News and Updates

Helios Education Foundation grant to support TGen

February 21, 2007

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced the award of a $380,000 grant from the Helios Education Foundation to create the Helios Scholars Program at TGen. The program provides stipend funding for 50 qualified high school, undergraduate and graduate students…


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Avnet Tech Games set for March 2 at Mesa C.C.

February 20, 2007

Thousands of students will graduate and apply for the same jobs, but the ones who get the best jobs have one thing in common: experience outside the classroom. To set yourself apart from everyone else, you need to show that…


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Biodesign Institute at ASU offers paid summer internships to H.S. students

February 16, 2007

High school students interested in bioscience and biotech research can now apply for a six-week paid internship program at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Applications are available on the Institute


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Feb. 20 broadcast of “Math and Science Education: critical skills for the 21st century”

February 16, 2007

Everywhere you turn, it’s evident: today’s students are growing up in a world very different from that of their parents. In the last century, America led a communications and technology revolution that connected people around the world as never before…


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Hamilton High School student conducts research on nanoparticles at ASU

February 15, 2007

[Source: Christine Lambrakis, Arizona State University] — Sun screen


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Coolidge students get a lesson in DNA extraction

February 14, 2007

[Source: Brian Ahnmark, Coolidge Examiner] — Last Wednesday, students at the Coolidge Success Center went through the motions of a typical school day — racing the bell, taking notes, chatting with friends. They also spent the morning in a science…


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