[Editors] Seeking speaker to introduce MIT's Blue Lobster Bowl

[Sally Susnowitz]

Hi, Andrea.

First Step Coral is a team of MIT graduate and undergraduate students  
who won the IDEAS Competition and implemented a marine education  
program and innovative coral reef regeneration system in the  
Philippines.  GJ la 'O, the graduate student, is very inspiring and  
would make a terrific speaker.

See also:
http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/showcase/in-the-news/downloads/ 
Wind_sun_and_tides_power_Biorock.pdf

Best,
Sally


On Jan 16, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Andrea Cohen wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I am wondering whether anyone has any recommendations for a speaker  
> who'd connect well with high school students. This is for a short  
> introduction to the Blue Lobster Bowl, here at MIT on Feb. 9. 2008.
>
> Part of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, this event brings teams  
> of students together to compete in series of round robin questions.  
> The goal of the competition is to increase knowledge of the oceans  
> on the part of high school students, their teachers and parents,  
> and to raise the visibility and public understanding of the  
> national investment in ocean-related research.
>
> The ideal speaker would be someone involved in research and/or  
> education, able to inspire kids on a Saturday morning, and maybe  
> even elicit some press interest. A couple (big) thoughts we have  
> had are President Hockfield and Deval Patrick.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. This also begs the  
> question: does MIT have any sort of resource/database of possible  
> speakers for various events?
>
> Regards,
> Andrea
>
> p.s. see http://scripts.mit.edu/~lewisjb/blb/index.php? 
> option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=31 for more information
>
>
>
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