tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/cgi-bin/mt//feed/education 2009-11-23T16:04:02Z Movable Type 4.21-en 57 1 57 tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3650 2009-11-20T07:40:22Z 2009-11-21T05:09:52Z JoZell Johnson The 5th Annual Intel + UC Berkeley Technology Entreprenuership Challenge concluded tonight with “Ihealth” from Tsinghau University, China winning both the First Prize award of $25k and the People’s Choice Award. Second and third prize were respectively CaptchaAd and Zimplistic.... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3645 2009-11-18T20:58:07Z 2009-11-18T21:12:43Z Suzanne LeGette Intel and the Wall Street Journal have sponsored a contest called the Education Challenge, where people have provided their perspectives on what can be done to improve students’ engagement with science and math curriculum in the U.S. Five finalists have... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3613 2009-11-04T05:49:09Z 2009-11-12T06:20:29Z Lucy Kuria We got to Thika late Monday night after traveling all day from Rusinga Island and encountering the dreaded Nairobi rush hour traffic on Thika Road. We spent four days at the Karibu Centre run by Orphan’s Overseas. Karibu Centre has... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3614 2009-11-02T21:25:38Z 2009-11-02T23:11:38Z Julie Clugage What an exciting two months it has been for the Intel Education Service Corps! We launched the first pilot project in September when six employees from Intel’s Technology & Manufacturing Group (three from the US and three from Vietnam) went... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3595 2009-10-26T16:43:33Z 2009-11-02T05:45:29Z Lucy Kuria Our journey started on Saturday morning US time, arriving in Kenya on Sunday night Kenya time, after 3 plane transfers, missed connections and lost baggage. Flew to Kisumu on Monday morning to be received by Alphonce Okuku, Director of Kageno... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3574 2009-10-20T20:36:13Z 2009-10-20T22:33:41Z Bibhuti Banerjee On Wednesday, Oct. 14th., the four members of the Intel Education Service Corps met for the very first time over breakfast in a Dhaka hotel, after travelling halfway around the world from Arizona (Bob), Mumbai (Surya), California (Noor), and Oregon... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3505 2009-10-01T03:58:17Z 2009-10-01T04:18:35Z Lila Ibrahim I was at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting last week and as I reflected on my time there, two experiences stand out. One is the power of the event itself. CGI brings together people from corporate life, from government, from... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3489 2009-09-25T15:49:18Z 2009-09-25T16:18:03Z Julie Clugage This week I’m here in New York participating with the Intel team at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. It’s my third year here and each time I am thrilled to see the high wattage gathering of government leaders, private... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3443 2009-09-23T18:08:49Z 2009-09-24T17:43:45Z Brad Houser After our week in Quang Tri, it was time to return to Ho Chi Minh City, which most people still call Saigon. The Mercedes passenger van that took us from Hue to the little village was ready to take us... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3343 2009-09-13T22:33:10Z 2009-09-14T03:41:37Z Brad Houser Quang Tri Province, Thursday September 10 I awoke to a warm sunrise at 5:45 AM on Thursday, and soon after, the sound of truck horns blasting on the main highway through town permeated the air. A quick breakfast of Pho,... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3339 2009-09-12T06:51:55Z 2009-09-12T07:12:14Z Brad Houser Things have been busy since my last blog, where you will recall, I had just arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. It was late, and I was ready for sleeping off some jet lag. The plan was to meet for... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3316 2009-09-08T18:13:50Z 2009-09-08T23:17:59Z Brad Houser After a long day spent traveling, I am writing this from my hotel room in Saigon, before trying to get some sleep. I took the Super Shuttle from my home in San Jose to SFO around 9AM Monday, with one... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3311 2009-09-06T20:00:23Z 2009-09-08T15:35:46Z Brad Houser San Jose, California This is the first of several blogs on an adventure I am about to take with several of my Intel colleagues, as part of the Intel Educational Services Corps. (See the Introduction blog of the IESC from... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3300 2009-09-03T20:28:27Z 2009-09-03T20:52:25Z Julie Clugage Last week was a high point for me in my seven years with Intel. We launched the new Intel Education Service Corps, a program that will enable talented Intel employees from all over the world to travel to developing countries... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3010 2009-05-15T23:40:12Z 2009-05-15T23:11:24Z Ken Kaplan http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2008/02/profile_ken_kaplan.php With little time to actually absorb the honor, the three young women winners at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair met with Intel Insider and host of Pop17, Sarah Austin, for a livecast interview in the event hall in Reno,... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3006 2009-05-13T22:42:25Z 2009-07-09T19:36:54Z Rita Holiday This is day three of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, taking place all week in Reno, NV. High School students representing 47 countries come to present their very complex research (some of them have patents pending) and exhibits... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.3001 2009-05-13T03:59:25Z 2009-05-13T04:06:12Z Gail Dundas One of the most passionate advocates for education and its ability to change lives is Intel’s own Chairman of the Board, Craig Barrett. Yesterday we walked around the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Reno, Nevada, where Craig was... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.2999 2009-05-11T23:15:28Z 2009-05-11T23:56:25Z Kiesha Cochrane http://blogs.intel.com/csr/2008/07/profile_keisha_cochrane.php Today is Day 1 of the Intel International Science Engineering Fair here in Reno NV. There is an incredible array of projects and so much to see on the show floor it's pretty overwhelming! As I mentioned in an earlier... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.2998 2009-05-10T18:56:50Z 2009-05-11T19:23:02Z Raju Doshi I am getting ready to go to Reno for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, totally excited to meet the finalists and learn about the amazing science projects they have been working on. This year, we have 1200+ projects... tag:blogs.intel.com,2009:/csr//16.2987 2009-05-07T21:28:19Z 2009-05-11T15:40:15Z Kiesha Cochrane http://blogs.intel.com/csr/2008/07/profile_keisha_cochrane.php Since joining Intel last July I've been involved in some pretty exciting events and programs including IDF, CES 09 and the Esquire House. The events I'm most proud of though are Intel's education programs like the Intel Science Talent Search...