Feb 15
Registration is now open for the STEM Summer Camps at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic. ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNE 13 – JUNE 17 All Day STEM Careers Tour Travel by bus to 10 companies and 5 college campuses in and around Pittsburgh for tours, discussions, activities, and explorations. Find Your Passion helps students discover the massively transformative purpose …
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Feb 12
An app that notifies a parent when a child or teen is in a car driving at unsafe speeds will soon be available thanks to a group of five teens at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic. The students entered a national competition. Their challenge was to design a concept for an app. Their concept, SAFE SPEED, …
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Feb 12
Biology students from Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School embarked on a STEM Careers Tour! The first stop on the tour was Knopp Biosciences located in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood. Knopp Biosciences is a drug development company, equipped with state-of-the-art electrophysiology, cell biology, and medicinal chemistry labs. Their current focus is to develop drugs to …
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Jan 09
Update: CWNC SafeSpped was chosen Best in Nation!!! “Congratulations! Our judges have chosen your app concept as a Best in State winner in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge! We received more than 1,200 app concept submissions in this highly competitive contest. You and your students should be proud of your hard work and innovation!” To …
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Dec 30
I had a wonderful visit with two scientists that have helped to build the Atlas V and Delta IV, rockets that blast off regularly to deploy satellites and deliver payloads to Earth’s orbits. Check out BB-8 who was also hanging out at the Carlin’s holiday Geekfest! Thanks for the invite. I feel like I have …
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UPDATE 2/2/16: The SAFESPEED App just won Best in Nation with a total of $20K for their school, tablets for the team, and the chance to work with trainers in the MIT App Inventor software to bring their app concept to the Google Play Store. Congratulations to the team. Visit their website www.cwncsafespeed.weebly.com to …
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Dec 20
I have been trying for years to get a worthy commemoration for my brother of his 27 patents. There are plaques you can buy, but I wanted something he could hand down to his niece or nephew and I didn’t think they would find room for 27 plaques handed down to them. His patents are …
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