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I-SWEEEP 2016 – Record Number of CSEF Participants

I-SWEEEP – International Sustainable World Houston, Texas, April 26 – May 1, 2016 Congrats to William Yin, Greenwich HS, Overall Winner – Receives SIYSS Award Visit the I-SWEEEP website Connecticut has a record number of I-SWEEEP competitors this year- Thirteen in all- Three were selected by CSEF and covered travel to attend.  Ten competed by applying directly to I-SWEEEP and were chosen by the I-SWEEEP …

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Media Release- 2016 CSEF Winners Announced

#CSEF2016 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Media Advisory Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director – 978 460 4358 – media@ctsciencefair.org March 19, 2015 Top Prizes Awarded to Students From Bethany, Bozrah, Danbury, Greenwich, Hamden, New Fairfield, New Haven, Southington, Stratford, Trumbull, Westport, and Woodbridge HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 19, 2016 – Students from across the Nutmeg state won awards at the Connecticut …

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MEDIA ALERT- 2016 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, March 15-19

Connecticut’s 7-12th grade Science and Engineering Competition Celebrates its 68th Year! For Immediate Release – Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Media Advisory Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director – 978 460 4358 – media@ctsciencefair.org March 15-19, 2016 State’s Largest Science Competition to Award Nearly $200k in Prizes And Help Launch STEM Careers HAMDEN, Conn., Mar. 10, 2016 – Now for the …

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Our State’s Largest Science Competition Celebrates 68th Anniversary!

For Immediate Release – Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Media Advisory Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director – 978 460 4358 – media@ctsciencefair.org Download Pre-Fair Media Release   get Fair Week Schedule and Directions Get list of 2016 Participating Schools March 15-19, 2016 Connecticut’s Budding Innovators Will Test Their Mettle Next Month At State Science Competition HAMDEN, Conn., Feb 18, 2016 – Now …

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2015 Google Science Fair- Connecticut Students Finalists

View the lifestreamed awards ceremony on September 21st, 10:00 pm EDT. Each year, Google sponsors the Google Science Fair, which is an online science competition, where thousands of students, ages 13-18, apply using their independent research projects. Of the thousands of entrants, Only 90 Finalists are selected, WORLDWIDE, with only 18 finalists selected from the “Americas” (North and South America and Canada), from the …

CSEF Students Chosen as Broadcom MASTERS Semifinalists

  Very Good News! Three Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) students have been chosen as Broadcom MASTERS semifinalists. Selected from 2230 competitors, 300 semifinalists are selected nationwide for this middle school national competition. Catherine Herrick, Sandy Hook, now a 9th grader at Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden. An Investigation of the Ingestion of Microscopic Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel, Mytlus …

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2015 GENIUS Olympiad

First Hand Reports on the 2015 GENIUS Olympiad The following are student reports on their week at the 2015 GENIUS Olympiad.  Special thanks to all for sharing their experiences.  See the media release See Photos Competing at GENIUS Olympiad There are two ways to get an opportunity to compete.  You can win one of the four awards given at our fair or you can …

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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. …