Mechanical Theater. The engaging traveling exhibition gives visitors an up?close look at a collection of wonderful automata. It opens October 9, 2021, at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park and will be on view through January 17, 2022. This exhibition is […]

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