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| Hats off to the winners of the inaugural Google Science Fair Posted: 12 Jul 2011 07:37 AM PDT Yesterday, our top 15 Google Science Fair finalists descended on Google's headquarters and wowed our luminary judges—as well as more than 1,000 local attendees plus Googlers who stopped by to check out the action. Our exhibit hall was buzzing with energy and excitement as everyone wondered which young scientists would go home with our top prizes. The results are in—and this year was all about girl power. Our top three winners by age category are:
 Winners (from left to right): Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose, Naomi Shah We also awarded one Grand Prize and the Grand Prize Winner is...Shree Bose; congratulations! Our judges said the unifying elements of all three young women were their intellectual curiosity, their tenaciousness and their ambition to use science to find solutions to big problems. They examined complex problems and found both simple solutions that can be implemented by the general public—like changing your cooking habits or removing toxins from your home—as well as more complex solutions that can be addressed in labs by doctors and researchers, such as Shree's groundbreaking discovery, which could have wider implications for cancer research. The winners took home prizes furnished by Google and our partners CERN, LEGO and National Geographic. Shree received a $50,000 scholarship, a trip to the Galápagos Islands with a National Geographic Explorer and aninternship at CERN. Naomi and Lauren each received $25,000 scholarships and internships at Google and LEGO. All three were awarded lifetime digital subscriptions to Scientific American. Beyond the grand prizes, everyone went home with some pretty cool loot, along with plenty of photos and memories that we hope will last a lifetime. If you'd like to watch last night's events, including a speech from our chairman, Eric Schmidt, and presentations from judges Dean Kamen and Tierney Thys, you can find video on our YouTube channel. On behalf of Google, our partners and science lovers everywhere, we'd like to thank all of our finalists and everyone who submitted a project to the inaugural Google Science Fair. We are humbled by your ingenuity, your dedication and your skill. We are heartened to know that our future is in the capable hands of our young scientists—young men and women who tackle big ideas to bring significant, actionable change to the world. If you'd like information about next year's Google Science Fair, let us know and we'll be in touch soon, or keep an eye on the Google Science Fair site for regular updates.      |
| Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:00 AM PDT (Cross-posted on the Google Commerce Blog) Following our first launch of Google Offers beta in Portland last month, we're bringing great deals to the Big Apple and the Bay Area starting today. Subscribers who sign up at www.google.com/offers or via the new "Today's Offer" tab in Google Shopper 2.0 for Android will start receiving emails with local offers in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area today. We're kicking off our bi-coastal rollout with offers from some local favorites:
Also starting later today, you can buy, view and redeem a Google Offer of the day with Google Shopper 2.0 for Android. Once you've bought or saved an offer, it will appear in the My Offers tab in both the Shopper app and when you visit www.google.com/offers. Shopper will also connect you to all kinds of deals that are near you in the Nearby Offers tab, so wherever you are, you can still get great offers from Google even if you haven't signed up for the daily deals in Portland, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. This is all just the beginning. Whether it's touring Napa wineries, grabbing a slice of deep dish pizza in San Francisco or Albany, CA or catching an improv show in New York, stay tuned for deals from the best these areas have to offer. Next up, we'll be heading to Austin, Boston, Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Point your browser to www.google.com/offers to sign up ahead of time so you don't miss the sweet deals when we launch in these cities.     |
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