Author: Stephanie Murti

American, Chinese, and Russian High School Students Discuss Solutions to Nuclear Challenges in the Middle East View the 2011 Conference Photos The recent political upheaval in the Middle East and the March 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan have brought issues of nuclear safety, security, and proliferation to the top ofContinue reading 2011 Spring Conference Report

High School Teachers Investigate Nuclear Issues in the Middle East High School teachers from the United States, Russia and China participated in the 2010-2011 Critical Issues Forum (CIF) Teacher Development workshop held November 18 – 20, 2010, at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). The teacher workshop is the first event of theContinue reading 2010-2011 Teachers’ Workshop

Introduction by Dr. William Potter http://youtu.be/8r_8AVc4fok Franklin High School-Elk Grove, CA http://youtu.be/vVXN_gyEFyk Gymnasium 41 – Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region, Russia http://youtu.be/70Tb9XWgjnE Ganesha High School – Pomona, CA http://youtu.be/B2UApxInf4c Lyceum – Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk region, Russia http://youtu.be/8IGCK8lbr1U 2010 Current Students and Recent Graduates http://youtu.be/NoMguELMFiY Redwood Christian High School – San Lorenzo, CA http://youtu.be/TTZ7omjJCDw Choate Rosemary Hall – Wallingford,Continue reading 2010 Spring Conference Presentations

U.S. and Russian High School Students Tackle Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenges View the 2010 Conference Photos Students and teachers from 12 U.S. high schools and 10 schools in Russia’s “closed nuclear cities” met together at the 2010 conference of the Critical Issues Forum (CIF) held April 22-23 in Monterey. This year’s conference, the largest since theContinue reading 2010 Student Conference

U.S. and Russian High School Teachers Explore Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Critical Issues Forum Teacher Workshop The 2009-2010 Critical Issues Forum (CIF) launched another successful year of the program at a teachers workshop held from November 12 to 14, 2009 at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) in Monterey. Sixteen U.S. teachers andContinue reading 2009-2010 Teachers’ Workshop Report

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons For the Next Generation: U.S., Russian High School Students Present Research On Nuclear Disarmament View the 2008-2009 Student Conference Photos This year’s Critical Issues Forum (CIF) spring conference, which was held April 23-24, 2009 in Monterey, witnessed remarkably successful results. Many participants and CIF project members agreed that theContinue reading 2008-2009 Student Conference

U.S. and Russian High School Teachers Discuss Nuclear Disarmament at the Critical Issues Forum Teacher Development Workshop View the 2008-2009 Teachers’ Workshop Photos Twenty teachers from U.S. and Russian high schools launched the 2008-2009 Critical Issues Forum (CIF) with the Teacher Development Workshop, which took place from December 4 to 6, 2008 at the JamesContinue reading 2008-2009 Teachers Workshop

Miles Pomper, Nuclear Renaissance lecture video http://youtu.be/ALSH9NX8V5w Miles Pomper, Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear Security lecture video http://youtu.be/OXN5UczuPLE Karen Hogue, Nuclear Energy overview lecture http://youtu.be/qVTWvM7vmZA Patricia Lewis, Connection between nuclear safety and security, nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSXGzgq7zhc Margarita Sevcik, Deputy Director of the CNS Education Program, lecture focused on nuclear and radiological security in former Soviet Countries: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18886741  

Thursday Dec. 1, 2011 8:30AM (PST)– 8:45AM (PST) Welcome Remarks Dr. William Potter, CNS Founding Director 8:45AM (PST)–9:00 (PST) Introduction of New CNS Education Program Director Dr. Avner Cohen, Nonproliferation Education Program Director, Adjunct Professor 9:00AM (PST)–9:15AM (PST) Overview of the Workshop and 2011-2012 CIF Program 9:15AM (PST)–9:45AM (PST) Introduction of the 2011-2012 Program Curriculum Guidelines StephenContinue reading 2011-2012 Teachers’ Workshop Agenda

Teachers from 12 U.S. high schools in California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin, three schools in Russia’s closed nuclear cities of Novouralsk, Zelenogorsk, and Snezhinsk, and one Chinese high school in Beijing participated in the 2011-2012 Critical Issues Forum (CIF) Teacher Development Workshop from December 1-3, 2011, at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation StudiesContinue reading 2011-2012 CIF Workshop Report