Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot Program celebrates 10 years

[Source: PR Newswire] — What if you could inspire struggling students to believe in themselves — and in their future careers? What if you could ignite a students’ desire to pursue a degree in science, math, writing, or other fields? What if you could look back on the past ten years and see that you […]

U.S. cancer group launches mass cancer study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The American Cancer Society said it was looking for half a million volunteers willing to let researchers watch them for the next 20 years to see if they get cancer. The aim is to match similar big studies in Europe and Asia that are looking on a large scale for the environmental […]

UA tech park, tenants plan GenNext Career Day on April 26

[Source: Arizona Daily Star] — The University of Arizona Science and Technology Park and its tenants are holding the fourth annual GenNext Career Day, also known as Take Our Kids to Work Day, on April 26. The day’s events will include the Physics Factory, magician Bruce Spell and interactive booths hosted by IBM, Hughes Federal […]

Arizona DOE to award math/science partnership grants

The Arizona Department of Education will award Mathematics and Science Partnership Grants focusing on Science and Literacy K-6. There will approximately $2 million available for this specific focus. The Request for Proposals will be posted on the MSP webpage on May 1, 2007. Click here for dates and locations for the required Grant Application Workshops.

Teachers get course on bugs, CSI in class

[Source: Valarie Potell, Arizona Daily Star] — Teachers from across Arizona are headed back to school to attend workshops on topics ranging from teenage romance to insects. The University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute is hosting the 2007 Arizona Science Teacher Symposium on April 28. There are about 50 seats available for the event that any […]

TGen North opens

TGen North, a pathogen genomics and biodefense research facility in Flagstaff, has opened its doors. The new 4,500 square foot state-of-the-art facility marks a major collaboration between the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Northern Arizona University.

UA may branch to Nogales

[Source: Kelly Lewis, UA Wildcat Online] — President Robert Shelton will visit Nogales, Ariz., today to continue discussions concerning the development of a new university in the border area. If given the green light, the new university could be an extension of the UA, similar to UA South, although discussions are still in the initial […]

UA undergrad takes her research to Capitol Hill

[Source: Mari N. Jensen, University of Arizona Communications] — Kathryn Plichta will be telling members of Congress about her research on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. She is one of about 80 undergraduates chosen by the Council on Undergraduate Research to participate in “Posters on the Hill.” Plichta is the only student from Arizona chosen to […]

STEM education a hot topic on Capitol Hill

[Source: The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News Number 41: April 16, 2007] — Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education reform continues to be a high priority on Capitol Hill this spring, driven by the need to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and by the recognition that excellence […]

Tucson bio-park moves forward

The establishment of the University of Arizona's Arizona Bioscience Research Park on Tucson's South Side has moved another step closer to reality. The development, which will complement the UA Science and Technology Park but is closer to campus and entirely bio-focused, will occupy the area bounded by South Kino Parkway and Park Avenue, Interstate 10 and East 36th Street.