Happy Halloween Weekend, boos and ghouls! It’s been a spooktacular week here at Discovery, so let’s get you filled in on some news you might have missed! 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ‘Rats’ (Via Morgan Spurlock) (USA Today) Eurosport Takes Exclusive Rights for EFL Cup in Malaysia & Brunei (World Screen) Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay: A TV Dream Team Talks ‘Queen Sugar’ (Variety) Rocker Dave Navarro Opens Up About His…
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Discovery Education Partners with Drug Enforcement Administration to Combat Opioid Addiction
In partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Discovery Education has launched Operation Prevention, a powerful initiative that aims to educate America’s youth and ultimately extinguish substance misuse. Designed for middle and high school students, educators and parents nationwide, Operation Prevention is an important effort to educate students about the science behind drug addiction and its impact, with resources that help initiate lifesaving conversations in the home and classroom. The no-cost initiative…
Discovery Education and 3M Name America’s Top Young Scientist and Award $25,000
— Maanasa Mendu named America’s Top Young Scientist in Nation’s Premier Middle School Science Competition for her invention of HARVEST, a device that provides remote, global energy solutions by gathering unused solar and wind energy that is already around us to power rural and remote locations — Silver Spring, Md. and St. Paul, Minn. (October 18, 2016) – Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) and 3M (@3M) have named 13-year-old Maanasa Mendu from…
Discovery Communications Joins the State Department in Comprehensive Efforts to Protect Our Ocean
The ocean feeds billions of people, employs millions of workers, and generates trillions of dollars in the world economy. Unfortunately, this vast resource is under tremendous pressure from unsustainable and illegal fishing, marine pollution, and climate-related impacts. As a purpose-driven company that is dedicated to supporting our planet and its species, Discovery Communications is committed to protecting our ocean from threats, and inspiring our viewers to work toward a healthy…
3…2…1… Liftoff!
Discovery Education Joins Forces with Lockheed Martin on Space Initiative to Ignite Interest in STEM Careers Going to Mars is not just science fiction or an award-winning (and pretty awesome) Matt Damon movie. NASA is already building the rockets to take the adventurers on their mission. Today, Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, announced a new multi-year partnership with Lockheed Martin to launch a school-to-home education initiative designed to excite today’s middle school students and their families about STEM, specifically deep space…
The SXSW 2017 PanelPicker is Now Open: Vote Today!
The next SXSW may not be until March 2017, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start planning for it now! The first step? Voting for which panels you’d like to see. Now through September 2, fans can vote for their favorite panels via the SXSW PanelPicker. Discovery has several panels in the running for SXSWEdu and SXSW Interactive – and we would love your help to bring ’em to Austin! Take a look at…
Discovery Education to Host First-Ever ‘Discovery STEM Day’
Discovery Education is hosting today its first-ever Discovery STEM Day, an interactive, virtual field trip fostering student interest in STEM careers. Streamed from Discovery Communications’ global headquarters in Silver Spring, MD, virtual attendees can meet five different men and women whose roles utilize a variety of STEM skills each day – from a digital media creator to a business leader, web designer, media analyzer and virtual reality developer. Five separate livestreams will…
Discovery Education Partners with EA SPORTS, NFL Players Association for ‘Magic of Madden’ Virtual Event
Ever wonder what goes on behind-the-scenes at EA SPORTS? Here’s your chance to find out! Discovery Education is teaming up with the video game company and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to host an interactive live virtual field trip, going inside EA SPORTS Tiburon Studios in Orlando, FL to explore the science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) powering today’s Madden NFL series. During the 45-minute virtual event, students will be introduced to EA SPORTS…
This Week In…Discovery Buzz
Happy Friday! If you walked through our HQ this week you might have seen two things: Employees teaming up for our annual pro bono initiative, Creating Change Employees eating lunch on the roof for several consecutive days The first is completely normal and expected for this time of year. The second is not. And yet, we’ve all been practically jumping for joy these past few days – and not complaining! –…
This Week In…Discovery Buzz
Happy Friday! Some big news coming out of this week for MythBusters fans: the well-loved series is coming to a close in 2016, with its final season premiering on January 9. Discovery’s longest running show, which premiered in 2003, has tested nearly 3,000 experiments over the course of 248 episodes. Fans can share their well wishes and farewells by using #MythYouGuys on social. Here’s some other news you may have missed this week: Discovery…