Bioscience
Coolidge students get a lesson in DNA extraction
[Source: Brian Ahnmark, Coolidge Examiner] — Last Wednesday, students at the Coolidge Success Center went through the motions of a typical school day — racing the bell, taking notes, chatting with friends. They also spent the morning in a science lab extracting DNA. OK, so it wasn’t exactly a scene straight out of CSI; students […]UA high-tech expo draws 430 teens from 22 schools
[Source: Konstantinos Kalaitzidis, Tucson Citizen] — Alex Venegas, 17, is interested in all things high-tech. He wants to become a computer technician when he graduates from the Nosotros Academy charter high school. “It is what I like the most,” Venegas said during morninglong participation at the “Key to Employment for the 21st Century” High School […]Classroom superheroes (Arizona Republic editorial)
[Source: Arizona Republic] — Superheroes, such as Spider-Man, rescue people in the movies. But they don’t exist in real life. Superteachers rescue failing students in movies like the recently released Freedom Writers. And they do exist. The problem in real life is to find those teachers – and spread their skills. Fortunately, Arizona has a […]New West Valley school to focus on math, science
[Source: Meghan E. Moravcik, Arizona Republic] — When Dysart Unified School District’s Elementary School 18 opens in the Surprise Farms III area this fall, its students will get an education more focused on math, science, and collaboration. This school could be the start of a new era of learning techniques for all Dysart students, with […]UA science grad students in new role
[Source: Eric Swedlund, Arizona Daily Star] — Dozens of UA graduate students will bring their expertise to K-12 classrooms as science mentors over the next five years under a new outreach program administered by the Bio5 Institute. With a $3 million federal grant, the program will team University of Arizona graduate students in life sciences […]Chandler-Gilbert CC plans biotech curriculum
[Source: Doug Carroll, Arizona Republic] — An associate’s degree in biotechnology will likely be added at Chandler-Gilbert Community College as a result of dialogue under way between the college and biotech firm Covance. The college, which has built a reputation under its president, Maria Hesse, for tailoring its curriculum to workforce needs, currently has two […]AzTransNet launches with biorepository research policy retreat
The Arizona Translational Resource Network (AzTransNet) kicked off its 2007 activities with "Tissue Issue: Ethical and Legal Issues in Biorepository Research," a gathering of 130 researchers, policymakers, administrators, and lawyers to discuss issues and policies in biorepositories and tissue research. Dr. Anna D. Barker, deputy director for advanced technologies and strategic partnerships at the National Cancer Institute, gave the keynote address, remarking that Arizona is at the cutting edge of these issues.
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