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a foundation for an increase Home Instead Supports Lifelong Learning Programs in innovation to benefit care-
The Center for Modern Aging (CMAP) has received a $30,000 grant from Home Instead Senior Care–Princeton, and their parent company Honor Technologies, Inc., to support programs on history and political sciences as part of the Evergreen Forum Series. This grant demonstrates Home Instead’s firm commitment to enhancing quality of life through interesting lifelong learning programs for older adults, recognizing that curiosity and the desire to learn and engage continue throughout our lifetime. In fiscal year 2022–23, more than 2,800 students par t icipate d i n CM A P ’s lifelong learning programs A HAIR-RAISING EXPERIENCE: The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL) Van de Graaff — an increase of 13 pergenerator causes the experimenter’s hair to stand on end from the effects of static electricity. cent over the previous fisAlmost 900 young women in grades seven through ten enjoyed hands-on experiments, chem- cal year. More than 1,200 istry demos, presentations, and extensive networking as they participated in PPPL’s Young participants engaged in the Evergreen Forum programs. Women’s Conference in STEM held at Princeton University last Friday. (Photo courtesy of PPPL) “CM A P is delighted to Hayin Candiotti, a senior is on par with that of boys have the support of Home reactions from the audience. The keynote speech for the project engineer at Abbott and young men, but while Instead for our famed lifeconference was delivered by Laboratories, urged the audi- an overwhelming majority of long learning series. Kunwar Princeton University Psychol- ence, “Go into a job that you young women earn credits in Singh, owner of Home Inogy Professor Tania Lombro- love where you can make a advanced science and math stead Princeton, Hamilton, zo, who recounted her own difference in the world and courses, they participate less and Monroe, has been a journey to become a scientist. you’re challenged every day.” in advanced physics and com- long-time supporter of the The growth of this confer- puter science courses. Center for Modern Aging, Other women in STEM careers shared their stories at ence is just one indication of At the college level, women working closely with our a career panel moderated by significant progress by women earn 58 percent of bachelor’s social service team as client Hekima Qualls, PPPL chief in STEM fields in the past few degrees in all fields but only needs arise,” said Drew Dyprocurement officer. They ad- decades, in K-12 education, in 50 percent of bachelor’s de- son, CEO of CMAP. vised young women in STEM colleges and universities, and grees in science and engineer“My staff and I work with careers to find a support sys- in the workforce, but they ing. Women earn a majority a number of facilities that tem, even if it’s outside their are still underrepresented in of bachelor’s degrees in psy- serve older adults throughmany areas. Town Topicsbiological Ad — 03/20/24) classes or jobs. chology, sciences, out central New Jersey, and A study on “The State 1/4-page of and social a center sciences, but they color ad 5.125" widenever X 8" have highwe forseen $220 Girls and Women in STEM,” earn only 24 percent of such as CMAP that so fully published this month by the engineering degrees, 21 addresses the needs of seGirls Collaborative percent of computer science niors,” said Singh. “In keep“Yes, we also rescreen screens - National Project (NGCP), indicated that degrees, and 24 percent of ing with Honor Technology regular & pawproof.” in K-12 education girls and physics degrees. and Home Instead’s emphasis on relationship-based Alexander Rd, Princeton • 924-2880 young women’s achievement —Donald Gilpin in mathematics and science care, this grant will serve as
looking forward to doing the same thing on the West Coast.” There were 60 volunteers helping to run the Princeton conference, most of them from PPPL. The young women participated in many different activities at more than 20 different displays. They steered a robot with a young woman from WAGS (We Are Girl Scouts) Robotics, made origami with a volunteer from Princeton University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, learned about forensics at the FBI display, had their hair stand on end from static electricity created by the Van de Graaff generator at the PPPL exhibit, and much more. As part of the day’s activities, four New Jersey high school juniors who show promise in STEM received the Math and Science Award from PPPL’s Women in Engineering Employee Resource Group. The four will receive a laptop, a certificate, and an award, and will be mentored during their senior year by PPPL engineers who are members of the group. Another highlight of the day was a series of chemistry demos by Angie Miller, a lecture demonstrator in the Princeton University Chemistry Department, who showed a figure made of marshmallows expanding in a vacuum chamber and other chemistry phenomena that elicited excited
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Police Blotter On March 17, at 1 a.m., subsequent to a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street, the driver, a 33-year-old male from Matawan, was found to have operated his vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He was placed under arrest, transported to police headquarters, and charged accordingly. He was later released from police custody. On March 15, at 12:56 p.m., an individual reported the theft of her wallet from inside her purse while she was dining at a restaurant on Witherspoon Street. Following the theft, the person discovered three fraudulent transactions that were attempted on her credit card, howe ver t h e f r au d u le nt transactions were declined by her credit card company. Unless noted, individuals arrested were later released.
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