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UA announces appointments at College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

The University of Arizona announced several administrative appointments of members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences executive council. Eugene G. Sander will assume responsibility as acting executive vice president and provost May 28-June 30, 2007, while current provost George H. Davis will be on a well-deserved vacation. Effective July 1, 2007, and until […]

New at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix

New at the Arizona Science Center: Deep Sea 3D in the IMAX

Sports, science a winning combination

[Source: eSchool News Today] — Bobby Cook always thought of snowboarding as a weekend pleasure. He never dreamed he could parlay his love for the outdoors into a lucrative career. “I had no clue I could take my physics degree and work for a winter sports company,” the Tamaqua, Pa., native said. “I was hooked.” […]

Roche attempts hostile takeover of Ventana

Pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG, the world’s largest maker of diagnostic tests, has made an unsolicited $3 billion bid to buy Oro Valley-based Ventana Medical Systems Inc. Roche has tried to negotiate with Ventana for several months, but Ventana officials told Business Journal that they were not interested in another company obtaining an equity position […]

Boosting math & science education goal of Philanthropy Roundtable

Here is the summary of the Philanthropy Roundtable’s spring K-12 education meeting entitled,

Congress schooled on STEM teaching crisis

[Source: Laura Devaney, Associate Editor, eSchool News] — At a June 21 briefing on Capitol Hill, federal legislators and policy makers got a lesson in why schools have a hard time recruiting and retaining teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) — and what lawmakers can do to change that. The lack of a […]

Basha science teacher gains a biotech edge

[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — In the sprawling complex of high-tech labs, researchers diligently tamper with DNA. Others apply precise computer programs to reconfigure the tiny, complicated strands. New Basha High science teacher Sharon New is spending her summer here, at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, so she bring back to her […]

Arizona’s bio community gathers at annual expo

More than 220 people attended the 2007 Arizona Bio Expo earlier this week to hear presentations from state and national scientists and business leaders. The expo, an event of the Arizona BioIndustry Association, was held in downtown Phoenix in conjunction with the third annual Excellence in Bioscience Awards dinner.

UA, IBM to host science camp for Hispanics

[Source: Business Journal of Phoenix] — The University of Arizona in Tucson will be among hosts of SciTech 2020 math/science camps for Hispanic students this summer. The camps — open to incoming high school sophomores — are the first project of the Hispanic Alliance for STEM Opportunities, a partnership formed earlier this year by the […]

Luring girls to math, science

[Source: Andrea Rivera, Arizona Daily Star] — By introducing middle school girls to Web page design, robotics and lip-gloss ingredients, IBM is hoping to spark their interest in math and science. Thirty incoming seventh- and eighth-graders at Flowing Wells Junior High School were invited to a weeklong Exploring Interests in Technology and Engineering Camp, or […]