{"id":8221,"date":"2008-05-01T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=8221"},"modified":"2008-05-01T00:00:35","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T00:00:35","slug":"saturday-event-connecticut-invention-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2008\/05\/saturday-event-connecticut-invention-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Event Connecticut Invention Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/cic2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8222 alignleft img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"cic2\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/cic2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/250;\" \/><\/a>Come to Storrs on Saturday (May 3) and be inspired! The Connecticut Invention Convention will celebrate its 10th year at the Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, and its silver anniversary, with a memorable demonstration of youthful invention. The School of Engineering will once again host and sponsor this state-wide exhibition, which brings more than 650 youthful inventors to town.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors may view the inventions between 12:00 and 1:30. Opening ceremonies, also open to the public, begin at 10:00 a.m. and include welcoming remarks by Engineering Dean Mun Y. Choi. During the judging phase from 10:45 to noon, visitors may explore child-friendly engineering and science-oriented exhibits in Gampel, tour the Storrs campus, visit the UConn Dairy Bar for world famous ice cream, or pay a visit to the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History &amp; Archaeology Center. The awards ceremony begins at 1:30.<\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) is an exhibition of pragmatic problem solving among K-8 school children and tangible evidence that &#8211; with proper nurturing &#8211; the very young are capable of impressive ingenuity.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the CIC competitors have appeared as guests on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Ellen DeGeneres Show, American Inventor, WFSB&#8217;s &#8220;Everyday Heroes&#8221; and the Martha Stewart Show, as well as educational programming on PBS&#8217;s Cyberchase and ZOOM.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Connecticut Invention Convention, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctinventionconvention.org\/\">www.CTInventionConvention.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come to Storrs on Saturday (May 3) and be inspired! 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