<sh>Three Public Workshops
On Tysons Corner Future
<bt>The Tysons Land Use Task Force will hold three identical public workshops on July 16-18 to get input from the public on three test planning scenarios for the future of Tysons Corner. The public will also be able to provide comments online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/tysons from July 16-30.
The public is invited to the workshops scheduled for:
Monday, July 16, 7 to 10 p.m. at Vienna Elementary School , 128 Center Street South, Vienna;
Tuesday, July 17, 7 to 10 p.m. at Spring Hill Elementary School, 8201 Lewinsville Rd., McLean; and
Wednesday, July 18, 7 to 10 p.m. at Marshall High School, 7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church.
Each workshop will start with a visual presentation of the test scenarios, followed by a question and answer session. Afterwards, participants will break into smaller groups for discussion and comments.
More information and graphics of the scenarios can be found at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/tysonscorner/tysonsfactsheetjune07.pdf.
For more information about the workshops or to sign up for e-mail or printed mail updates, visit the Web page, call the information line at 703-324-1344, TTY 711, or e-mail tysonscornerspecialstudy@fairfaxcounty.gov
<sh>Center for Excellence
Sponsors Rickoids Program
<bt>Fifty-one of the nation's brightest high school students and 28 international students will begin an intensive six-week program on June 24 that includes college-level classes and graduate-level research led by top scientists. The Research Science Institute is a highly selective program offered tuition-free to approximately 90 high school juniors every summer. Held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RSI is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education, a nonprofit in McLean that nurtures young scholars to careers of excellence in science and technology.
"The Research Science Institute provides a unique opportunity for the nation's best students to engage in high-caliber research and connect with like-minded peers," said Joann DiGennaro, president and co-founder of the Center for Excellence in Education in McLean. "For many of our students, RSI is a jump start to venerable futures in science."
From June 24 to Aug. 4, RSI students - dubbed "Rickoids" after the late Admiral H.G. Rickover, father of the nuclear Navy and co-founder of the Center - will take one week of academic courses at MIT and then spend four weeks in research internships under the mentorship of prominent scientists and mathematicians at Boston-area universities, hospitals and corporate research facilities. The 28 international students come from 12 different countries.
"Through this experience, students become invested in their research and discover a vast community of scholars dedicated to scientific discovery," said DiGennaro.
The Center for Excellence in Education was founded in 1983 by Rickover and DiGennaro, who still runs it today.