Spring into Summer Smile Contest

We’re hosting a photo contest for the end of the school year!

Submit a picture of your best End-of-School smile! On the first day of the contest, click on the proper application tab in our Facebook profile to like the contest, fill out an entry form, and upload your picture. Be sure to share the contest with your friends, too. The picture that gets the most votes wins a Kindle!

The contest will run from May 1 to June 15. Dr. Reed will contact the winner after June 15. By entering the contest, you are authorizing the use of your photo. All names will be hidden in the photo album to protect your identity. Entry into the contest requires parental permission. Photo submissions can be revoked by contacting Reed Orthodontics offices.  

We’re looking forward to seeing all your beautiful smiles!

Two of Dr. Reed’s Patients Dominate at Soccer Championship

Emmy and Abby Veychek, two of Dr. Reed’s patients from Penn-Trafford, recently won the Kick It 3v3 World Championship in Disney World! Throughout the Kick It 3v3 soccer tournament, the girls played 37 games and earned a 35-1-1 record. In the Championship round, the girls played for the U8 girls division at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Because of this, they were also mentioned in the Daily Courier, which is part of Pittsburgh’s Tribune Review.

To read the full account of events, click on the image below to enlarge it.

Visiting the Andy Warhol Museum

How many of us have lived nearby a nationally-recognized museum but have never gone there? Have you walked through the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Conservatory, Falling Water that’s a few hours south of Pittsburgh? Or what about the Andy Warhol museum?

At The Warhol you’ll find seven floors of drawings, prints, paintings, sculpture, film and video, as well as an extensive archive of ephemera, source materials, and other documents of Warhol’s life. The Warhol also features work by other artists, a performance art series, special exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, concerts, and more.

Weekly Good Fridays programming offers a more social museum experience, with a bar, half-price admission and many featuring special programming.  Our Factory offers a lively, hands-on studio experience for visitors of all ages.Weekday Gallery Talks invite visitors to experience a range of topics including Warhol’s art practices and more.

Warhol’s film and video work is screened daily in our theater. The Warhol Café, located on the underground level, serves soups, salads, sandwiches, gourmet treats, and specialty coffee drinks. Books, posters, videos, postcards, gifts, and other materials are available at The Warhol Store. Don’t forget to immortalize yourself in our vintage photobooth, or create your own, authentic Warhol Screen Test on our 6th floor.

Follow this link for more information.

Women and Cultural Stereotypes Research from University of Pittsburgh

Research from the University of Pittsburgh was recently featured on Time Magazine’s website! What was it about? How cultural stereotypes lure women away from careers in science. The article’s message basically advocates the importance of women/girls and STEM education. The study by Ming-Te Wang and colleagues found that women have broader intellectual talents, which provides them with broader job opportunities.

The study found that women who general do better in the verbal section of the SATs, which was the majority of the analyzed group, were unlikely to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering or medicine (STEM). In addition, women who did better in the math portion were more likely to choose a STEM career.

The article stated:

The researchers also examined and controlled for other factors that might affect career choices such as the socioeconomic status of the participants’ parents, their own values when it came to balancing work and family, and their personal perceptions about their skills and interests; still, the breakdown between verbal and math skills remained a strong predictor of career choice.

But what interested the researchers most was the fact that more women than men tended to show aptitude in both math and language skills, and yet the rate of women choosing STEM careers remains low. Are women discouraged from these fields, or are they simply not interested in them for other reasons? To find out, the scientists also questioned participants about their math and English “self concepts,” or how good they thought they were at those subjects and how much they enjoyed them. People tend to play to their strengths: for those who think they are best at English, it may not matter that they may also be math geniuses compared with their peers. They’ll pick what comes easiest and gets the most support.

To find out more information about the test results and explanations, follow this link.