AT&T Sponsoring USA Science and Engineering Festival

To motivate kids to take interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), AT&T* will sponsor the USA Science and Engineering Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on October 23rd and 24th. According to a new report by the President’s Council of Advisers in Science and Technology, the U.S. has extraordinary STEM assets that could be leveraged to revitalize student interest and increase proficiency in STEM subjects and, ultimately, promote jobs and economic renewal.

The festival, also supported by a Department of Energy grant, is designed to promote sustainability as an overarching theme – exposing children and families to new technologies that are strengthening communities, building careers, and stimulating economic growth. [read full article at PRNewswire]