This year, we chose the Franklin Institute to photograph the 2018 class of Most Admired CEOs. With its vast array of iconic exhibits designed to encapsulate the essence of its namesake Ben Franklin, the institute set a strong and powerful backdrop for this year's honorees.
Meet Erik Weiss , a Viking reenactor and Philly native known as "Erik the Everyday Viking." * Mind trip: "As long as you have a willing mind to explore new things, to find out different things, to understand the stuff that isn't just in your cup, everybody's a Viking," Weiss said.
Impatient with the field of chemistry's progress in developing Earth-friendly manufacturing techniques, Frances H. Arnold exploited the power of the best chemist there is: nature. After physicians had largely given up hope of fighting cancer by revving up a patient's immune system, James P. Allison discovered that the key was to take off the brakes.
Vikings is a collection of 600 artifacts on loan from the National Museum of Denmark to provide a more accurate portrayal of Vikings as artisans, farmers, traders, and explorers. The Eik Sande, which represents exploration in Viking history and culture, was reconstructed in the Viking Ship Museum's boatyard using the same techniques as were used during the Viking Age, without a saw.
The Norsemen have returned. Centuries after they sailed to North America, the Vikings have taken over the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. It's all part of a new exhibit delving into the ancient Scandinavian people and culture. "Vikings: Beyond the Legend" has more than 600 different artifacts including swords, jewelry and armor.
"Vikings: Beyond the Legend" is opening at the Franklin Institute. As the name suggests, the new exhibit will reveal who these explorers really were, beyond the myths. The exhibit includes 600 artifacts, reconstructed ships, interactive elements and an augmented reality experience.
On Oct. 13, the Franklin Institute is set to debut Vikings: Beyond the Legend, a new, 16,000-square-foot exhibition that will take visitors on journey back to the Viking Age. An array of multimedia and interactive elements and 600 different artifacts will come together to try and retell the story of the explorers who set sail from Scandinavia centuries ago.
One of the oldest and best science museums in the country, The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia dives deep into the Viking Age with artifacts, replicas and re-enactments with its new Vikings: Beyond the Legend exhibition. Visitors can get a fresh take on Viking culture and the Scandinavian explorers' impact on the modern world during the six-month-long show.
A 122-foot Viking ship has been recreated as a steel skeleton with parts from the original, 1,000-year-old hull that was found at the bottom of the Roskilde fjord in Denmark. It now sits within the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. It's the centerpiece of the largest exhibition about Vikings to tour North America since ...
Vikings: Beyond the Legend
Prepare to blow your mind, or at least bend it really far! Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, tells us why he's always looking up, updates us on what will be the world's largest land telescope, why he thinks conspiracy theory group
Follow CBSPHILLY Facebook Twitter PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - August will be a great month to look up at the heavens as stargazers will be able to see planets light up the sky, according to Franklin Institute's Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts. Since last spring, there have been many opportunities to see bright planets light up the night sky.
This weekend will offer some of the best stargazing of the year, as our planet makes its annual pass through the orbit of the massive Comet Swift-Tuttle, creating the phenomenon known as the Perseid meteor shower. Dust and dirt melt out of the comet's nucleus and hang in an orbital path.
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Thursday night at the Franklin Institute, video game fans will have a chance to dig into one of the most embarrassing incidents in the history of Atari. As part of their "Game Masters" exhibition, the Franklin is hosting a screening of "Atari: Game Over," with an introduction and Q&A with archaeogamer Andrew Reinhard.
Favorite of all the spots was the Franklin Institute. “They had a video game exhibition while we were there, which was an awesome bonus,” Flynn said. “But we’re also both into STEM education and hands-on experiments.” As for the cheesesteak question — Pat’s or Geno’s — Flynn’s son could be a Philly local in disguise.
One year ago, America looked up to witness the solar eclipse, including our Action News team and viewers. Action News meteorologist Adam Joseph traveled to the town of Saint Joseph, Missouri, one of the many places in the path of totality for the solar eclipse.
Was it Mrs. White in the conservatory with the lead pipe (and the tell-tale fingerprints)? Or Professor Plum in the ballroom with the revolver (and the scientifically accurate ballistics report)? Later this month, visitors to the Franklin Institute's popular "Science After Hours" series will try to solve a murder mystery a la the classic game - and camp-tastic film - "Clue."
Sometimes at Art Break we feel the need to get out of town but not wander too far. We want to keep the conveniences of great food, interesting art, and cool people - you know, everything we have here, but more relaxed. So, when we get in that mood, the only thing to do is go to Philadelphia.
One of the oldest and one of the premier centers of science education and development in the United States, the Franklin Institute was founded in 1824 and designed to inspire a passion for science in the spirit and honor of American scientist Benjamin Franklin. Read more about the ways your student group can explore the Institute.
The Franklin Institute just launched a new retro-style computer game where you can collect lightning rods, climb Independence Hall and collect electricity with a kite - all as Benjamin Franklin.
Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program. Listen 48:57 The Pulse explores how the environment shapes biology. Turns out that influence goes deep, down to the molecular level - to the DNA of humans and animals.
The Franklin Institute currently has a summer exhibition, "Game Masters," about video game design, past and present. Beginning with the arcade era of the early 1980s with addictively simple games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders, "Game Masters" includes games that broke the mold by creating complex digital worlds (SimCity) or by reaching out into your analog world (Rock Band, Dance Dance Revolution), and features independent designers whose games captured a popular zeitgeist (Angry Birds,...
While a stormy summer night would seem to make for the perfect setting to explore the macabre Mütter Museum, most wouldn't consider it ideal for hanging around outside in the institution's medicinal garden. Gray skies, however, didn't stop hundreds from flocking there early this month for a pop-up beer garden.
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Children in Gloucester County got the chance to become doctors for the day, practicing medicine on some of their favorite stuffed friends. On Sunday, April 22nd, Jefferson Health, in support and sponsorship of the Philadelphia Science Festival, hosted a Teddy Bear Clinic at its surgery center in Washington Township. Gov.
Young Scientists put their knowledge to the test Jan Carabeo reports.
Checking out this year's Science Festival
People usually stop by Reading Terminal Market for the juicy roast pork sandwiches, the freshly made scrapple, and the gooey apple dumplings. But for the next week, the Philadelphia Science Festival will pull back the curtain and show people how much science takes place at the market every day to make those dishes so delectable.
Starting Friday, the Philadelphia Science Festival will offer hands on experiments with more than 80 events around the region. Video by Andy Vineberg
Jessica Dean reports.
Get ready to #GetNerdyPHL! The Philadelphia Science Festival returns from April 20 to 28 for a super-charged citywide celebration of science, engineering, technology, math and more. Led by The Franklin Institute and presented by The Dow Company Trust, the eighth annual festival features an impressive lineup of more than 80 events over nine action-packed days.
Calling all science nerds: The 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival kicks off on Friday, April 20, with 83 events over the course of nine days. "This is our eighth year," says Ellen Trappey, managing officer of the Philadelphia Science Festival. "When it originally started, it was intended to be an opportunity for science and technology to come together.
CBS features PSF's Teddy Bear Clinic and Science Carnival Activities
On Saturday, the Philadelphia Science Festival came to a close with its day-long finale carnival on the Parkway. The festival featured 80 events over the course of nine days, starting April 9. The Science Festival is run by The Franklin Institute, in collaboration with 200 other regional science, cultural, and educational establishments.
Most of the questions at the Philadelphia Science Festival's carnival Saturday were perplexing, a few downright gross, and while some discussed salad dressing and slime, others were vital to the future of mankind. "Yes, absolutely, it's a real brain.
Franklin Institute Awards
The Franklin Institute was founded in 1824 by two men who wanted to teach and preach on just what Benjamin Franklin had been promoting throughout his life. It would be a place in which to learn about the "art" of science, as well as figure out ways to piggy-back on technologies that could make one's life easier.
More than 260 years ago, Benjamin Franklin wired together a series of lead-lined glass panes to store electrical charge. He called his contraption a battery, and he coined two related terms that also remain in use today: positive and negative.
Inside Google Managing Editor, The Keyword Published Apr 19, 2018 Editor's Note: Tonight, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf will accept a Franklin Institute Award (alongside fellow inventor Robert E. Kahn) for enabling the internet by developing TCP/IP, the set of methods that allows effective communication between millions of computer networks.
It is the most commonly denied undeniable fact: our world just keeps getting better. Even as scholars, pundits and the guy across the bar beat the ancient empty drum of doom, the key measures of life both in body (life expectancy, the quality of food and shelter) and soul (human rights, access to education) continue to flourish at home and abroad.
On April 19, 2018, The Franklin Institute hosted an awards ceremony and dinner at the museum. The annual black tie gala celebrates the most talented scientists, engineers, inventors, and innovators from across the globe. The evening began with cocktails under the 20-foot-high marble statue of Benjamin Franklin.
Helen Quinn, a professor emerita at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, will receive the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics - one of eight prestigious Franklin Institute Awards that will be handed out in Philadelphia next April.
It began with the quest to keep yogurt from going bad. Philippe Horvath, a soft-spoken food scientist who went to work for a French chemical company in 2000, was charged with identifying the best strains of bacteria for making the popular dairy product.
Game Masters: The Exhibition
Between the opening of the World Video Game Hall of Fame a few years ago and this upcoming exhibit at the Franklin Institute, it's a great time to be a video game fan. While the former celebrates the greatest games in history, the latter puts the focus on the evolution and history of the industry.
There are more than 100 playable video games at the Franklin Institute's latest exhibition...
Weekend Philler checks out the new Game Masters exhibit at The Franklin Institute!...
If you grew up during a certain era, the first part of the new Game Masters exhibition at the Franklin Institute will be able to keep you entertained for hours. Remember pumping quarter after quarter into a machine to control a little guy jumping over barrels and climbing ladders to save the girl from big gorilla?
This summer, the Franklin Institute is letting the 21-plus crowd into its new temporary exhibit "Game Masters" after-hours. Adults will have access to the more than 100 playable video games in the exhibit and can enjoy drinks from cash bars during monthly Game Nights.
Ready, player one? No quarters are required to play more than 100 video games at The Franklin Institute. They're part of the newest exhibit coming to the Philadelphia science museum. "Game Masters: The Exhibition" explores the history of video games with a series of design storyboards, interactive exhibits and, of course, plenty of chances to play everything from legendary arcade game "Asteroids" to the Kinect's "Fruit Ninja."
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - No need to go to the shore this summer if you want to spend time at the arcade. The Franklin Institute's brand new exhibit takes gaming to a whole new level. Starting on Saturday, more than 100 playable video games will take center stage in the new special exhibition Game Masters.
Press start on a journey through 40 years of video gaming history and evolution at Game Masters: The Exhibition, a 14,000-square-foot exhibit on display from March 31 to September 3 at The Franklin Institute. GAME MASTERS: THE EXHIBITION FAST FACTS Game Masters: The Exhibition runs from March 31 to September 3.
Let the games begin! Video games, that is. In "Game Masters: The Exhibition" at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, no quarters are required to play more than 100 video games - from original arcade classics such as "Donkey Kong" and "Pac-Man" to favorite console games such as "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Rock Band" to today's indie hits such as "Angry Birds" and "Fruit Ninja."
A new temporary exhibit celebrating five decades of innovative video game design is opening at the Franklin Institute in March. Visitors will journey from the arcade era through today, where web and console games reign supreme. There will be more than 100 playable video games in the 14,000-square-foot exhibit.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A touring exhibition that explores the evolution of video games and features more than 100 playable games has landed in Philadelphia. "Game Maste
There are more than 100 playable video games at the Franklin Institute's latest exhibition, but if you're looking for museum president and CEO Larry Dubinski, you'll want to hang around the old-school arcade cabinets. "[That is] where it all began - the golden age of arcade games," he says.
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CLOSE The big red button taunts: "Press start." And away you go, obliterating asteroids into confetti shards, gobbling up candy-colored ghosts, defending the peons from menacing aliens. You're an unstoppable cowboy with a fast draw ("Got Me!," the screen bleeps). You're a fierce jumper sidestepping barrels to rescue your girlfriend from a giant ape.
A touring exhibition that explores the evolution of video games and features more than 100 playable games has landed in Philadelphia.
Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor Opening Coverage
Ms. Poulton said the adoption of technology recognizes that many museumgoers, especially millennials and their children, want to be able to use their phones to enhance the museum experience. "It's not that they think it's a distraction," she said. "They expect to be able to experience this exhibit through their phone.
DIECI guerrieri dell'Esercito di Terracotta cinese hanno ritrovato le loro antiche armi grazie alla realtà aumentata: succede al Franklin Institute di Filadelfia, dove da sabato è aperta la mostra Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor, che durerà fino al 4 marzo 2018 e comprende dieci delle 8.000 celebri statue (costruite 2.200 anni fa per volontà dell'imperatore Qin Shihuangdi ed estratte dagli artigli della terra nel 1974) e 160 oggetti - come le parti in ferro delle armi e utensili vari...
Visitors of The Franklin Institute can now "arm" some 2,000-year-old Chinese Terracotta Warriors by simply pointing their smartphones at the statues.
The Franklin Institute on Saturday unveils Terracotta Warriors of The First Emperor, an ambitious, tremendously inventive exhibit about one of China's richest archaeological treasures, the massive collection of life-size clay soldiers that were crafted some 2,200 years ago and unearthed by farmers in 1974 in eastern China.
The Franklin Institute on Saturday will unveil Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor, an ambitious, tremendously inventive exhibit about one of China's richest archaeological treasures...
CLOSE China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, believed he was immortal and would rule forever. So it was only fitting that in the afterlife he had a mausoleum the size of Manhattan guarded with a platoon of thousands of terra-cotta clay warriors.
China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, believed he was immortal and would rule forever. So it was only fitting that in the afterlife he had a mausoleum the size of Manhattan guarded with a platoon of thousands of terra-cotta clay warriors...
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia is using what is old and fashioning it into the new cool way for exhibition viewing. There are no goofy looking glasses to wear or clunky headgear to don, all that is required is today’s run-of-the-mill cellphone.Using the Institute's Terracotta
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A local museum gets a new exhibition that's more than two millennia in the making. For the first time in 34 years, the Terracotta Warrior clay statues from China are here in Philadelphia. "Really a unique exhibition, probably one of the greatest archaeological finds of this century," said Larry Dubinski, President of the Franklin Institute.
More than 2,000 years ago, a massive 38-square-mile burial site for the First Qin Emperor of China was constructed by 700,000 workers over the course of around 30 years. Standing watch over the First Emperor's mausoleum were 8,000 clay soldiers and other figures - all of which guarded the tomb and remain undiscovered until 1974.
Farmers in China had no idea what they discovered when they found fragments of terracotta while digging for a well in 1974. They had stumbled upon one of the architectural finds of the century, a massive monumental tomb structure complete with thousands upon thousands of life-sized clay statues.
The Franklin Institute will debut the new exhibition "Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor" on Saturday, Sept. 30. On display through early March, will be 10 life-size clay warriors from over 2,000 years ago, discovered at the burial complex of China's First Emperor Qin Shihuangdi.
Just in case you haven't, here's the tl;dr: Some farmers in China were digging a well back in the 1970s when they came upon some shards of terracotta, leading to the discovery of thousands of life-sized statues that dated back 2,000 years.
The exhibit runs September 30, 2017 through March 4, 2018.
On September 28, 2017, The Franklin Institute celebrated the opening of the east coast premiere of the Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor exhibit with a gala at the museum. Guests enjoyed cocktails, a feast fit for an emperor, and live entertainment. Terracotta Warriors wandered around the space posing for selfies with guests.
When: Now through March 4 PHILADELPHIA >> On a normal day in late March, 1974, some farmers in the Xi'an province of China needed a new source for water after their well ran dry. So, they went out and started digging. They quickly hit something. Turns out it wasn't a gas line.
When: Now through March 4 PHILADELPHIA >> On a normal day in late March, 1974, some farmers in the Xi'an province of China needed a new source for water after their well ran dry. So, they went out and started digging. They quickly hit something. Turns out it wasn't a gas line.
When: Now through March 4 PHILADELPHIA >> On a normal day in late March, 1974, some farmers in the Xi'an province of China needed a new source for water after their well ran dry. So, they went out and started digging. They quickly hit something. Turns out it wasn't a gas line.
When: Now through March 4 PHILADELPHIA >> On a normal day in late March, 1974, some farmers in the Xi'an province of China needed a new source for water after their well ran dry. So, they went out and started digging. They quickly hit something. Turns out it wasn't a gas line.
When: Now through March 4 PHILADELPHIA >> On a normal day in late March, 1974, some farmers in the Xi'an province of China needed a new source for water after their well ran dry. So, they went out and started digging. They quickly hit something. Turns out it wasn't a gas line.
Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor Announcement Coverage
In October, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia will present a few of the ancient Chinese terracotta warriors that were discovered in China in the 1970s. Farmers digging a well near the city of Xi'an accidentally discovered one of the great wonders of the ancient world: an entire army of life-size soldiers - about six thousand strong - made of clay.
Museums this fall take a look at their home territory and far-off parts of the world. The Franklin Institute has its curatorial nose in both realms. The home part of the story for the area's non-art museums encompasses the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the city's grand boulevard stretching from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall.
Museums this fall take a look at their home territory and far-off parts of the world. The Franklin Institute has its curatorial nose in both realms. The home part of the story for the area's non-art museums encompasses the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the city's grand boulevard stretching from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall.
What do the Franklin Institute, Ikea North America Services, QVC, and the Fringe Fest have in common? They're betting on augmented reality - a commingling of the real world we live in with computer-generated imagery that makes the scene better (or weirder) for consumers.
In 1974 Chinese farmers discovered terracotta fragments while excavating a well. What they uncovered were the first clues to the location of the greatest archaeological discovery of the last fifty years. Chinese archaeologists excavating the site unearthed the burial complex of Qin Shihuangdi, China's first Emperor.
This fall, Philadelphia 's Franklin Institute Science Museum will be the only East Coast US venue to host Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor, showcasing ten life-sized clay figures from China's legendary Terracotta Army, in addition to over 170 other ancient artefacts.
Opening this fall, The Franklin Institute's dramatic Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor exhibition reveals the secrets behind the 2,000-year-old army of clay statues that guarded the tomb of China's first emperor until their discovery in 1974. FAST FACTS Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor runs from September 30, 2017 to March 4, 2018.
The Franklin Institute is rolling out the augmented reality carpet for the arrival of the Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor exhibit, which will open on Sept. 30 in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - For the first time in 30 years, China's famed Terracotta Warriors are returning to Philadelphia. Franklin Institute CEO Larry Dubinski visited China three times to arrange for the upcoming Philadelphia exhibit of ten ancient life-sized sculptures known as the terracotta warriors. "The Chinese hold these very close to the vest.
In October, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia will present a few of the ancient Chinese terracotta warriors that were discovered in China in the 1970s. Farmers digging a well near the city of Xi'an accidentally discovered one of the great wonders of the ancient world: an entire army of life-size soldiers - about six thousand strong - made of clay.
The Chinese warriors of the dead, crisp in their terra-cotta finery, are coming to Philadelphia, their first visit to the city in 30 years. Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor, put together by the Franklin Institute and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, will feature 10 full-size clay warriors more than 20 centuries old from the burial complex of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who died in 210 B.C.
The North American Solar Eclipse
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Scientists will be studying Monday's total solar eclipse to learn more about some of the mysteries of the Sun and Moon. Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer and Planetarium Director for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, and his team will observe the eclipse from St. Joseph, Missouri, within a 70-mile-wide path of totality.
Millions of Americans converged on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun Monday for a wondrous couple of minutes in the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast to coast in 99 years.
Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, is the date astronomy enthusiasts have been waiting for: A solar eclipse visible for a wide swath of the United States. Here in Philadelphia, we can expect a partial eclipse, with about 75 percent of the sun obscured by the moon.
Across the U.S.watchers thrilled as day quickly becomes to night
Some great coverage leading up to the ecpipse party on the parkway with science educator Mickey Maley
2017 Franklin Institute Awards
The Philadelphia Inquirer Announces 2017 Franklin Institute Awards Laureates
2017 Philadelphia Science Festival
The weather is nice, and the events around the city are even nicer. Here's a look at what's going down around the region this weekend. Old City adds some history Philadelphia's newest museum is now open in Old City.
The Philadelphia Science isn't just for kids. There are tons of events that are for adults only. Especially their Gross Anatomy show that will be discussing the topic of sex. Cabaret meets science in a show that's one of a kind. Your mind will be teased and your senses will be tantalized.
Did you know that there exists a massive nebula 58 quadrillion miles away filled with enough alcohol to serve the people of this Earth about 300,000 pints a day for one billion years? Neither did astronomers until 1995.
How to eat and drink your way through this year's Philadelphia Science Festival Listen up, nerds. If there's one thing we love here at Foobooz World HQ, it's food. But after food comes... Well, after food comes booze, probably. Beer, cocktails, occasionally wine.
Photo courtesy Philadelphia Science Festival Geek out at dozens of awesome events citywide for nine straight days... Ready to get your nerd on? The science-sational Philadelphia Science Festival returns Friday, April 21, kicking off nine days of events citywide.
Joe Talento gave an explosive preview of the 7th annual Philadelphia Science Festival, firing plastic bottle rockets from the front steps of the Franklin Institute. - Tom Avril, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Franklin Institute hosted a preview on Friday afternoon for this year's Philadelphia Science Festival, which kicks off in one week. The 7th Annual Philadelphia Science Festival will span nine days and features more than 80 events spread out throughout the region.
The crews from Yards, Saint Benjamin and the USciences brewing program are getting together to chat and drink with you at Clarkville. Until recently, getting into the beer business in college meant being the guy with the best fake ID or an understanding cousin who worked at the local liquor store.
Confronted with vaccine skeptics and global-warming deniers in the public forum, what's a science teacher to do? A Penn professor tells rookies: Teach children to evaluate data and don't shy away from current events. - Tom Avril, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
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Perhaps nothing is more symbolic of old, monied Philadelphia than the Franklin Institute, established in 1824. Its stately, columned 83-year-old home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a monument in itself. But like its namesake, the Franklin has always defied age and stayed relevant and popular because of its mission to push science education and research forward.
SILVER SPRING, Md., April 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready to hit the road with former International Space Station Commander Colonel Chris Hadfield on an incredible up-close journey across the Solar System in CuriosityStream's new film Miniverse premiering April 17 th, 2017, exclusively on the world's first ad-free streaming documentary service.
The following is a recap, through pictures, of the 9th celebration of Día del Niño 2017 at the Franklin Institute, held Saturday April 1st.
We are all too aware of how hard it can be to explain science. Describing concepts, theories, processes, and phenomena use up a lot of words-and even after careful consideration those words can fall short. That's why for the last three years Popular Science has teamed up with the National Science Foundation to honor the best science visualizations out there.
By Peter Key Outdoor weddings can be beautiful. But they also can be at the mercy of the weather. If you're willing to shell out a few shekels, however, you can get married under the stars and still be inside. In fact, you can choose the stars you get married under.
The Philadelphia Science Festival's massive outdoor carnival will return on Saturday, April 29, to the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing. As a buildup to the carnival, venues across the city will host celebrations of science, technology, engineering and math from April 21-28. Tickets for each event are currently available.
Visit Philadelphia just launched a virtual tour of the city's top destinations. There's now a new way to view Philly's top destinations, and it involves bleeding-edge technology. On Friday, Visit Philadelphia announced that Philly visitors, before coming to the city, can get a peek at its most popular destinations through online virtual reality tours.
The women of space exploration shine on Wednesday night The Franklin Institute's Night Skies in the Observatory series is always a good bet. Every month, chief astronomer/author Derrick Pitts leads a program that includes visits to the rooftop telescopes and the planetarium and it's only $10.
Students in Philadelphia are learning to become more proficient in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - with the help of various nonprofits, city organizations, and federal law enforcement. Jennifer's guest include three people affiliated with the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to talk about their STEM Scholars program.
Mayor Jim Kenney is honoring a Philadelphia astronomer with an out-of-this-world recognition Friday evening. Franklin Institute chief astronomer Derrick Pitts has been declared as a "Philadelphia Hero" at the Franklin Institute for his contribution to educating and exposing children to the sciences.
Alan Mulally joined The Ford Motor Company and transformed the struggling automaker into the top U.S. brand - without taking a bailout. Before then, he successfully guided Boeing Commercial Airplanes through the 9/11 recession while leading development on world-renowned airplanes.
In a solar system 40 light-years away, a cluster of planets has caused a big stir on the third rock from the Sun. According to NASA and the Belgian-led research team that announced the discovery on Wednesday of seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star - new worlds that could hold life.
Welcome to "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" at the Franklin Institute. Created by Universal Studios, Imagine Exhibition and Creature Technology Co., the dinosaurs from the big screen have invaded the City of Brotherly Love. Since making its North American debut at the Franklin Institute in November, "Jurassic World" is quickly becoming one of their most successful traveling exhibitions in the last 10 years.
Get ready to dive deep into the science of wine with the Franklin Institute's first-ever Valentine's Day Wine Lab. "We thought it was a great way in which to bring people together, have fun. It is on Valentine's Day so what a great hands-on activity," said Larry Dubinski, President and Chief Executive Officer at the Franklin Institute.
Drugstores are struggling to keep glue - yes, ordinary white schoolhouse glue - on the shelves. Parents are keeping a wary eye on the upholstery. And children are selling bags of an odd, glue-based concoction recently banned by at least one elementary school in Kansas.
The Jurassic World exhibit at the Franklin Institute has quickly become a must-see attraction for kids of all ages. "We opened the exhibit Thanksgiving weekend and it has just been met with fantastic crowds," President and CEO Larry Dubinski said.
Without doubt, the big news in the world of Philadelphia-area museums this spring is the grand opening of the Museum of the American Revolution. Decades in the dreaming and in the making, the $120 million Robert A.M.
Gray winter days seem cozier when spent inside a great museum. Have you taken your kids to the must-see institutions, as well as to the little-known charmers? No better time than now. When cabin fever strikes, go visit a dinosaur. Or gaze upon an oil painting of a summer day.
Robots have made the leap from sci-fi to real life. Why not see some of them up close and learn how they are changing the way humans live? At The Franklin Institute, you can experience a simulated trip in a self-driving Google Car, watch a Rubik's Cube-solving robot and program a robotic arm.
One Book, One Philadelphia celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The program, featuring literary works that will promote library usage, literacy, and proactive concepts of citywide engagement and communion, strives to be inclusive and allows everyone - readers and nonreaders, theater heads, foodies - access to discuss and engage with a particular book, regardless of their backgrounds.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - If you ask a child if they know any superheroes, they'll give you an answer. Tuesday marked Benjamin Franklin's 311th birthday and while many of us know Franklin to be one of our founding fathers, and one incredible inventor, could we deem him to also be an 18th century superhero?
Beginning last week, the public is invited to vote on the name for this year's special-edition, "scientifically inspired concoction" for the 2017 Philadelphia Science Festival, a collaboration between the event's organizers and Yards Brewing Co. This is the seventh year the Philadelphia Science Festival and Yards have worked together on a beer, but it is the first time the public is helping choose the name.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Franklin Institute kicks off a new year of their cocktail series at the museum this month called "Science After Hours." In this week's segment of What's Cooking on 1060, KYW's Hadas Kuznits learns about cocktails from nearly a century ago.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Beets aren't just for eating anymore. They're being used to help melt snow. Rock salt is corrosive. It can tear up concrete and asphalt, cause problems for your dog's paws, and, experts say, the sodium can make its way to streams and could change the chemistry of fresh water which could impact aquatic life.
Philadelphia fans of David Bowie, "felt it was important to gather together as a city to celebrate a truly one-of-a-kind performer as we mark both his birth date and the one-year anniversary of his passing," according to the official Philly Loves Bowie event page.
Jurassic World: The Exhibition
He's a top adviser for every "Jurassic Park" film and explains how he works to bring prehistoric creatures to life for film and in the real-life "Jurassic World: The Exhibition."
It's all a little unnerving. A curious Parasaurolophus sticks its small head and long neck out of the shrub to check out visitors. A Velociraptor runs and screeches in its paddock. A roaring Tyrannosaurus Rex nearly upends an abandoned Jeep.
Welcome to Jurassic World, where humans co-exist with dinosaurs in "complete safety." Yeah, right. What the four films in Steven Spielberg's epic "Jurassic Park" franchise taught us is that any attempt to bring cloned dinosaurs to a luxury theme park spells disaster-saurus. But not for Hollywood.
PHILADELPHIA >> In case you missed the big announcement this summer, "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" is now open to the public. After the educational blockbuster exhibit thrilled Australian audiences, its debut in North America happens in the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion and the Mandell Center at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
Attendees had a chance to explore the Isla Nublar park, complete with informational exhibits, guides and life-size animatronic dinosaurs. Last week "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" opened at the Franklin Institute. Based on the blockbuster movie, the exhibition immerses its audience in scenes inspired by the beloved film.
If you're planning to visit the "Jurassic World'' exhibit at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute, dig out your fastest shoes. Even though you'll keep telling yourself the robotic dinosaurs and raptors are just that - fake - it will be hard to keep your heart rate at a normal level the first time they stare at you.
What beats out King Tut, Star Wars, and dissected human bodies preserved in plastic? Dinosaurs. "Jurassic World," the museum exhibition, opened on Thanksgiving weekend at the Franklin Institute. It was the biggest opening weekend in the Institute's 192-year history.
Dinosaurs in museums tend to be of the fossilized variety, but a new exhibit in Philadelphia is bringing the creatures and their world to life. "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" opened at the Franklin Institute on Friday. Based on the blockbuster dinosaur movie franchise, the experience mixes the vibe of a theme park with the backstory of science.
PHILADELPHIA - Dinosaurs in museums tend to be of the fossilized variety, but a new exhibit in Philadelphia is bringing the creatures and their world to life. "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" opens at the Franklin Institute on Friday.
The Jurassic World Exhibit has come roaring into Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute is now home to the exhibit's North American debut after its successful run at the Melbourne Museum in Australia earlier this year. Inspired by the 2015 blockbuster hit, Jurassic World takes visitors to the island of Isla Nublar to see some of their favorite extinct creatures.
PHILADELPHIA - Dinosaurs in museums tend to be of the fossilized variety, but a new exhibit in Philadelphia is bringing the creatures and their world to life. "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" opens at the Franklin Institute on Friday.
PHILADELPHIA - Dinosaurs in museums tend to be of the fossilized variety, but a new exhibit in Philadelphia is bringing the creatures and their world to life. "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" opens at the Franklin Institute on Friday.
The Philadelphia exhibition has some new features that have never been seen before.
See what it would be like to go to a real-life Jurassic Park, like in the hit movie, at "Jurassic World: The Exhibition." It makes its North American premiere Friday at the Franklin Institute. The experience is a simulation of a visit to the park from the 2015 film "Jurassic World."
A young boy looks out at an 'Indominus Rex' as The Franklin Institute unveils a new Jurassic World exhibit Friday, Nov. 25 in Philadelphia.
Blue was a shy dinosaur, despite a park ranger calling her a "wild animal with killer instincts." The Velociraptor, whose name you might recognize from the movie Jurassic World, is the newest addition to the exhibit inspired by the 2015 Universal blockbuster.
PHILADELPHIA >> In case you missed the big announcement this summer, "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" is now open to the public. After the educational blockbuster exhibit thrilled Australian audiences, its debut in North America happens in the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion and the Mandell Center at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dinosaurs in museums tend to be of the fossilized variety, but a new exhibit in Philadelphia is bringing the creatures and their world to life. "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" opens at the Franklin Institute on Friday.
With time travel off the table and bringing dinosaurs back to life to wander a hi-tech zoo clearly a gamble in terms of safety, the Franklin Institute is offering the next best thing for people who want to get up close and personal with dinosaurs.
PHILADELPHIA - Dinosaurs in museums tend to be of the fossilized variety, but a new exhibit in Philadelphia is bringing the creatures and their world to life. " Jurassic World: The Exhibition" opens at the Franklin Institute on Friday.
This story originally appeared on Travel + Leisure. Dinosaur fans could soon have a new destination on their list: Japan. At a recent expo, Japanese entrepreneurs announced plans to build an animatronic dinosaur park called "Dino-A-Live," according to The Telegraph.
PHILADELPHIA >> "Jurassic World" reportedly broke attendance records when it made its world premiere in March at Australia's Melbourne Museum. Because it's reportedly like getting a specially guided tour at the fictitious Jurassic World park, no wonder.
Editor Get ready to set sail for Isla Nublar: "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" is open at the Franklin Institute, the blockbuster exhibit's first stop in North America. Based on the massively popular movie, the exhibit takes a page from theme parks and tries to immerse visitors in the experience of standing beside dinosaurs brought back to life.
Get ready for Jurassic times. The U.S. debut of Jurassic World: The Exhibition hits The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia this winter and spring. Opening Friday, November 25 and continuing through April 2017, the huge exhibition immerses visitors in the world created by the blockbuster movie franchise and delivers thousands of square feet of dinosaur-inhabited galleries and incredibly life-like animatronic creatures.
Frederic Bertley, the Franklin Institute's highly regarded senior vice president of science and education, has been named the new president and CEO of the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus, Ohio. He starts Jan. 1. "It really is the sweetest, most strychnine-laced elixir that I've made for myself to drink - it's bittersweet," Bertley said.
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Water is the ultimate human resource. It's also facing pending peril in the face of climate change. Do you geek out over ecosystems? Or perhaps ponder the civic implications of environmental issues, like the impacts of climate change in urban areas?
The future isn't coming. It's already here, and it has arrived at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute with the Robot Revolution exhibit. The visionary collection features a wide assortment of robots, curated from universities and global robotics companies. Many of them are available for interaction with the museum's guests.
Bionic robots! Furry robots! Robots that can play soccer, ride a bike, and climb walls! You can see them all at a new exhibit called Robot Revolution, at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exhibit, which opened October 8, explores the capabilities of 40 amazing robots.
On Oct. 8, The Franklin Institute opened a new exhibit "Robot Revolution," supported by Google. Forty innovative robots from around the world are on display in the exhibit, which includes a self-driving Google car.
On Tuesday evening, I traveled to Tanzania and spent some time at a refugee camp. There, I experienced what it was like to fall asleep in a tent shrouded by a thin blue net, my only protection against malaria-carrying mosquitos. I shared the tent with a mom and her seven children for about 15 minutes.
A new virtual reality initiative from the Franklin Institute - including a permanent exhibit and a mobile app - will bring the latest in technology to thousands of museum visitors and countless others around the world, while creating a spark within the industry to drive innovation forward.
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE (CBS) - Virtual Reality has arrived in Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute opened a new exhibit Tuesday night called the 'holodeck,' which uses VR technology to let visitors experience science in a whole new way.
Be prepared to step into another world next time you enter the Franklin Institute. The museum just unveiled its latest technology that will virtually transport you just about anywhere imaginable. While it may look like - and sound like - the ocean floor, you're actually standing in the Franklin Institute's latest piece of virtual reality called the Holodeck.
This week, The Franklin Institute will become the first cultural organization in Philly to incorporate virtual reality (VR) into its exhibit space. On Tuesday night, the museum unveils the world's most comprehensive, multi-tiered virtual reality initiative at a museum. Fast Facts The Franklin Institute debuts a virtual-reality experience on Tuesday night, October 25.
Barbara Maxwell, 79, leaning on a cane and wearing a cutting-edge HTC Vive virtual reality headset, stared with rapt attention in the general direction of a blank wall. "I hear the sea!" she said to no one in particular. Then, looking off to her right, she met a blue whale face to face.
If you saw a 17-by-18-foot velociraptor roaming Philly on Wednesday, you were not hallucinating. And if you were Chio in the Morning, the morning-show host at Mix 106.1, that raptor crashed your wedding. The dinosaur is on a two-day tour of the city and will be a part of Jurassic World: The Exhibition that opens at the Franklin Institute on Nov.
The 36-year-old woman had given birth to two children who died of a rare genetic disease called Leigh syndrome, one at 6 years old, the other at 8 months. She also had suffered four miscarriages. - Tom Avril, Philadelphia Inquirer
Robot Revolution
The Franklin Institute Science Museum, home to 12 permanent exhibits, has opened up a new interactive exhibit dedicated to Robots called The Robot Revolution. Different than other featured exhibits in the past, The Robot Revolution includes 40 different robots from companies and universities all over the world.
The new exhibit on our future overlords opens Saturday. Watch out for the red one - he cheats. Robots are like those creepy clowns that have been popping up everywhere, only more scientific. They're at once attractive and repulsive: sort of human, clearly not really human, with an undercurrent of someday-we'll-take-over-your-world.
CENTER CITY (CBS) - For decades robots have dominated television and movie screens. Now an exhibit shows people how robots work, and what they can actually do has come to the Franklin Institute. Larry Dubinski with the Franklin Institute said it brings different aspects together.
If you've watched enough sci-fi movies - did you see HBO's Westworld? - you have witnessed the dangers of human-robot cohabitation. If you ever sat around lazily looking at your whirring Roomba vacuum up crumbs from your living room floor, you've spied robots at their dullest.
It's hard to believe it was just five years ago that the British gal with the soaring voice became a household name. These days, at 28, she's the second-highest-paid female celebrity in the world (so says Forbes, which puts pride-of-Berks-County Taylor Swift in the top spot), and her two Philly shows this month are easily the hottest ticket in town.
As the trees begin to burst with vibrant colors this fall, so do the museums throughout Philadelphia. At venues citywide, there are tons of blockbuster exhibitions to catch this season. Debuting in September, The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now brings a sweeping black arts exhibition to the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Get ready for a Robot Revolution, Philadelphia. Learn about the immense impact robots have on our day-to-day life at an exciting new exhibition at The Franklin Institute. Exhibition Fast Facts Robot Revolution runs October 8 through April 2, 2017. More than 40 robots fill the exhibition. Tickets are available online.
Lovers of dinosaurs and admirers of all things Jurassic Park will be in for a treat when a Jurassic World themed exhibit makes its first North American stop at Philadelphia's The Franklin Institute, starting this November. The interactive exhibit, entitled simply "Jurassic World: The Exhibition!" is set to run Nov 25-April 17.
Max Major's origins as a mentalist began humbly: He just wanted to outsmart his older brother. "I wanted to know something he didn't know how to do," Major told PhillyVoice, recalling a moment when his brother tried to impress him with a magic trick.
Those who haven't received their Hogwarts letter yet can still attend wizard school. Normally, it's age 11 when young witches and wizards receive their acceptance in the post, but here in Philly, anyone 21-plus is invited to "The Franklin Institute School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Lovers of dinosaurs and admirers of all things Jurassic Park will be in for a treat when a Jurassic World themed exhibit makes its first North American stop at Philadelphia's The Franklin Institute, starting this November. The interactive exhibit, entitled simply "Jurassic World: The Exhibition!" is set to run Nov 25-April 17.
Budd Plane Restoration Project
When the Budd BB-1 amphibious plane landed at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1934, no one anticipated the famous science museum would serve as its airport for the next 82 years.
The Budd BB-1 Pioneer, first installed outside the museum in 1935, is being removed so it can be, um, decrapped. It will return sometime next year. The plane outside the Franklin Institute is full of shit. Not for much longer, though.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - It's been seen by countless of passerby along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for about 80 years. Now, the stainless steel iconic object outside the Franklin Institute is being disassembled this week.
A familiar sight outside the Franklin Institute will be missing for a significant period of time, museum officials announced. The Budd BB1 Pioneer Aircraft was removed on Wednesday from its moorings along 20th Street for a full restoration. The 1,750-pound plane has been displayed along the building's facade since 1935, making it the second longest-running exhibit at the museum.
For the first time in nearly a half-century, the Franklin Institute's Budd BB1 Pioneer airplane, a fixture along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, actually moved. It did more than move. This biplane floated - up from its display posts in front of the building.
The Franklin Institute will be saying goodbye to the aircraft situated in front of the educational institute, at least temporarily. The Franklin Institute on Wednesday morning will begin removing the Budd BB1 Pioneer aircraft for maintenance. The Pioneer has been a fixture at the institution since 1935. Created by Edward G.
Jurassic World : The Exhibition Press Announcement
Last year's T Rex-size smash was just the latest in a franchise of movies dedicated to demonstrating the inherent dangers of dinosaur-themed parks and exhibits - which makes the announcement of a real life Jurassic World exhibition opening in Philadelphia this November such a surprise ...
A new exhibit is letting Jurassic World fans get up close and personal with dinosaurs - animatronic dinosaurs, that is. Jurassic World: The Exhibition, which is coming to The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in November, will simulate a visit to the titular theme park from the 2015 blockbuster film starring Chris Pratt, NBCUniversal and Imagine Exhibitions announced Tuesday.
Created by a team who has apparently never seen the franchise, Jurassic World: The Exhibition is opening to the public this fall at the Franklin Institute, and the world as we know it is ending. OK, obviously, there will be a slight difference between this in-real-life Jurassic World and the films...in that the life-size dinosaurs will be animatronic thanks to Creature Technology Co.
Things might get real out there. (Photo: James Thomas, jamesthomasphoto.com) What would you do if you met a dinosaur from Jurassic World in real life? This year, you can find out. USA TODAY can exclusively reveal that starting Nov.
Get ready, Philadelphia - dinosaurs are coming. This fall, visitors to The Franklin Institute will be able to explore thousands of square feet of dinosaur-inhabited galleries when the museum opens a groundbreaking new exhibit that brings life-like animatronic creatures to town.
"Jurassic World," the 2015 blockbuster extension of the "Jurassic Park" series is going to be recreated in Philadelphia, seemingly by people who have never seen a single film from the franchise. Someone needs to inform this group that the dinosaurs win, every time. On Nov. 25, the "Jurassic World:...
By Bill Sigmund and Frederic Bertley This summer, Pokémon Go wasn't the only thing engaging the minds and imaginations of youngsters across the Philadelphia region. Anyone within earshot of a local library would have encountered the joyful sounds of children having a raucous good time, all the while building essential educational skills.
A new genetic engineering machine takes microbial design to the masses.
3 lucky students from our area are the winners of a special 4 day education tour Tuesday night. Students came to the Franklin Institute for a special look at the Science Behind Pixar exhibit. Afterwards, 3 students were chosen to go on a whirlwind 4 day STEM tour of San Francisco to see some of the world's leading technology centers.
The North American premiere of "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" will take place on Nov. 25 at The Franklin Institute. Life-size animatronic dinosaurs (there's a Brachiosaurus that stands 24 feet tall) will roam through themed environments inspired by the 2015 movie "Jurassic World."
Hold on to your butts. This fall, the Franklin Institute will play host to everyone's favorite prehistoric creatures - dinosaurs - for the U.S. debut of Jurassic World: The Exhibition. NBCUniversal and Imagine Exhibitions will bring the exhibit to Philadelphia for a Nov.
2016 Philadelphia Science Festival
The most gut-clenching, psyche-rattling moment of Margee Kerr's 36 years on this planet came when she was 116 stories in the air above it, strapped in a harness so she could lean out from the top of Toronto's CN Tower. For Kerr, it was partly an academic experience.
On the eve of this month's Philadelphia Science Festival, the Franklin Institute's chief astronomer talks alien life, presidential politics, and the best pasta in town.
IF SHE COULD slip back in time and talk to her 16-year-old self, Philadelphia Science Festival Director Gerri Trooskin, 35, knows what she would say: "You have no idea how cool it's going to be to be a geek. Hang tight for a while . . .
On this week's episode... Lori Litchman's Philadelphia Book , South Street Spring Festival, and the Philadelphia Science Carnival Author, teacher and Philadelphia Lori Litchman joins Kristen in studio to talk about her new book 'A Philadelphia Story: Founders and Famous Families from the City of Brotherly Love.'
Ready to get really really meta? A new installation at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, open June 25, displays what happens in your brain-while you're looking at it. The project comes from Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards, a neuroscientist and a physicist by training.
A new work of art that was recently installed at The Franklin Institute is based on actual scientific data that provides a glimpse into the brain's complexity.
The human brain contains a lot of neurons. As in, more than 80 billion. The Franklin Institute is attempting to illuminate that, literally, through a new piece of intricate, high-tech neuron art.
The Philadelphia Science Festival is bringing back a live show of " You're The Expert." In fact, there are two back-to-back shows on Thursday, April 28. The first show starts at 6:30 p.m.; the second, 9 p.m. Both are in the Franklin Institute's Fels Planetarium.
It's an awesome week to be in Philadelphia. Spring festival season hits in a major way this week with four blockbuster city fests coming and going in neighborhoods all around town. Major Festivals This Week Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival opens April 22 in Franklin Square.
The Science Festival is nine intense days of knowledge, including lectures, debates, hands-on activities, special exhibitions The Science Festival is nine intense days of knowledge, including lectures, debates, hands-on activities, special exhibitions-and did we mention drinking activities, phew!
Today, The Philadelphia Science Festival takes over the city, culminating with a huge carnival on Penn's Landing on April 30th. The Festival partners with hundreds of local groups and businesses to host events for curious Philadelphians everywhere!
The Philadelphia Science Festival is back for its sixth year, starting today, with almost 100 events planned all over the city over nine days. That's a lot of sciency fun to tackle, but to make it easier, we've combed through the calendar and picked out some of the coolest workshops, demonstrations, parties, lectures, and tours. Get ready to get nerdy.
To help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, celebrate in the City of Brotherly Love with these can't-miss activities to pay homage to our environment.
It's the nerdiest time of the year in Philadelphia - the Science Festival is underway with more than 90 events all over the city, touching on everything from making chocolate to understanding fear. The goal of the nine-day event series is to provide a fun and engaging entry point into the world of science.
The Philadelphia Science Festival is back for its sixth year, starting today, with almost 100 events planned all over the city over nine days. That's a lot of sciencey fun to tackle, but to make it easier, we've combed through the calendar and picked out some of the coolest workshops, demonstrations, parties, lectures, and tours.
On the steps of the Franklin Institute, a trash cans explodes as a preview for the excitement to come at the 2016 Science Carnival taking place on Penn's Landing this Saturday, April 30.
CBS ventures to the Brain Exhibit at the Franklin Institute for a look inside the PSF event, the 'Science of Fear,' taking place Wednesday April 27.
The Philadelphia Science Festival closes with its traditional carnival, moved from the Parkway to the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing. It will feature more than 150 exhibitions, hands-on experiments, and performances, including live animals from the Philadelphia Zoo, wrestling robots, and more. (There will be exploding stuff, we think.)
SUSAN GLASSMAN, executive director of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, went to work at the museum two decades ago and met a man who recalled visiting it in the late 1930s or early 1940s, when the technology on display was a tube for a new invention: the television.
All this week, the city has been celebrating its long love affair with science via the Philadelphia Science Festival, organized by the Franklin Institute. The event, now in its sixth year, has gotten so big - in 2015, 95,000 of us attended - that its signature Science Carnival has moved from the Institute to the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing.
The brainy fun of the annual Science Festival culminates in an epic Science After Hours and a waterfront carnival... The brainy bonanza that is the Philadelphia Science Festival wraps up its 2016 celebration this weekend in grand fashion.
The Philadelphia Science Festival closes with its traditional carnival, moved from the Parkway to the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing. It will feature more than 150 exhibitions, hands-on experiments, and performances, including live animals from the Philadelphia Zoo, wrestling robots, and more. (There will be exploding stuff, we think.)
Now that the Philly Science Festival has drawn to a close, how on earth are you going to get your nerdy fix? Well, fear not, dear readers, because Philly has plenty to offer for science enthusiasts out there!
Three local students aren't going to "infinity and beyond," but a five-day STEM education trip to California including a behind-the-scenes tour of Pixar Animation Studios comes pretty close.
It takes both science and art to make sense of the organ's complexities. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > Brain mapping has come a long way since the days of Korbinian Brodmann.
On "Charlie Rose," a discussion about Jupiter with guest host Jeff Glor of CBS News. Last Tuesday, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully made the 1.8 billion mile journey to Jupiter's atmosphere. The mission will give us the first glimpse below the dense clouds of the planet.
Philadelphia - CBS 3 is teaming up with two science powerhouses in the Philadelphia area, Einstein Healthcare Network and The Franklin Institute, to lead the way in support of S.T.E.M. education locally.
The City of Brotherly Love is hosting this year's Democratic National Convention (July 25-28) for the first time at Wells Fargo Center. Ring in the political event of the season with any one of these can't-miss activities.
The Democrats may not have any more unity than the Republicans did at their convention, but they are going to have a lot more celebrity bold-faced names. - Howard Gensler, Philadelphia Daily News
CBS correspondent Mo Rocca stopped by The Franklin Institute earlier today to learn more about the City of Brotherly Love's Giant Heart.
After correspondent Mo Rocca conquered Cleveland last week, it's only fitting that he show us the sights and sounds of the City of Brotherly Love. A historic convention like this requires a city with some real gravitas. As for Philadelphia? Let's just say it's in the history-making business.
Claude Monet, often called the first Impressionist painter, was more than a painter: He was an artist who, as part of his art, wanted to understand the human psyche, delving into the depths of memory and experience to urge a reaction from his onlookers.
Art and science are brought together in a spectacular way in a new piece of artwork installed in the brain exhibit at The Franklin Institute.
Remember the "heat dome?" Haha, man, that was crazy, right guys? It was so hot. Try to forget it ever happened by distracting yourself at the Franklin Institute’s behind-the-scenes Pixar exhibit before it closes up September 5th. Not only can you feel like a kid again (in central air, no less), but afterward, you can hop over to Assembly's rooftop bar for a drink with a view.
The newest art addition to the Franklin Institute at first appears as a giant image of the brain etched onto a shimmering gold panel - simple yet beautiful, with the organ's squiggly silhouette instantly recognizable from afar. But as you step closer to the artwork, the ornate intricacy of the piece reveals itself in breathtaking fashion.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - 40 students from an elementary school in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia were treated to a day at the Franklin Institute Science Museum thanks to the National Marketing Society in town for their annual conference.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Franklin Institute hosted an event Tuesday night, aimed at getting adults interested in the sciences. Sparklers, hydrogen balloons, liquid nitrogen, and soap are just a few of the tools used during the Science After Hours program at the Franklin Institute. "This is our 'don't try this at home' Science After Hours.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - For star gazers and all those alike, tonight's sky is set to reveal a feast for the eyes. One of the year's most spectacular meteor showers peaks tonight and I talked with Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer and Planetarium Director at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute about what to expect from the Perseids.
Kate Bilo says she is excited that Channel 3, working with Einstein Healthcare and the Franklin Institute, dedicated an entire studio to science stories. Not only for weather stories although Kate and her fellow Channel 3 meteorologists - Justin Drabick, Katie Fehlinger and Lauren Casey - will make constant use of the Einstein Healthcare Science Center, but for all science-related reports.
CENTER CITY (CBS) - Hundreds of families spent the day at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute, taking part in science experiments and hearing from a NASA Astronaut. Kids couldn't take their eyes off of NASA Astronaut Christina Koch, as she spoke about reaching for the stars.
Lauren Casey stops by The Franklin Institute where Jacqueline Schneider created a real life demonstration of a firenado.
This summer, Pokémon Go wasn't the only thing engaging the minds and imaginations of youngsters across the Philadelphia region. Anyone within earshot of a local library would have encountered the joyful sounds of children having a raucous good time, all the while building essential educational skills.
The mentalist is an expert at unlocking cell phones by guessing the code. He brings his show back to the Franklin Institute this weekend. Max Major's job is to read your mind, whether that's accurately guessing your phone passcode or knowing exactly what long-ago memory is in your head right now.
A new exhibit at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute promises to be "the closest you will ever come to living dinosaurs." The science museum at N 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway revealed details Tuesday of "Jurassic World: The Exhibition." The exhibit - set to run from Nov.
See what it would be like to go to a real-life Jurassic Park, just like in the hit movie, when Franklin Institute presents the North American premiere of the highly immersive "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" Nov. 25.
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Dive into everything science, engineering, and tech at the annual Science Festival. Hands-on projects, live debates, and special exhibits will be on display throughout the nine days. The festival is geared towards all ages and scientific interests. 215-448-1346, philasciencefestival.org.
You ever encounter the insane, mind-numbing moment when you realize someone very important in your life has absolutely no idea what you do professionally? Like you're at a party and your best friend forever has to introduce you and he says, "This is John. We go way back. John works ...
This weekend, the Phillies will host the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. Below are some of the must-know highlights when coming to the ballpark. Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Jackie Robinson on Friday, April 15. Make sure to be in your seats at 6:40 p.m. for this special pre-game tribute.
PHILADELHIA (CBS) - The weather conditions were ideal for the Philadelphia Science Festival's Astronomy Night Saturday, taking place at dozens of locations throughout Center City and the suburbs. One of those spots was the Independence Seaport Museum, where Al Bruno helped stargazers see what's happening in the night sky.
Matt Farber is a biologist who delights in identifying strains of yeast and studying enzymes. He's also an avid home brewer. So perhaps it was inevitable that Farber, a tall figure in a crisp white lab coat, would combine those passions to launch the region's first brewing-science certificate program, now in its first year at the University of the Sciences.
It's your little Einstein's favorite time of year: the Philadelphia Science Festival is back, and its family-friendly offerings are bigger and better than ever. With more than 90 events over nine days beginning April 22, the festival has something for everyone, from the science of beer to the exponential fun of exploring math in nature.
Photo courtesy Philadelphia Science Festival Ready to get nerdy, Philly? The Philadelphia Science Festiva returns April 22-30 for its sixth year of brainy fun... Did you know Plexiglas, the first polio vaccine and the X-ray were all invented in Philadelphia?
Science lovers, rejoice. The Philadelphia Science Festival (PSF) is making a return from Friday, April 22, to Saturday, April 30, and Penn, a sponsor and core collaborator of the event, will be well represented in the festivities. This year marks the sixth annual PSF and includes more than 90 events citywide.
Spring has sprung in Philly and it's the perfect time to get outdoors and find some new adventures with your littles. If you're feeling the winter blues, the good news is that spring is finally here (let's hope it sticks around this time), and there's plenty for Philly families to do.
The Philadelphia Science Festival (PSF) returns for its sixth year of scientific celebrations with nine days of events at restaurants, breweries, museums, libraries, galleries and outdoor spaces. In past years, the festival has seen engagement from more than 95,000 people, and with the awesome, 90-plus happenings on tap for 2016, this year's festival is poised to be bigger, better and brainier than ever before.
Photo via the Philadelphia Science Festival Facebook Once again, in a the city that boasts a long list of firsts, Philadelphia will host the 6th annual Philadelphia Science Festival on April 22nd through April 30th .
April--what to do this month? Philadelphia Science Festival takes place April 22-30 at various locations across the city. Geeks unite!
It may be cold outside, but spring is here and so is festival season. Philly families look forward to a springtime season filled with festivals, fairs, and carnivals. Whether you're in the city or the 'burbs, it is definitely worthwhile to put some of these events on your family's calendar.
Here are the can't-miss cultural and community exhibits happening in the City of Brotherly Love this month.
Con una explosión, reacción química mediante, aderezada por una nube de polvo verde (el color emblema). Así quedó oficialmente inaugurada la cuenta atrás de la edición 2016 de Philadelphia Science Festival en la que será su localización principal este año, Great Plaza en Penn's Landing.
Now in its sixth year, the Philadelphia Science Festival aims to inspire the next generation of scientists with a plethora of events over a nine-day span. Highlighting how science and technology impact our daily lives, the festival features a number of hands-on, interactive events and exhibitions for all ages, including the annual massive street Science Carnival to take place at a new location this year, Penn's Landing. Best of all, most events are completely free.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Tickets are now available for the dozens of free and paid events that make up the nine-day Philadelphia Science Festival. Starting April 22nd, parts of the city will be transformed into a living laboratory.
The Philadelphia Science Festival returns for its sixth year, but this time with a new carnival location. Due to construction projects at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Penns Landing will host the outdoor event April 30 featuring more than 150 exhibitors. The carnival is only one part of the massive, citywide festival celebrating science, technology, engineering and math.
Ben Franklin Parkway and I-676 bridge construction has forced the Philadelphia Science Festival to move its signature Science Carnival to the Delaware waterfront. And nobody knows whether the festival's longtime lead sponsor, Dow Chemical, will still be so generous if its merger with DuPont goes through.
The Science Behind Pixar Exhibit 2016
For so many years our family has been enjoying The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. It isn't just one of the oldest museums in the country, it's the leading museum for innovation, science and technology. Known for it's interactive learning and entertaining exhibits their newest, The Science Behind Pixar might be their best yet.
Pop culture and pot culture. Megacities and dollhouses. Van Gogh's bedroom and El Chapo's prison cell. Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney's unlikely friendship. U.S. museums are getting creative this spring. These new and special exhibits take interactivity to a new level with museum mini golf, virtual reality tours through famous paintings, life-size Pixar characters, and a cloud of plastic bags meant to evoke Mumbai.
Ever wonder what it takes to make your favorite movies? Philly's Franklin Institute brings families behind the scenes in its newest offering, The Science Behind Pixar, a traveling exhibit that makes its first run in Philly March 12-Sept. 5.
The Franklin Institute's newest exhibit "The Science Behind Pixar" has plenty of "wow!" for adults.
Woody and Nemo took shape in the imaginations of the creative teams at Pixar, and they sprang onto the screen through science, technology, engineering and math. This spring at The Franklin Institute, Pixar's famous on-screen characters hit the gallery floor for a six-month exhibition pulling back the curtain on the fascinating world of the animated movie universe.
Mikey Krause had waited practically his whole life for this. The 3-year-old can recite every line spoken by Toy Story character Woody and he reenacts the movie with his toys. Now, wearing a yellow Woody T-shirt and a brown fabric holster on one hip, he stood awestruck, face-to-face with a Buzz Lightyear, several times taller than him at a Franklin Institute exhibit.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Calling all sports fans! The interactive sports exhibit upstairs at the Franklin Institute has been overhauled. The new state of the art features will be on full display starting Saturday. "You'll be able to compete in everything from running to softball to biking," Franklin institute President and CEO Larry Dubinski tells CBS 3 Eyewitness News.
Computers don't make movies. People do. And those people need to know their algebra, trigonometry and physics. Observe a blade of grass in Pixar's "A Bug's Life." It doesn't curve on its own. To do that, it relies on a parabola, a graph of a quadratric function, y=x². Huh?
Larry Dubinski, president and CEO of The Franklin Institute, had barely gotten through his "ready, set, go" speech to open the newest permanent exhibit at the museum when mascots of three of Philadelphia's professional teams burst through a plastic sheet. "Rocky'' music blared and children rushed the podium, to high-five the Phanatic, Swoop and Franklin the Dog.
The museum opens SportsZone, a permanent exhibit that allows visitors to engage in virtual competition with skaters, football and baseball players "to discover how sports connect the science of the human body, technical innovation and laws of motion." The story is told in terms every fan and player understand, "Ready?
Lost Egypt Coverage 2016
The Franklin Institute's newest exhibit "The Science Behind Pixar'' has plenty of WOW! for adults. The Institute's special exhibits have long been popular with children because of hands-on stations that offer a peek into ancient lives, architecture and disasters (Pompeii, the Titanic, and the like).
When it comes to family-friendly entertainment, Philly's arts scene has you covered with the perfect mix of hands-on education, gigantic spiders and Buzz Lightyear. Here's what we're excited to bring the little ones to this spring: The Science Behind Pixar March 12-Sept.
If you've seen more than a few Pixar movies, you know that not everything is what it seems: Bugs can be cuddly, monsters can be friendly, robots can be full of heart and soul. The movies themselves defy expectations, too.
The Franklin institute will host "The Color of Science" for two days beginning April 1. Each year The Franklin Institute hopes the program will "increase awareness of the significant contributions that women and persons of color have made in science and technology, and illuminate the need for diversity within the scientific and engineering arenas," as stated in a press release.
One of his tricks is to eat a light bulb
General Franklin Institute Coverage | March 2016
Who'd have thunk: Your favorite cartoon characters are coming to life!
James West, a bonafide rock star of science and technology, explained to the rapt group of young students assembled around his table that African drum communication was a model for the cell phone. Just as voices are transmitted from tower to tower before they reach their destinations, drum messages traveled from drummer to drummer, said West, 85, a professor of engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Photo by M. Fischetti for Visit Philadelphia Spring is coming, Philly! Sunday is the first day of Spring and the city celebrates its arrival with free water ice, live music, basketball, cool exhibitions and more. There may be a chill in the air this weekend as the first day of spring (Sunday!)
visit Franklin Institute's new SportsZone exhibit Philadelphia Eagles wide reciever Jordan Matthews and students from the Steppingstone Scholars' Middle Grades Academy (MGA) program visited The Franklin Institute's new SportsZone exhibit last month as a way to learn concepts around the science of sports. The event was part of the Philadelphia Eagles "Community Monday" initiative.
PHILADELPHIA - The Franklin Institute will host the "Science Behind Pixar," an interactive exhibit that takes a unique inside look into the award-winning films of Pixar Animation Studios through the lens of the STEM concepts used by the artists and scientists who help bring the films and their unforgettable characters to the big screen, from March 12 through Sept.
Starting this Saturday, March 12, the world of Pixar is brought to life in an expansive, interactive exhibition at The Franklin Institute - The Science Behind Pixar .
Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth on Tuesday night after his record-setting mission, but have you ever wondered what almost a year in space does to a person's body, and how astronauts reacclimate to terrestrial life? Kelly will first touch down in Kazakhstan, then fly back to the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Editorial & Marketing Assistant It is never too early to cultivate STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) in your children, and what better way to inspire those interests than through their favorite movies, like Pixar's Finding Nemo, Inside Out, and Toy Story, to mention a few.
After I checked out the Pixar exhibit at the Franklin Institute last week I got a few moments to speak with Eben Ostby, a Technical Department Head at Pixar who was part of the original team when it was formed at Lucasfilm back in 1986.
We've seen them in horror movies, and even adventure flicks featuring Indiana Jones, but the real thing has arrived in Philadelphia. An authentic human mummy is on loan to the Franklin Institute. Action news got a sneak peek Tuesday at the 23 hundred year old mummy, whose nick-name is Annie, short for anonymous.
Last week, the animation company PIXAR won an Academy Award for its film "Inside Out," it's eighth Oscar for best animated film. Still, the guy involved with all those winning films has a hard time explaining to his mother what he does for a living. "My mother says, 'Explain again what it is you do?
General Franklin Institute Coverage | February 2016
Lovers of Pixar Animation have the chance to learn the science behind it at Franklin Institute. The Science Behind Pixar, an interactive exhibit takes viewers through the steps necessary to create Pixar Animation: Modeling, Rigging, Surfaces, Sets & Cameras, Animation, Simulation, Lighting and Rendering.
Tickets are now on sale for the newest exhibit at the Franklin Institute, which will open on Saturday, March 12. "The Science Behind Pixar" gives visitors an inside look into Pixar Animation Studios filmmaking, using activities inspired from beloved films like "Toy Story," "Monsters Inc.," "A Bug's Life" and "Inside Out."
PHILADELPHIA - How does Pixar get the characters in its animated films to look so real? Why does Merida's curly red hair flow so realistically in "Brave"? And why does it really "feel" like the fish are underwater in "Finding Nemo?" Science and math are the keys to making 3D computer-animated films come alive.
This past weekend, The Franklin Institute opened its doors to Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science , an exhibition that brings together discoveries of ancient Egpyt and the important roles that modern technology and modern-day science play in furthering knowledge of ancient artifacts.
Through April, the Tuttleman IMAX Theater at the Franklin Institute is showing a 45-minute film on the beauty and history of America's National Parks. The movie gives audience members wide, sweeping views of the nation's natural wonders while Academy Award-winner Robert Redford narrates throughout. It's a fitting time for the movie screening in Philly.
Learn about the science, technology and even math that goes into creating beloved animated movies such as "Toy Story," "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo" in a new exhibit at the Franklin Institute.
General Franklin Institute Coverage | April 2016
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Until the Kepler space telescope was launched in 2009, planets beyond our solar system seemed to be few and far between. But since then, Kepler has disproved that belief in spectacular fashion, confirming over a thousand new worlds orbiting other stars in our galaxy - some of which may even be Earth-like planets harboring life.
On Tuesday, March 8, the Franklin Institute will host the next Science After Hours event. The theme for the night is "Party Like a Rock Star." During the 21-plus event, guests can grab beer or wine from several cash bars within the museum and learn science that relates to rock n' roll.
The field of medicine has tried all manner of techniques to ensure that patients take their daily pills, from issuing gentle reminders to checking whether prescriptions have been refilled. Robert S. Langer wants to tackle the problem with technology: loading a computer chip with medicine and embedding it in the patient's body.
In 1995, Pixar Animation Studios made its production debut on the big screen with "Toy Story," marking the very first feature-length, fully computer-animated film in history. Audiences and critics everywhere adored the dynamic between Woody and Buzz, who became household names, and the movie grossed $362 million at the box office.
"The Science Behind Pixar" runs March 12-Sept. 5. Get hands-on while exploring the technology behind beloved animated films and their characters. With more than 40 interactive elements, the exhibition's eight sections focus on steps in the Pixar filmmaking process. You can even come face-to-face with re-creations of Buzz Lightyear, Dory, Mike and Sulley, Edna Mode, and Wall-E.
Jake Hafer likes to say that he was born - on Valentine's Day - with a broken heart. He had hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, a congenital defect that meant only half his heart was working properly. He got a heart transplant when he was just 11 months old.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Franklin Institute kicks off its Speaker Series tonight. Dr. Frederick Bertley, senior vice president of science and education at the Institute explains how the museum's speaker series came to be: "A lot of people don't know some basic things around science, and so we decided to do a panel search out there and get some ideas as to what people are really interested in."
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Just Beneath the surface of the city's historic, hip, eternally proud Philadelphia region, a treasure trove of wacky weirdness emerges. It's here the visitors can satisfy a craving for quirky, nerdy, creepy and otherwise out-there interests such as the country's largest pizza memorabilia collection, the ldest hospital (replete with surgical amphitheater), a picnic-friendly urban cemetery, the oldest ginkgo tree and only brick-and-mortar homage to the one and only...
It was an impressive meeting of the minds at the Franklin Institute in Center City Tuesday. Some of the world's most accomplished scientists arrived, as recipients of the prestigious Franklin Institute Laureates award. Many of them met with students and museum visitors and demonstrated their groundbreaking innovations, from creating a new understanding of cardiovascular disease to uncovering some of the earth's mysteries underground.
Annie, a mysterious Egyptian teenager, returned to Philadelphia in mid-January after a five-year cross-county journey with stops in major cities. Checking on her well-being shortly after her arrival was Mimi Leveque, who has been overseeing Annie's state for those five years, following her to every stop on her journey.
AS IF TO PROVE my longtime contention that academics have too much time on their hands, a study from Harvard's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government suggests getting rid of our $100 bill. They don't want to see the C-note. The last sensible thing to come out of Harvard was JFK.
More than 1,400 light-years away, in a constellation named for its likeness to a swan, lies a planet a lot like Earth. Called Kepler-452b, it orbits a star similar to our sun, at just the right distance so that its surface temperature would allow the presence of liquid water.
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The Franklin Institute will open the new exhibit "Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science" on Saturday, Jan. 30. The interactive display brings a human element to a culture thousands of years old by giving Annie the mummy a spotlight.
Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016, 1:08 AM In recent weeks, the postings on Craigslist have taken on a desperate tone: "Looking for two tickets for . . . Jan 12th. Willing to negotiate price." "In search of 1 ticket. . . . Price negotiable!" "Forgot to purchase, and they are now sold out.
Now is the season of short days (so dark, so soon!), spending more time inside (so warm!), trying not to step on that toy on the floor (so sharp!), reminding the kids to use inside voices (so loud!), and doing that 400-piece Frozen puzzle for the thousandth time (so much blue!).
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has awarded an Advancement grant of $500,000 to The Franklin Institute to support an expansive, two-year digital media initiative that will enhance the organization's interpretive programming and audience engagement, both within the museum and online.
The high-profile speaker series that The Franklin Institute teased back in October has finally arrived - and it will have internationally recognized scientists debating the hot topics of the day.
Visitors to the Franklin Institute will soon be able to race against virtual versions of accomplished athletes in a new exhibit opening this fall. The museum announced their new SportZone exhibit on Monday, which will replace the Sports Challenge exhibit and be all about the science behind sports.
Scientists have discovered a possible new planet in our solar system for the first time in 170 years. Evidence of this ninth planet was found on the far edge of the system. Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology have not directly seen it yet, but they think it is up to 10 times bigger than Earth and 20 times farther away than Neptune.
Last night's Science After Hours party at the Franklin Institute brought in 2,600 people - those lucky enough to score tickets, which had quickly sold out for the monthly 21-plus event. The theme was Speakeasy and guests took it to heart, donning their Roaring '20s best.
The MGA program includes students from the Duckery, Dunbar and McMichael schools. Lincoln football players earn all-conference honors The Lincoln University has placed three football players on the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association's all-conference teams. The CIAA, in conjunction with its Football Coaches Association and Sports Information Directors Association, announced their selection.
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