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Asher Cronin

Asher Cronin is a rising senior at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. He decided against testing into the STEM magnet program due to its scheduling conflicts with his gymnastics. However, he has still attended many of the magnet classes. He has completed several projects in Python and Java for school and has also joined his school’s SysOps team to help redesign the school website. He hopes to pursue either math or computer science in college and is very excited to be researching cybersecurity this summer. Outside of school he is part of a competitive gymnastics team, but also likes to find time to relax with his friends or read a book.

Hands-On Learning Experiences Encourage Cybersecurity Career Discovery

September 11, 2023

With a mention in the new National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy and even a dedicated state law , K–12 cybersecurity education clearly has the eye of

Want to Replicate the German Apprenticeship Model? Look No Farther Than Cleveland for Inspiration

August 24, 2023

When I first started at MAGNET (part of the Ohio MEP) in 2015, I walked into my new office, and there was a whitepaper sitting on my desk. In it, our former

NIST’s Planned Updates to Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource Guide

September 5, 2023

Background: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-66 Healthcare organizations face many challenges from cybersecurity threats. This can have serious impacts on the

Miral Dizdaroglu wears safety glasses as he poses in the lab next to an open spectrometer, which looks a little like a microwave with extra buttons.

How We Studied DNA Damage in Cooked Food — and What It Might Mean for Our Health

September 20, 2023

When you eat plants or meat, you’re also eating a tiny amount of that plant or animal’s DNA. But what happens to that plant or animal DNA when you cook the food

Manufacturing Day: Changing People’s Perceptions

August 15, 2023

Manufacturing Day, or MFG Day, has grown to mean many things since it was officially proclaimed in 2012. Some celebrate on the first Friday in October with an

A large white balloon with a small box attached to it waits inside a cinderblock building with a rolltop door.

Up, Up and Away: How NIST Research Helped Improve Weather Balloon Forecasting

September 27, 2023

A key component of the weather balloon — which helps meteorologists forecast the weather every day — was developed at NIST in the 1930s.

Adrianne Kroll: Be Open to Opportunities That Take You in New Directions

August 9, 2023

This blog is part of a series to celebrate and share the stories of Black American manufacturing leaders. Adrianne Kroll says she kind of stumbled into

Happy Labor Day 2023

August 29, 2023

Honoring those whose hard work makes our lives better

Two people wearing coveralls in a "clean room" lab look up at a disk-shaped object that one of them is holding.

Agents of Contrast, Software Runaway Hit, Our Early Universe: A Sample of Stories on NIST Social Media

September 6, 2023

Curious? It’s time to get you caught up on a few of the summer happenings at NIST.

Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Expands Scope and Adds Focus on Governance

September 19, 2023

Since 2014, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework has been used by organizations to reduce cybersecurity risks. In 2016 (with a revision in 2019), the Baldrige

A New Baldrige Star Shines in Heaven*

August 22, 2023

A Baldrige star has left our earthly realm and now shines brightly in heaven. On August 6 th, 2023, former Baldrige Program staff member Mary Jane Poulter

Kandice Taylor

Kandice Taylor is an eighth grade science teacher at Chastain Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi. She earned her Bachelor of Science in biology and Master of Arts in teaching from Jackson State University. Taylor was named a Mississippi state finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She was also a recipient of the 2023 Shell Urban Science Educators Development Award and selected for the 2023 National STEM Scholar Program.

Kandice Taylor, in safety glasses, laughs as she pours liquids into a glass flask that is overflowing with foam.

I’m Helping My Garden Vegetables — and My Students — Bloom Where They Are Planted

August 30, 2023

Middle school is the perfect time to plant the seed for a child to grow a lifelong love of science.

“The Creativity was Just Bursting!” – Recapping FireWorks 2023

July 31, 2023

When America Works started and I was charged with creating the MEP National Network’s first-ever workforce conference, I set for myself one simple goal: create

Video: Heroes of American Manufacturing – Hope & Main, Making Dreams Reality

July 25, 2023

Hope & Main, a Rhode Island culinary business incubator, helps make dreams reality for people who want to start or own a food or beverage business. One of the

Building the Career Path for the New Generation of Rosie Riveters

July 19, 2023

By 2028, American manufacturers could be facing a shortage of 2.4 million workers – and because of this the country could be facing potentially nearly half a

Have Lemons? Make Lemonade!

July 11, 2023

The world economy went into a tailspin in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to face a new normal. From changes in the marketplace to

Alshae’ Logan-Jackson

Alshae’ Logan-Jackson received her doctoral degree from Michigan State University. Shortly after her graduate studies, Alshae’ came to NIST for a postdoctoral fellowship to focus on understanding how pathogenic bacteria thrive in the plumbing systems of a net-zero-energy house on the NIST campus. Currently she is a microbiologist in NIST’s Materials and Measurement Laboratory (MML). There her research addresses measurement challenges in the wastewater surveillance workflow.