{"id":3772,"date":"2025-02-22T21:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T21:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2025-02-23T19:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T19:37:29","slug":"city-of-philadelphia-designates-february-24th-as-tesla-science-foundation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/city-of-philadelphia-designates-february-24th-as-tesla-science-foundation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Philadelphia Designates February 24th as Tesla Science Foundation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 2-20-25\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4NpXrLXk8A0?start=6105&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0\"><em>Philadelphia City Council Statement Meeting, February 20, 2025. Adoption of the Resolution to designate February 24 as Tesla Science Foundation Day in the City of Philadelphia. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">The date commemorates Tesla&#8217;s groundbreaking 1893 presentation &#8220;On Light and Other High-Frequency Phenomenon&#8221; at The Franklin Institute, a pivotal moment in the history of electrical engineering and scientific advancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This designation acknowledges the Tesla Science Foundation&#8217;s longstanding commitment to scientific education, particularly through its collaboration with American Paradigm Schools on the &#8220;Introducing Tesla to Schools in America&#8221; initiative. This educational program has successfully brought Tesla&#8217;s innovations and scientific principles to students across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This recognition reflects twenty years of dedication to advancing scientific education and innovation in Philadelphia,&#8221; said Nikola Lonchar, founder of the Tesla Science Foundation. &#8220;We are honored to receive this distinction and grateful for our partnership with American Paradigm Schools in fostering the next generation of scientific minds.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley Redfeam Neswick, CEO of American Paradigm Schools, added, &#8220;Our collaboration with the Tesla Science Foundation has significantly enhanced our students&#8217; engagement with science and technology, creating lasting impact in our educational community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation&#8217;s achievement represents the collective efforts of volunteers worldwide who have contributed to its mission over the past two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Resolution_TSF-Day.pdf\">Download Resolution<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Philadelphia has officially proclaimed February 24th as Tesla Science Foundation Day, marking a historic milestone in recognition of the Foundation&#8217;s two decades of promoting scientific innovation and preserving Nikola Tesla&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3785,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions\/3785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}