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Summer learning loss is a significant problem that can have long-reaching effects on achievement. In the summer months is has been shown that students typically loose 2-3 months of grade-level equivalency and over time this affects student’s performance in high school and beyond. GO-Science is combating summer learning loss with an innovative free program for parents on Friday, June 8th, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Community Schools and Recreation Center in Greenville, NC. Free online registration is now open at: www.go-science.org

GO-Science, a regional science center based in Greenville, NC, is partnering with Girls Scouts and Uptown Greenville to create the Umbrella Science program to engage weekly visitors of the Uptown Umbrella Market with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities.

Dr. Orrin Pilkey, research professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, is leading our next discussion, Global Climate Change: A Primer, on May 14th from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at McCurdy's Restaurant on Atlantic Beach, NC.

F. Joel Fodrie, Assistant Professor at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, is leading our next discussion Opening the Oyster of Tomorrow: Oyster Reef Restoration in Coastal North Carolina on November 14th from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at McCurdy's Restaurant on Atlantic Beach, NC.

Join GO-Science on October 21st from 3:30 PM until 5:30 PM at 729 Dickinson Ave in Greenville for the GO-Healthy with Science fair. Register online for your free ticket to this interactive event for the whole family at www.GO-Science.org

Dr. Burrell E. Montz, Professor and Chair of the Geography Department at East Carolina University, is leading our next discussion, Water Wars: Who's Winning the Battle for Our Water World, at the next science café on October 10th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Tipsy Teapot located at 409 Evans St # B, Greenville, NC 27858-1854.

GO-Science to host a free Science Cafe focusing on the Bonehenge Project on September 26th from 6-8 p.m. at McCurdy's Restaurant on Atlantic Beach, N.C. Participants will be given a behind the scenes look at the recent sperm whale stranding and what it means for our wildlife and cultural history.

GO-Science to host a free Science Cafe focusing on the Bonehenge Project on September 26th from 6-8 p.m. at McCurdy's Restaurant on Atlantic Beach, N.C. Participants will be given a behind the scenes look at the recent sperm whale stranding and what it means for our wildlife and cultural history.

Who knew that running an 8K had so many benefits for our heath and community? That is why The City of Greenville and Pitt County are teaming up and encouraging you to do the same for the second annual Greenville-Pitt County 8K Road Race to benefit the community’s arts and sciences on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 7:30 a.m. at the East Carolina University Student Recreation Center.