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<div style="text-align: center; "><b>YPSILANTI DISTRICT LIBRARY</b><b> (YDL)</b><b> HOSTS </b><b>“DISCOVER TECH: ENGINEERS MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE” </b><b>TRAVELING EXHIBITION </b></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 72pt; text-indent: -72pt; "><b>WHAT </b><b>YDL</b> will host <i>Discover Tech: Engineers Make a World of Difference</i><i>,</i> a national traveling exhibition exploring how technology and engineering contribute to solving national
and global problems. </div>
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<div style="padding-left: 72pt; "><i>Discover Tech </i>covers topics such as the creative and collaborative design process of engineering and how 21<font size="1"><sup>st</sup></font>-century technology (both high- and low-tech) contributes to engineering advances.</div>
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<div style="padding-left: 72pt; text-indent: -72pt; "><b>WHEN </b>The exhibition will be displayed from <b>January 9</b> to <b>March 30, 2016. </b>For a calendar of related programs, visit <a href="http://ypsilibrary.org/events"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://ypsilibrary.org/events</u></font></a>.
<b>YDL</b> is open <b>Monday - Thursday 9 am - 9 pm, Friday & Saturday 10 am - 6 pm, and </b><b>Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm</b><b>.</b></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 72pt; text-indent: -72pt; "><b>WHERE </b><b>Ypsilanti District Library</b></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 72pt; text-indent: -72pt; "> <b>Ypsilanti, MI 48197 </b></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 72pt; text-indent: -72pt; "><b>WHY </b>Getting people interested in science can be a challenge, but <i>Discover Tech: Engineers Make a World of Difference </i>strives to make it fun with hands-on, multimedia activities. The library
will also offer a related series of public events to bring STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programming to children, teens and adults in our community. </div>
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<div style="padding-left: 72pt; text-indent: -72pt; "><b>WHO </b><i>Discover Tech: Engineers Make a World of Difference</i> was developed by Space Science Institute’s <i>National Center for Interactive Learning</i> (NCIL) in partnership with the American
Library Association’s Public Programs Office, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the Afterschool Alliance. This project was made possible through support from the National Science Foundation. </div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; "><b>CONTACT </b><b>Kristel Sexton, Youth Librarian, for more information. </b><a href="mailto:ksexton@ypsilibrary.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u><b>ksexton@ypsilibrary.org</b></u></font></a><b> or 734.482.4410, EXT 1340.</b></div>
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