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CSEF “Spirit of Innovation” Awards at 2015 Connecticut Invention Convention

  CSEF Judging Team Michel Leask, Heather Leask (CSEF Alum years 2004-10), Ronald Leask, Joshua McLellen, and Bob Wisner took on the challenge of reviewing 952 inventions of K-8 students at the 32nd Annual Connecticut Invention Convention, May 2, Gampel Pavilion, University of Connecticut.  CSEF gives eight “Spirit of Innovation” awards. Each includes: $100 VISA gift card; Mini-Plaque; 2015 CSEF T-Shirt; …

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2015 Fair Winners Announced

Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director – 978 460 4358 – media@ctsciencefair.org March 14, 2015 Science & Engineering Competition Awards Top Prizes to Students From Bridgeport, Danbury, Greenwich, Newtown, Orange, Plantsville, Putnam, Stratford, and Windsor HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 14, 2015 – Students from across our state won awards at the Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair during Saturday’s ceremony at Quinnipiac University. …

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2015 Fair Results

[box type=”note” style=”rounded” border=”full”]Please check the links on the right hand side of the page to see if you are a finalist for regular awards or special awards [intlink id=”1380″ type=”page”]Click through for Important Information for Finalists[/intlink] [/box] 2015 Preliminary Judging Results Posted Wednesday, March 11 by 4pm [toggle title_open=”2015 Regular Fair Results Posted Saturday, March 14 by 1pm” title_closed=”2015 …

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2015 Fair Media Alert

Connecticut’s Premier Science and Engineering Competition Celebrates its 67th Anniversary! For Immediate Release – Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Media Advisory Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director – 978 460 4358 – media@ctsciencefair.org Get PDF version March 10-14, 2015 State’s Largest Science & Engineering Competition for Middle and High-School Students to Award $170k In Prizes HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 5, 2015 – Now …

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2015 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair- March 10-14

Attached please find a Media Release from the Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, outlining this year’s events that are open to the press. We are pleased to announce a special guest this year, as well, that you will not want to miss.The Fair is a yearly, statewide science and engineering fair open to all 7th through 12th grade students residing, …

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2014 Milton Fisher Scholarship Winner – Janine Kerr

Janine Kerr, 2014 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) Life Sciences and Urban School Challenge categories winner, was named a Milton Fisher Scholarship recipient. Janine was awarded $3,000 per year for four years of her undergraduate studies. Janine competed in Milton Fisher competition with her 2013 research on zebra mussel control. See Janine’s 2013 Abstract. At the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) …

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CSEF Alum Wins $10,000 Davidson Fellowship Scholarship

Honoring the 2014 Davidson Fellows; September 23-26, 2014 Each year, the Davidson Fellows Scholarship, which has been named as one of The 10 Biggest Scholarships in the World by TheBestColleges.org and one of 7 Prestigious Undergrad Scholarships in U.S. News & World Report, are awarded to 20 extraordinary young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work in …

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2015 Fair – CSEF Teacher Workshop

When: Saturday, October 18, 2014, 9 am – Noon Deadline: Thursday, Oct. 16 Additional information: Dr. LaBanca 203-947-2850 • franklabanca@gmail.com Continental Breakfast Stipends for Participants that establish a Scientific Review Committee at their School Helping students select the “right” project We all want our students to find the best projects possible to be competitive at the Science and Engineering Fair. But are there …

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Four CSEF Students are 2014 Broadcom MASTERS Semifinalists

I am pleased to announce that four Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) students have been chosen as Broadcom MASTERS semifinalists. They are among the 300 selected nationwide. Catherine Marie Herrick, Sandy Hook, now in 8th grade at St. Rose of Lima School, Newtown The Investigation of the Presence of Plastic Microscopic Fibers in Effluent Sewage Water and the Long Island Sound Gabriel …

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Lyme Disease Research by CSEF Alumni in the News

Lyme disease research of two Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair alumni is referenced in a media release by the Lyme Disease Research Alliance and appears in Fairfield’s HamletHub web news. Read about it in the Greenwich Post Ryan Kerr, Danbury CT- 2011 alumnus Ryan Kerr then a Danbury High School sophomore, now a sophomore at Harvard University, researched a technique using emtomopathongenic nematodes (naturally occurring roundworms) to kill ticks. …