{"id":1105,"date":"2019-02-08T18:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T18:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/?page_id=1105"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:05:15","slug":"outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\nTala Mon<\/a> \nvolunteered for the STEM Exploration Week of the \nNational Grid STEM Mentoring Program<\/a> \nby assisting kindergarten students for the \nWestminster Community Charter School<\/a> \nwith a paper helicopter project. Each January, students from Westminster Community Charter School visit UB’s Davis Hall to conduct hands-on experiments alongside scientists and engineers. These field trips feature activities such as riding hovercrafts, constructing balloon-powered vehicles, and testing wind turbine blades. \n\nTala encouraged the kindergarten students while they cut and folded helicopters into shape. The paper helicopters were launched from the second floor into the atrium.\n<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nJacob Concolino<\/a> \nparticipated as a poster judge at the \nTerra Western New York STEM Fair (TWNY-STEM Fair)<\/a> \nwith hopes of inspiring the scientists and engineers of tomorrow hosted by SUNY Buffalo State. \n\nTerra Science and Education aims to allow middle and high school students to conduct authentic scientific research as well as engineering practice, presenting their work and results with judges.  Students are also allowed to present posters on scientific topics and judges evaluate their work and award them accordingly. \n\nMany of these students are awarded with invitations to present their work at the \nNY Science Congress<\/a>, \nGenius Olympiad<\/a>, \nand the \nRegeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)<\/a>. \n\nThe two highest-scoring students from the Terra Fair are awarded with invitations to compete at ISEF in Dallas, Texas, sponsored by Terra.  The Western New York Fair serves Buffalo, NY and five surrounding counties: Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming.\n<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\nTala Mon<\/a>, \nRuth Bello<\/a>, \nand \nDr. Kyriakidou<\/a> \nparticipated in the \nTerra Rochester Finger Lakes Science and Engineering Fair (TRFSEF)<\/a> \nas judges for a 2nd<\/sup> year!  \n\nThe Rochester Finger Lakes Fair is sponsored by Terra Science and Education which seeks to provide middle school and high school students with the opportunity to engage in authentic scientific research.  The Terra fair also helps students from underrepresented communities to engage in STEM and encourage them to consider technical careers. \n\nStudents with winning projects also get the opportunity to present their work and findings in subsequent competitions such as the \nScience Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) NY Science Congress<\/a> \nand the \nRegeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)<\/a>. \n\nMoreover, students from the Terra Fair can also be awarded with promotion to competition at the \nGenius Olympiad<\/a> \nInternational, which is another international competition, sponsored by Terra.\n<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Kyriakidou<\/a><\/span> served as a poster judge at the Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science and Engineering Fair (TRFSEF)<\/a><\/span> with a goal to inspire the scientists and engineers of tomorrow.\u00a0 Terra Science and Education seeks to provide middle and high school students with the\u00a0opportunity to engage in authentic scientific research or engineering practice and to share their experiences and findings with others in this Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)<\/a><\/span>. \u00a0The Rochester Finger Lakes Fair serves Rochester, NY and nine surrounding counties: Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Yates, Steuben, Livingston, Schuyler, and Chemung.\u00a0 Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, and Wyoming counties also participated in this year\u2019s fair.\u00a0<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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\n\nThe Kyriakidou group volunteered with \nScience is Elementary<\/a>, \na UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences program to bring scientists and engineers to classrooms in Buffalo to do structured, hands-on science experiments. \n\nThe group visited first-grade classrooms at \nHighgate Heights Elementary<\/a> \nas well as a third-grade classroom at \nWestminster Charter School<\/a>, \nhelping to share the fun of science, math, and engineering with the children.\n<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Dr. Kyriakidou engaged with high-school students during the 77th<\/sup> Western New York Regional Science and Engineering Fair (WNYRSEF<\/u><\/a>) and encouraged them in the development of interests and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.  WNYRSEF is open to students in grades 5 \u2013 12 from five WNY counties (Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, and Wyoming).  Students at the WNYRSEF demonstrate their scientific talents and compete for medals, monetary awards, and advancement to state and international fairs.<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\nStudies have shown that the United States lags behind other countries in STEM education, specifically in underprivileged neighborhoods. \n\nThe Kyriakidou group volunteered with \nScience is Elementary<\/a>, \na UB School of Engineering program designed to help share the fun of science, math, and engineering with the children of our community at \nWestminster Charter School<\/a> \nin Buffalo.\n<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jan. 2026 Tala Mon volunteered for the STEM Exploration Week of the National Grid STEM Mentoring Program by assisting kindergarten students for the Westminster Community Charter School with a paper helicopter project. Each January, students from Westminster Community Charter School visit UB’s Davis Hall to conduct hands-on experiments alongside scientists and engineers. These field trips […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":226,"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6905,"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions\/6905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyriakidougroup.cbe.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}