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Stand with Ahmed: A Pittsburgh-made shirt benefiting Ahmed and kids interested in STEM

September 20, 2015 Catherine Leave a Comment

I stand with Ahmed shirtEarlier this week, the country was simultaneously outraged and captivated by the story of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a clock, which educators and police thought was a bomb, to his high school in Texas. Support for Ahmed flooded in from around the country. His 3-day suspension and arrest was not only grounded in Islamophobia, but actively discouraged the curiosity of a bright, young mind. Tech juggernauts like Facebook and Twitter invited him to tour their companies, and educational institutions like MIT, NASA, and TAMS opened their doors, with the latter offering him a… Read the rest

Filed Under: Made in Pittsburgh, Shop PGH Tagged With: Ahmed Mohamed, Barack Obama, Irving, Mark Zuckerberg, NASA, texas

Celebrate space with Yuri’s Night Pittsburgh tomorrow!

April 11, 2015 Catherine Leave a Comment

Yuri's Night PittsburghSpace is pretty awesome. Blockbuster hits like Gravity and Interstellar, privatized space exploration such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and incentives like Google’s Lunar XPRIZE, which awards $30 million to the first private company to send a robot to the moon, have renewed our interest beyond our atmosphere. And Pittsburgh has great representation with local NewSpace company Astrobotic leading the race to the moon, having won initial milestones of the Lunar XPRIZE and currently accepting payloads to be sent to space on their first launch. And lucky you– you can get in on some space-related fun tomorrow evening… Read the rest

Filed Under: Annual Events, Events, Free, Non-Profits Tagged With: Events, Free, NASA, nonprofit, pittsburgh, space, Space Apps, Yuri's Night

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