Mon 14 Jun 2010
Many Schools Teach Engineering in Early Grades
Filed under: Glen Rock (NJ), Race to the Top Fund, Engineering and Engineers, Education and Schools, New Jersey — @ 3:36 am

To compete in a global economy, some school districts are offering engineering lessons to students in kindergarten.


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Tue 8 Jun 2010
For New ‘Ring,’ Met Reinforces Its Stage With Steel
Filed under: Steel and Iron, Lepage, Robert, Wagner, Richard, Gelb, Peter, Metropolitan Opera, Opera, Engineering and Engineers, Classical Music — @ 12:15 am

Robert Lepage’s set for Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the Metropolitan Opera is so heavy that the stage needed to be reinforced.


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Mon 17 May 2010
Permit Problems Stop Rooftop Farm in Queens
Filed under: Flanner, Ben, Roofs, Engineering and Engineers, Farmers, Queens (NYC) — @ 3:17 am

The Buildings Department said the Brooklyn Grange hadn’t filed plans showing that the roof could support a million pounds of growing material.


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Tue 16 Mar 2010
Experience Necessary: Christos Tsiamis Heads E.P.A.’s Gowanus Cleanup Project
Filed under: Gowanus Canal (NYC), Engineering and Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment — @ 2:15 am

Christos Tsiamis, a chemical engineer and a poet, is assessing the contamination of the Gowanus Canal and the best plans for rectifying it.


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Sat 24 Oct 2009
Cracks Emerge in Ramps at New Yankee Stadium
Filed under: Concrete, Morgenthau, Robert M, Engineering and Engineers, Organized Crime, Yankee Stadium (NYC), Stadiums and Arenas, Building (Construction) — @ 3:55 am

The Yankees have hired an engineering company to determine the cause of the problems as the team prepares for what could be its first World Series there.


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Mon 20 Jul 2009
Our Towns: When NASA Defined Long Island
Filed under: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Roosevelt Field, Northrop Grumman Corp|NOC|NYSE, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moon, Engineering and Engineers, Space, Factories and Manufacturing, Long Island (NY) — @ 2:31 am

Long Island was once known for being the birthplace of aviation and a home to NASA. The death of Walter Cronkite stirred up some of the old lunar fever.

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Thu 18 Jun 2009
An Immigrant’s Journey to a Top Post at Columbia
Filed under: Immigration and Emigration, Engineering and Engineers, Dominican Republic, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities — @ 6:02 am

Feniosky Peña-Mora, who will become dean of Columbia’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science in July, spoke no English when he arrived from the Dominican Republic as a young man.

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Thu 12 Mar 2009
Engineering Report on 51st Street Crane Collapse Blames the Rigging
Filed under: Rapetti, William, Engineering and Engineers, Derricks and Cranes, Accidents and Safety, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 3:36 am

A report confirmed an earlier finding that led to criminal charges against the rigging company involved in an accident that killed seven people last March.

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Thu 11 Sep 2008
At Columbia, Students Mix Studies With Volunteer Work, for Credits
Filed under: Engineering and Engineers, Volunteers, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Education and Schools — @ 4:47 am

For the past six years, engineering students at the university have been required to participate in community service projects, and other departments may adopt the practice.

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Sat 16 Aug 2008
Bloomberg Says Acting Commissioner Should Head the Buildings Department
Filed under: LiMandri, Robert D, Engineering and Engineers, Bloomberg LP, City Councils, Bloomberg, Michael R, New York City — @ 8:29 am

Robert D. LiMandri, the mayor’s choice, is technically not eligible for the job until new legislation is signed downgrading the qualification requirements for the job.

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