Press Room
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Press Releases and FIRST News
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| July 13 |
FIRST Appoints New Regional Directors in Four States |
| June 15 |
Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent Office Named President of FIRST® |
June 10
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FIRST® Names JCPenney as a Strategic Partner;
JCPenney Chairman and CEO Appointed to FIRST Board of Directors
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June 2
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SAIC CEO Appointed Chairman of FIRST® Board of Directors
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| April 17 |
FIRST® Championship Draws More Than 10,000 Young People in Three Levels of Robotics Challenges at the Ultimate Celebration of Science and Technology |
| April 16 |
FIRST® and Underwriters Laboratories Named Safety Alliance Partners |
| April 16 |
FIRST® Names Time Warner Cable Strategic Partner |
| April 14 |
19th Annual FIRST® Championship Founded by Inventor Dean Kamen Captures the Excitement for Science and Technology Among Young People With Three Levels of Robotics Competitions Planned for Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, April 15-17 |
| Mar. 22 |
FIRST® LEGO® League Signs Three-Year Sponsorship with Vestas |
| Feb. 19 |
FIRST® Appoints New Regional Directors for Pittsburgh and New Hampshire |
Jan.11
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SAIC Launches Enterprise-Wide Initiative to Support K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education |
| Jan. 9 |
"Breakaway" Game Revealed by Dean Kamen to 45,000 High-School Students at 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff |
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| 2009 |
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Dec.30
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FIRST® Appoints Roseann Stevens To Lead Field Operations |
| Dec. 16 |
Young Scientists from Meadow Vista, California Present Invention to Nordic Royalty at UN COP15 |
| Dec. 14 |
FIRST® and MIT Form Strategic Alliance |
| Dec. 10 |
FIRST® and Society of Women Engineers Form Strategic Alliance |
| Nov. 4 |
FIRST® LEGO® League Announces Biomedical Engineering Theme for 2010 Robotics Season |
Oct. 7
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FIRST® Selects the City of St. Louis as Site of Annual Robotics Championship from 2011 Through 2013 |
| Oct. 7 |
Noted Cirque du Soleil Technical Director and Hollywood Film and TV Producer Join FIRST® Robotics Competition Game Design Committee |
Oct. 2
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FIRST® Appoints Five New Regional Directors in Arizona, Hawaii, Long Island, New York, North Carolina, and Canada |
Sept.12
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13,000 High-School Students Shoot for Gold in 2009 FIRST® "Hotshot!" Tech Challenge
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Sept. 3
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Dean Kamen Asks the World's Children to Transform Transportation in the FIRST® LEGO® League "Smart Move" Challenge
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Sept. 3
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FIRST® Names Rockwell Collins Official Program Sponsor for the FIRST Tech Challenge Program
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FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)
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| FIRST LEGO League (FLL) and Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) |
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| FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) |
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| FIRST Championship |
The FIRST Championship is the culmination of the season's FIRST programs, bringing together three separate robotics competitions for the ultimate Sport for the Mind. The event includes the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, and the FIRST LEGO League World Festival. The 2010 FIRST Championship will take place April 15-17 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
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