Oak Ridge High gets $225,000 donation supporting new high-tech tools
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — UT-Battelle donated $225,000 to Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation for a project called 'Giants of Oak Ridge.'
The money is to fund a student-run project that uses generative AI, advanced manufacturing and software from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Students will use the tools to design statues of prominent historical figures to be installed throughout the city. UT-Battelle is also paying up to $250,000 for lab staff to work alongside Oak Right High School students, training them to use the equipment.
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'What keeps America a great country is the investment that we make in public education and the way that we support our kids who grow up and be the leaders of tomorrow,' said Stephen Streiffer from ORNL. 'One of the things we often say at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is 'The people that will make up the workforce 10 years from now are the kids that are at the high school, middle schools and elementary [schools] now.'
Streiffer said this will help students learn how to move into the workforce. He emphasized that the equipment the students will be using is the same as is used at ORNL.
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UT-Battelle is a nonprofit company established to manage and operate ORNL.
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