USC STAR Program

02/21/2016

STAR alumni, Alicia Sherents (Class of 2015, attending UCI) back at Bravo to be a judge at the annual Science Fair!

02/21/2016

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-algebra-thats-worth-120.html?emc=eta1&_r=0&referer=

Raise.me, a three-year-old start-up, allows students to accrue incremental scholarship credits by entering their high school achievements on a website.

12/04/2015

Happy Thursday, Facebook friends! Check out our December newsletter. Happy reading!

11/18/2015

Happy Tuesday, Facebook friends! Check out our November newsletter featuring STAR alumni Betsy Diaz and Esosa Agbonwaneten, and other STAR program news. Happy reading!

11/11/2015

STAR students presenting their posters at Bravo's Career Awareness Day!

11/10/2015

"Tiny new probes can diagnose infections in 20 minutes, knocking days off the wait for results and saving lives."

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nanotech-may-help-diagnose-deadly-infections-in-minutes-not-days/

Tiny new probes can diagnose infections in 20 minutes, knocking days off the wait for results and saving lives

10/27/2015

Don't be afraid to ask us questions! We're hosting another live Q&A on Twitter this month. Send us your questions using the hashtag and we'll answer them on Wednesday 10/28. Can't make it or don't have Twitter? You can still follow the conversation: http://bit.ly/AskFAFSA2 Busy that day or you just want to see what people were asking? We'll post a transcript of the Q&A on Thursday here: http://storify.com/FAFSA

10/20/2015

It was once commonly believed that “what you see is what you get” with the human brain. As in, the brains cells that you are born with are the only ones you’ll have for the rest of your life becaus...

10/20/2015

Scientific American: Bring Science Home

http://www.scientificamerican.com/education/bring-science-home/

"Scientific American features a fun, new, science-related activity every Thursday that parents and their six- to 12-year-olds can do together. Adults will find easy-to-follow instructions and simple materials lists as well as additional background to help them explain the key concepts. We hope you enjoy, as science begins in the home."

As the old saying (almost) goes, science starts in the home. Try our fun science activities, which parents and their kids ages 6-12 can do together with household items in just a half hour or less. Teachers might like to incorporate them, too.

10/19/2015

Big data science.

http://news.usc.edu/87595/usc-to-teach-worldwide-researchers-how-to-analyze-biomedical-information-at-big-data-u/

The nation’s first Training Coordination Center aims to spot trends among enormous amounts of data.