Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

Gifted kids, others interact in Honeywell Aerospace Challenge

[Source: Doug Carroll, Arizona Republic] — It must be one of the more unusual e-mails ever received by the Gilbert Police Department: “I am trying to determine how much law enforcement is needed for our space station. Could you tell me the ratio of officers to residents in Gilbert?” The query came from one of […]

Optical illusion: Stare at the dot in the middle, then move your eyes close to the screen

12 Tucson area teachers are honored for students’ high achievement

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C-Path chooses new director, members for drug safety consortium

Critical Path Institute (C-Path) has named a director for the Predictive Safety Testing Consortium (PSTC) and announced seven new member institutions. The consortium pulls together some of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies to share laboratory practices in order to predict the safety of new treatments and evaluate methods. FDA scientists participate in the project in […]

AZIMASE now working to prepare students to succeed in the “New Arizona”

The Arizona Initiative in Math & Science Education (AZIMASE) will be a campaign in which higher education, business, K-12 schools and teacher organizations, philanthropies, and state government will act together to upgrade the quality and outcomes of math and science education for all Arizona students, K-20. AZIMASE aims to develop an education system that routinely […]

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

New survey says that Arizonans expect an economy based on science and technology

A statewide survey shows that Arizonans “regardless of location, income, education, or gender” are convinced that science and technology will deliver on high-paying jobs, personal benefits, and solutions to environmental and health problems. The results of this first-ever, in-depth study are presented in “Arizonans’ Attitudes toward Science, Technology, and Their Effects on the Economy,” a […]

Southern Arizona releases regional bioscience roadmap

Four years after Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap was launched, regional roadmap studies around the state are in formation. Southern Arizona has made its mark as the first region to release a comprehensive plan for bioscience at the local level.

SFAz unveils investment plan

Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) announced its investment strategy to enhance science, engineering, medical research, and technology competitiveness in the state. The new foundation will award grants for research in strategic areas, development of small research and development businesses, and improvement in K-12 science and math performance. According to Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap, fostering science, engineering, medical […]