Inaugural New York City GK-12 Regional Conference
Friday, May 20, 2005
8:30 AM-3:00 PM
at Polytechnic University
8:30-9:00 am
9:00-9:15 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
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Opening Session
Led by: Dr. Noel Kriftcher
--JAB 474
Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University
Dr. Sonia Ortega
9:15-9:45 am
Program Director, GK-12 Programs,
National Science Foundation
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Overview of the GK-12 Projects
Polytechnic University—Sookram Sobhan,
Nerik Yakubov
City University of New York Graduate
Center—Dr. Ted Brown
Columbia University School of Engineering—
Dr. Jack McGourty
Columbia University Science and Math—
Dr. Stacey Bridges
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9:45-10:35 am
Speaker: Dr. Cornelia Bruner
Center for Children and Technology
“Gender and Technology: Widening the Pipeline”
Introduced by Dr. Elizabeth Sklar, Columbia University
10:40 am-12:10 pm
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Presentation by Project Teams
Opening Remarks:
Dr. Julia Rankin, Director of Science
New York City Department of Education
11:00 am
Presentation of_Individual Projects:
City University of New York Graduate Center—Prof. Victor
Strozak, Virginia Fresiello, Gary Carlin
Columbia University Science and Math—Dana Horoszewski,
Maria Argucia
Columbia University School of Engineering—Mathew Davies
Polytechnic University—Meetu Walia, Vera Mihalcik
12:15-1:40 pm
1:40-2:35 pm
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Lunch and Poster Session
--Faculty Dining Room
and Regna Lounge
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Breakout Session Topic: “Impact on Fellows”
Led by Dr. Ted Brown, CUNY
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2:40-3:00 pm
Closing Session:
Led by Dr. Magued Iskander,
Polytechnic University
Funding to support GK-12 Projects is provided by the
National Science
Foundation, Division of Graduate Education
Special Thanks to the Conference Organizing Committee:
Elizabeth Sklar, Columbia University; Ted Brown, CUNY Graduate Center; Victor
Strozak, CUNY Graduate Center; Stacey Bridges, Columbia University; Noel Kriftcher,
Polytechnic University
A Polytechnic University Sesquicentennial Event