Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

UA researchers put the bite on mosquitoes

[Source: Deborah Daun, BIO5 Institute] – Few things sting like a mosquito’s bite–especially if that bite carries a disease such as malaria, yellow fever, Dengue fever, or West Nile virus. But if a team of University of Arizona (UA) life sciences researchers has their way, one day mosquito bites may prove deadly to the mosquitoes […]

Rodel Foundation works with schools to increase math skills

The Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona has teamed up with local schools in Phoenix to create the MAC-Ro Math Club. This program integrates at-home parent involvement with the students’ studies to give a more well-rounded math education. For details, view this know99 Television segment.

Learn more about student internships at Biodesign Institute at ASU

Valley of the Sun high school students get a chance to intern with researchers and scientists at Arizona State University in Tempe. Learn more about the program and the Biodesign Institute at ASU in this know99 Television segment.

Young Phoenicians with autism learn work/life skills

The Southwest Autism Research Center in Phoenix sponsors a program where young people with autism learn work and life skills. Learn more via this know99 Television segment.

Sally Ride Science Club promotes science with young females

At Arrowhead Elementary School, young females learn the importance of science during the Sally Ride Science Club after-school program. Learn more by viewing this know99 Television segment.

TGen teams up with Helios Foundation for student intern program

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) recently 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 who compete for the opportunity to gain hands-on research experience as summer interns under […]

New Phoenix Union Bioscience H.S. opens

At the new Phoenix Union Bioscience High School in Phoenix, students tap data into laptop computers and splice DNA in labs that would rival what is typically seen at colleges and research facilities. The school building itself is be a teaching tool, with invisible sound barriers between study areas, cooling and plumbing systems left exposed […]

Learn more about the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative in downtown Phoenix

Calling it an epicenter of endeavors to help spawn a new era in the advance of modern medicine, ASU President Michael Crow and UA President Robert Shelton joined state government and higher education leaders Oct. 15, 2008 to officially open the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative building No. 1 (ABC 1) in downtown Phoenix. The new $29.6 […]

Learn more about the new Arizona Biomedical Collaborative in Phoenix

Calling it an epicenter of endeavors to help spawn a new era in the advance of modern medicine, ASU President Michael Crow and UA President Robert Shelton joined state government and higher education leaders Oct. 15 to officially open the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative building No. 1 (ABC 1) in downtown Phoenix. The new $29.6 million […]

Teachers encouraged to visit edweek.org free for 2 weeks

Kick off the New Year by getting up to speed on K-12 news, policy changes, commentary, and analysis — including the all-new Quality Counts 2008: Tapping Into Teaching. It is all available FREE during the Open House on edweek.org. You have access to EVERYTHING on edweek.org from January 15 through January 30. That means you […]