33rd Annual Supercomputing Challenge Kickoff A Success! The 2022/23 Supercomputing Challenge Kickoff was held October 22-23, 2022 at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM. About 80 of the 169 registered participants were able to attend the 33rd Annual Kickoff in person. On Saturday, participating students attended the Keynote speech, various classes, and a pizza party
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New Mexico Consortium Donates Tech Equipment to Local Schools The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) recently has donated equipment and tech supplies to local schools as part of an ongoing effort to advance science education and support local communities. Recycling outdated equipment that is still in good working condition also helps to reducing unnecessary waste. The
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Register soon for the 33rd Annual Supercomputing Challenge! Calling all students! Planning has started for the 33rd Annual Supercomputing Challenge! The Supercomputing Challenge is a program for middle, and high schools students to come up with a computational science project and work on it throughout the year in a team. If you are interested in
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NMC Booth a Hit at the Los Alamos 2022 Science Fest! The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) booth at this year’s Los Alamos Science Fest was a big hit with families, kids, and curious adults. Steve Buelow and Carrie Talus, of the NMC spent the day sharing information about the NMC, cool science facts, demonstrations using
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Thank you to all who helped make this year’s 6th Summer Physics Camp for Young Women a big success! The camp, which is led by Anna Llobet of Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been running since 2016 and was held this year from June 6-17, 2022. The Summer Physics Camp for Young Women offers a
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SciVista Partners with the NMC to bring Virtual Reality to NM Universities In 2021, SciVista began a partnership with the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) in order to bring Virtual Reality into the major New Mexico universities where students, professors, researchers, and faculty could capitalize on all the benefits that SummitVR™ and Virtual Reality can provide
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Growing Exponentially: Supercomputing Challenge April 26, 2022. Supercomputing Challenge students across the state have completed their computational projects on topics such as Alzheimer’s disease, datacasting, fire science, and environmental issues. This year the Supercomputing Challenge celebrated their 32nd annual Expo on April 25th and 26th which featured student final presentations, judging and an award ceremony held
Read More... The 6th annual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women in New Mexico offers a unique opportunity for young women to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Held virtually this year, this two week long camp will offer high school students from all over New Mexico a chance to boost their understanding of how
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Los Alamos National Laboratory will be hosting the annual Dr. G. Robert Keepin Nonproliferation Science Summer Program during the summer of 2022. The 8-week intensive program will take place from June 21 to August 12, 2022. This summer program is aimed for students interested in nuclear security science and nonproliferation. It will consist of hands-on
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This year’s Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, sponsored in part by the New Mexico Consortium (NMC), successfully hosted 40 high school students from Northern and Central New Mexico and Hawaii. This camp gives students the opportunity to explore what it is like to have a career in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Anna
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