2018 Pinnacle Awards: SAIC’s Joyce Abbey Takes Home STEM Advocate of the Year Award
Known as a “fierce advocate” for K-12 aerospace education, Joyce Abbey, who works to promote the importance of aerospace and NASA in her Houston, Texas,…
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Northrop Grumman Celebrates First Class of STEM-Focused ADVANCE Program
Northrop Grumman is celebrating the enrollment of the first class of a special STEM-focused program between George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College. The…
Meet Pinnacle Awards Finalist Josh Salmanson
NCI, Inc. Vice President of Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology Josh Salmanson is a Pinnacle Awards finalist in the STEM Advocate of the Year category. Here, Salmanson shares what makes…
Local High School Students Create Water Analysis App
This year, high school seniors Palash Shah and Kartik Chugh, from Westfield High School and Chantilly High School, respectively, competed at the Intel International Science…
Attention, Middle School Science Teachers: Northrop Grumman Foundation Teacher’s Academy Now Accepts Applications
Calling all middle school science teachers: Applications for the Northrop Grumman Foundation Teacher’s Academy, an innovative STEM-based teacher-training program, are now open. The program, designed…
Largest K-12 STEM Event in NoVA Set for March 30, 2019
Mark your 2019 calendars: WashingtonExec’s next K-12 STEM Symposium is slated for March 30, 2019, and will once again be held at the Nysmith School…
Teen Builds Cancer-Kickin’ Support System
Noelle Buice wanted to help when her best friend Amelia was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 when the two were in seventh grade. So, she…
‘Exhale Every Once in a While’: STEM Grad Reflects on Lessons Learned, Looks to the Future
Anna Lulushi graduated last June from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. WashingtonExec first met up with Lulushi, a Nysmith…
High School Group Writes on Being ‘Cyber Smart’
A group of high school students has written an e-book to help steer their same-age peers toward safe practices. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science…
Annual K-12 STEM Symposium set for March 30, 2019: Industry Champions Needed
Following a successful 5th annual event in April 2018, WashingtonExec is organizing, along withNysmith School, the next annual K-12 STEM Symposium on Saturday, March 30…