News and Updates

Gifted kids, others interact in Honeywell Aerospace Challenge

November 24, 2006

[Source: Doug Carroll, Arizona Republic] — It must be one of the more unusual e-mails ever received by the Gilbert Police Department: “I am trying to determine how much law enforcement is needed for our space station. Could you tell…


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C-Path chooses new director, members for drug safety consortium

November 20, 2006

Critical Path Institute (C-Path) has named a director for the Predictive Safety Testing Consortium (PSTC) and announced seven new member institutions. The consortium pulls together some of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies to share laboratory practices in order to predict…


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AZIMASE now working to prepare students to succeed in the “New Arizona”

November 20, 2006

The Arizona Initiative in Math & Science Education (AZIMASE) will be a campaign in which higher education, business, K-12 schools and teacher organizations, philanthropies, and state government will act together to upgrade the quality and outcomes of math and science…


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New survey says that Arizonans expect an economy based on science and technology

November 17, 2006

A statewide survey shows that Arizonans “regardless of location, income, education, or gender” are convinced that science and technology will deliver on high-paying jobs, personal benefits, and solutions to environmental and health problems. The results of this first-ever, in-depth study…


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