Grant No. RR022720-01Award: $1,350,000 Principal InvestigatorMarlys Witte, 520-626-6118University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZHealth literacy and science literacy have been placed at the top of the nation’s health and education agendas. This public recognition of deficiencies and a commitment to improve health/science…

Illinois bioscience firm Genomics USA and California dietary powder company NutraCea Corp. are both relocating to Arizona. Genomics USA has already relocated its research and development headquarters from Chicago to The University of Arizona in Tucson. According to sources close…

[Source: Ben Feller, Associated Press] — Kids who are turned off by math often say they don’t enjoy it, they aren’t good at it and they see little point in it. Who knew that could be a formula for success?…

[Source: Kevin Chandler, Temple TX Daily Telegram] — A school day for a student at the Texas Bioscience Institute often starts before the sun comes up. Students climb into buses and cars foggy-eyed and groggy from the previous night

A crowd of over 800 turned out as University of Arizona opened its Phoenix medical school campus, a restoration of the historic Phoenix Union High School buildings constructed in 1911. The medical school is a landmark collaboration between UA and…

If you have not already done so, please consider joining us for the annual conference of the Arizona Science Teachers Association scheduled for October 12-13, 2006. Once again, it will be held at the Mesa Convention Center. The ASTA Conference…

Science Foundation Arizona has received a $2.5 million donation from Stardust Foundation’s Jerry Bisgrove to help the new nonprofit get its start in promoting Arizona’s bioscience industry. The contribution gives a major boost to the foundation, which has been operating…