{"id":2498,"date":"2026-04-20T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:05:40","slug":"sophia-shortlisted-for-the-best-education-outreach-award-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/sophia-shortlisted-for-the-best-education-outreach-award-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SOPHia shortlisted for the Best Education Outreach Award 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1279\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image_20260420105137-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2500\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.749707145646232;width:585px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image_20260420105137-edited.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image_20260420105137-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image_20260420105137-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image_20260420105137-edited-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image_20260420105137-edited-1080x1441.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left to right: Ning Liu, Kristine O&#8217;Dwyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Ning Liu and PhD student Kristine O&#8217;Dwyer represented the SOPHia project at the 2026 Education Awards, held at the Johnstown Estate in County Meath on April 16, 2026. The project was shortlisted in the category of <strong>Best Education Outreach Award \u2013 Learner, Schools &amp; Academic Engagement<\/strong>, recognising its commitment to inspiring the next generation of physicists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">True to the project&#8217;s mission of promoting physics as a fun, exciting, and accessible subject, SOPHia&#8217;s outreach initiatives bring hands-on experiments and interactive workshops directly into classrooms, encouraging students, especially girls, by showing young learners that the field is varied and welcoming to all with a passion for curiosity&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being shortlisted for this award highlights the impact of SOPHia team&#8217;s work in fostering meaningful academic and school-based collaborations that make science come alive for learners at all levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dr. Ning Liu and PhD student Kristine O&#8217;Dwyer represented the SOPHia project at the 2026 Education Awards, held at the Johnstown Estate in County Meath <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/sophia-shortlisted-for-the-best-education-outreach-award-2026\/\" title=\"SOPHia shortlisted for the Best Education Outreach Award 2026\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1683,\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BeeGates01-1.mp4\"><img src=\"http:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BeeGates01-1.mp4\" alt=\"Bee Hive Gates\" class=\"wp-image-1683\"\/><\/a><figcaption>A 25x macro lens shoot with iphonr 6 of gated hive entrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-primary-science"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}