News & Media

Members of the media, please contact Jennifer Dorsen at (617) 618-2686 to schedule interviews with ScienceQuest participants and coaches, or for additional information about the work of ScienceQuest teams.

Press Releases

Dec. 6, 2001 - ScienceQuest Teams Bridge the Digital Divide

July 16, 2001 - Young Investigators Host a 21st Century Digital Science Fair

April 24, 2001 - First Semester of ScienceQuest Teams Are Launched

Articles

• "ScienceQuest in Columbia, SC." Community Technology Review,
  Winter 2004. P. 15-16.
• "ScienceQuest for Youth: A Growing Program". Community
  Technology Review, Winter, 2002-2003. P. 13-14.
• "A Lesson in the Science of After-School Fun." Boston Globe, April 4, 2004.
• "Students to Explore Science Program." The State (Columbia, SC), August 5, 2002. P 1-2.
• "ScienceQuest for Roxbury Youth: The Snowflake and the Computer." Roxbury.com, July 21, 2002.
• "ScienceQuest: Literacy Development within an Informal Science Education Initiative." Reading Online, March 2002.
  
• "Somerville's Kids Travel from Mystic Complex to Science's Hallowed Halls." Somerville Journal, Thursday, January 24, 2002. P.12
  
  
• "High Tech Education." The Brockton Enterprise. January 12, 2002
• "Roxbury Youth Create Web Sites: Local Youth Participate in ScienceQuest Competition." Roxbury.com. January, 2002.
• "ScienceQuest: A JVS Discovery Channel." In the Work,(A newsletter of the Jewish Vocational Services) Fall, 2001
  
  
• "The Call of the (Cyber) Wild." West Roxbury TranscriptAugust 30, 2001
  
  
• "Boston Students Rise to the ScienceQuest Challenge." Education Development Center, Inc. August, 2001

Featured Mentions

• Pierik, R.P. (2003). Beyond the divide. Ed.: The Magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, 67, (1), 12-17.
• Sargent, M. "Community Technology Centers: A national movement to close the digital divide." In Edutopia: Success Stories for Learning in a Digital Age (193-198). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Other Mentions

The Columbia, SC Salvation Army is in the process of raising funds to build a large community center in the area, which will house many local educational and civic programs, including the Fast Forward facilities' ScienceQuest program.

• "Funds Would Go To Center." The State (Columbia, SC), August 15, 2005.
• "Under One Roof." The State (Columbia, SC), August 15, 2005.