Small World Initiative

12/15/2021

Over the past two months, we have been helping girls unlock their inner scientist to embrace and change the world through our Small World Initiative Academy Escape Room! Thank you so much to IF/THEN and The American Society for Cell Biology for the incredible support in helping make this project possible.

02/01/2021

Have you ever dreamed about doing science in space?

After getting inspired in the SWI classroom, a group of UNH Manchester students developed an experiment for the International Space Station (ISS). Now, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration is sending their experiment to space!

Follow Team Cooke's progress on Facebook (Novel Methods of Antibiotic Discovery in Space - Team Cooke) & read the full press release: http://www.smallworldinitiative.org/press-release-nasa-selects-unmh-team-cooke-ichip-experiment

11/10/2020

For the 5th year, we are teaming up with the CDC, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Sociedad Española de Microbiología (SEM), and other partners to challenge students to do something about the growing global antibiotic crisis for our Do Something About Antibiotics Challenge™. Be a superhero! Help us stop the next pandemic!!! For more information: http://www.smallworldinitiative.org/do-something-challenge-2020

11/20/2019

Dallas Mom Kathryn Librizzi recounts harrowing battle to save her son's life just one week after it started for our "Superbugs – Real People, Real Stories" series. http://www.smallworldinitiative.org/blog/2019/11/19/just-a-bump

11/18/2019

We invite you to read our first installment in our new series: "Superbugs – Real People, Real Stories." Dr. Everly Macario shares her devastating loss of her son Simon to & her power fight to save lives!

by Everly Macario One mom fights to save lives. Everly Macario’s son Simon was a happy, healthy baby until, at around 18-months old, he came down with a fever. She took him to the hospital in the evening, and by the following morning, he was gone. Although she holds a PhD in public health from Har

11/01/2019

This month, the Small World Initiative® is teaming up with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Sociedad Española de Microbiología (SEM), Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, Perot Museum, and others for its 4th Annual Do Something About Antibiotics Challenge™!

The Challenge invites students to develop their own creative projects to raise awareness about and change behaviors related to superbugs and the growing global antibiotic crisis in their local communities. The timing coincides with the CDC's Annual Antibiotic Awareness Week and global activities from the World Health Organization.

Superbugs are causing a global crisis. According to the United Nations, superbugs are the "greatest and most urgent global risk." If we do not take significant action now, superbugs will become a leading cause of death worldwide by 2050, killing more people than cancer and diabetes combined. We must all do our part and work together to solve the greatest public health emergency of our time.

We are calling on all current and former Small World Initiative students and Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas troops to enter our Challenge to make a difference and win cool prizes! For more information, please visit: www.smallworldinitiative.org/do-something-challenge-2019.

This year, alongside the Challenge, we are also sharing stories of the real people impacted by superbug infections. If you have a story to share, please email [email protected] to arrange an interview.

10/14/2019

Small World Initiative is thrilled to join 100Kin10, a group of incredible partners working to end the STEM teacher shortage! Solving the most pressing challenges in STEM education requires robust collaboration & advancing bold solutions together.

100Kin10 launched in 2011 as an answer to President Obama’s call during his 2011 State of the Union address to train 100,000 new STEM teachers in a decade. In addition to the Small World Initiative, new partners include the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Infosys Foundation, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, among others.

Press Release: http://www.smallworldinitiative.org/blog/swi-joins-100kin10

05/13/2019

Small World Initiative is proud to join the NYS STEM Education Collaborative!
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NYS STEM defines and promotes the scope and integration of STEM education as a statewide and national model.

05/06/2019

Welcome Pedro Velica to our Advisory Council!

Dr. Velica is a scientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, where his research focuses on the interplay between the immune system and cancer.

Pedro is also a skilled cartoonist who uses art and humor to make science fun, exciting, and, most importantly, accessible.

He is the author of Pedromics, a humoristic webcomic about science and life in academia but, above all, a repository of cringe-inducing science puns. Aside from the Pedromics social media pages, Pedro’s art can be found in scientific and educational publications and on the cover of both scientific and non-scientific journals.

We look forward to working with him in the fight against superbugs.