Acting Governor Guadagno: STEM Scholars Program Promotes Excellence In Education

Continuing the Christie Administration’s commitment to innovation, academic excellence, and support for New Jersey’s brightest students, Acting Governor Kim Guadagno today announced the establishment of the Governor’s STEM Scholars, a program in partnership with the Research and Development Council of New Jersey to pair industry leaders with the state’s most talented high school and college students in STEM subject matter – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The new program will serve as a mentoring program for New Jersey’s best and brightest STEM scholars in collaboration with the leading research companies in the state.

Click here to view the announcement on YouTube.

NJBIZ Showcases the R&D Council of NJ

On December 3rd, 2012, NJBIZ featured the R&D Council’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and 33rd Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception. The Guest List section of the newspaper printed five pictures that represent a broad cross-section of New Jersey’s finest science, technology, mathematics, and engineering professionals and students. These include the 2012 Edison “Eddy” Patent Award winners, the R&D Council 2012 Merit Scholars, and distinguished recipients of the Council awards for innovative research and development this year.

View the NJBIZ clipping in PDF form now.

Photostream: 50th Anniversary Celebration and 33rd Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception

Enjoy a recap of the celebration ceremony and reception below. Click here to view the program from the event.