{"id":57107,"date":"2015-01-20T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-345533"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:42:43","slug":"nasa-joins-white-house-from-ground-and-space-to-discuss-state-of-stem-education-in-america","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-joins-white-house-from-ground-and-space-to-discuss-state-of-stem-education-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Joins White House, from Ground and Space, to Discuss State of STEM Education in America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NASA will join the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) Wednesday, Jan. 21 for its third annual State of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SoSTEM) event. The event will air live on NASA Television, beginning at 1 p.m. EST, and also will be live-streamed online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 130 middle and high school students from schools in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington will join OSTP Director John Holdren and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden for a rare opportunity to connect with two members of the International Space Station crew at 1:30 p.m. for a live ground-to-space question and answer session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronauts Terry Virts and Barry E. \u201cButch\u201d Wilmore will take a brief break from their station research activities to answer questions and share with these students their perspectives on STEM education and professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following this long-distance discussion, NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan will sit down with members of OSTP leadership for a panel discussion on women and girls in STEM, followed by a question and answer session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the event live-stream, go to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/www.whitehouse.gov\/live<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on NASA TV coverage, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Stofan\u2019s biography at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/offices\/ocs\/stofan_bio.html<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Virts and Wilmore on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstroTerry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by AstroTerry<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by Space_Station<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/instagram.com\/iss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Northon<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1540<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:karen.m.northon@nasa.gov\">karen.m.northon@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA will join the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) Wednesday, Jan. 21 for its third annual State of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SoSTEM) event. 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