Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

UA student and cancer survivor

[Source: Donna Breckenridge, AzCC] – On Nov. 10, 2007, Todd Lane will once again join his fellow Greek community members at the CATwalk, a public philanthropic event created by the University of Arizona Greek community to raise money for the Bobbi Olson Fund for women

UA plant scientist and HTG receive $2.17 million SFAz SRG grant

[Source: Deborah Daun, Bio5]

New graduation requirements a forward stride (Arizona Daily Star editorial)

[Source: Arizona Daily Star editorial board] — Arizona high school students don’t graduate with the skills they’ll need to thrive in college or in the job market

Educator Academy for Science Fair preparation

Take advantage of this NO COST workshop to help you prepare your students to succeed in the upcoming 2008 Arizona Science & Engineering Fair (AzSEF), presented by Phillip Huebner, AzSEF Director. The Educator Academy is designed to provide teachers the knowledge, skills and resources to assist students in the development of science fair projects. Teachers […]

Receive an award of up to $500 for unique classroom teaching

Grant Title: 2007 Kids in Need Teacher Grants Eligibility: K-12 educators Value: Multiple awards of $100-$500 Deadline: September 30, 2007 The purpose of these grants is to provide funds for classroom teachers who have innovative, meritorious ideas. Projects may qualify for funding if they make creative use of common teaching aids, approaches the curriculum from […]

First cohort of TGen Helios Scholars concludes summer of research

At a conference-style symposium on Aug. 3 concluding a summer of research, TGen's interns revealed both the fruits of their labors and the often deep-rooted passions that sparked and sustained their scientific interests. The interns represented the first TGen class dubbed Helios Scholars, beneficiaries of a $380,000 grant from the Phoenix-based Helios Educational Foundation.

“National action plan” approved for STEM education

The National Science Board on Wednesday approved a draft

Collaboration looks to produce hothouse tomatoes so good they could become the ultimate cure-all

[Source: Philip S. Moore, Inside Tucson Business] –

More math, science pose worthwhile challenges (Tucson Citizen editorial)

[Source: Tucson Citizen editorial board] — We urge the state Board of Education to enact more stringent high school math and science requirements when it meets Friday. A requirement for four years of high school math and three years of science may sound excessive, even counterproductive, to some. It isn’t. Consider: Math is like muscle; […]

Pima C.C. offers two biotech courses

This fall, Pima Community College West Campus will offer two courses that are highly relevant to the biotechnology community. BIO 135, Genetics, Biotechnology, and Human Affairs is a non-majors, general education course which would be highly appropriate for someone wanting to understand more about biotechnology and get a taste of key techniques. BIO 206 is […]