ORISE receives DOE silver award for GreenBuy program, fourth consecutive year
OAK RIDGE, Tenn.—The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as a silver-level recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy’s GreenBuy award for fiscal year 2023. The GreenBuy Award Program recognizes DOE sites for achieving stringent sustainable acquisition goals that go above and beyond the government’s “green” minimum compliance requirements. The award was presented on March 28th at the DOE Sustainability & Environmental Working Group (SEWG) during
After fire destroys STEM lab, school gets second chance with help from ORAU’s 2024 Extreme Classroom Makeover competition
Oak Ridge, Tenn. — A week after opening a brand-new STEM lab in the fall of 2023, Elk Valley STEM School faced a major setback when fire ripped through the portable unit destroying the structure and all that was in it. Through insurance compensation and funds secured by the school board, the Campbell County K-8 school raised enough money to replace the lab but didn’t have enough to equip the new space with the technology they lost. A couple of Elk Valley teachers, Madison Yancey and Mary Beth Seiber,