March 23, 2020
Dr. Usha Rajdev, a professor of math and science at Marymount University, is working with high school students in Uganda and their principals and teachers to educate youth on mosquito-borne diseases using the Smithsonian Science Education Center's (SSEC's) "Mosquito!" Community Research Guide, part of the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project. One of the 1,200 students involved in the project created a video to demonstrate his passion for sustainability and that video won the 2019 Teen Dream Global Competition on UN Sustainable Development Goals and Earth Optimism. Congratulations!! To learn more about the 2019 Teens Dream Global Winners go to: https://teensdreamcolab.org/2020/03/2019-teens-dream-global-winners-on-u-n-sdgs-and-earth-optimism/.