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The following is a transcript from the Office of Naval Research's online Tech Talk series. Dr. Michael Kassner answered questions about the Navy's educational initiatives on Facebook on Oct. 20.

On June 12, several researchers affiliated with the Office of Naval Research and the Naval Research Laboratory won the prestigious 2014 Dr. Delores M. Etter award.

More than 130 teams of elementary, middle and high school students from around the world competed at the annual International SeaPerch Challenge on June 4 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.

Taking its science-minded message to the Web, ONR launched profiles on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube earlier this year. The digital media initiative is part of a multipronged approach to help ONR communicate more directly and quickly with partners across government, academia and private industry.

Can the U.S. Navy’s current force structure model, which has been immensely successful since World War II, remain strong in the face of new threats—or does it require an overhaul? How can the Department of the Navy (DoN) meet future challenges and strengthen its ability to develop and adopt new capabilities?

The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring work to determine if computer games can help Navy recruits find military jobs they’ll enjoy and turn into long-term careers.

A high school team mentored by Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently won a world title at the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston, Texas.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has ended fiscal year 2023 with the highest rating from the Professional Services Council (PSC) for its outreach, transparency and thoroughness in acquisition forecasts. The Department of the Navy’s ranking on the PSC scorecard is a big change from previous years according to Ellen Simonoff, director, Office of Small Business Programs. She said last year the DoN pushed an initiative to get a higher ranking and succeeded, in part, by getting all of the Navy commands to have their long-range acquisition estimates correspond to each other in terms of how and what information was published.

The international science challenge launched by the Office of Naval Research Global selects four teams with revolutionary concepts.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is celebrating the next generation of graduates from the Navy and Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Flight Academy.