Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

High-schoolers in Arizona may face added math

[Source: Matthew Benson, Arizona Republic] — Listen up, high school arithme-phobes: Your days of graduating after sliding by on just a couple of years of math could be numbered. Emphasizing that sophisticated math skills are essential to survival in the 21st century, a high-level advisory panel to Gov. Janet Napolitano recommended Tuesday that Arizona students […]

Northern Arizona launches regional roadmap

Northern Arizona leaders gathered in Flagstaff to kick off the Northern Arizona Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee, which will drive a region-focused process to identify existing bioscience-related activity, opportunities, and challenges unique to Northern Arizona. The committee heard key findings and identified a seven-point work plan that will culminate in a Northern Arizona Bioscience Roadmap, to be released in mid-1997.

Governor’s innovation awards honor members of bioscience community

Several members of the bioscience industry were among the innovators honored in the fourth-annual Governor’s Celebration of Innovation. The event, which attracted 1,200 people, honored Innovators of the Year and those who work to diversify the state’s technology economy. Among the honorees were the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, recognized for its work in […]

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

Future jobs require some college education says CAC official

Doris Helmich, Central Arizona College’s associate vice president of student development, said that according to the U.S. Department of Labor, 80 percent of all future jobs will require some college education. But for every 100 ninth-graders across the United States, only 67 will graduate from high school on time, only 39 will go to college […]

Roadmap report cites bioscience growth in Arizona, areas of need

Arizona's developing bioscience industry is growing rapidly in leveraging federal grants, creating jobs, and stimulating new innovations and companies. But more work is needed to attract greater private capital to position the state as a major national competitor.

UA BIO5 opening unveils new research buildings

The University of Arizona hosted a grand opening of the BIO5 Institute's Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch building and the UA College of Medicine Research Building.

Seven columns I never got to (UA Wildcat student perspective)

From this University of Arizona Wildcat columnist comes this

Group to push math, science education as key to economy

[Source: Matthew Benson, Arizona Republic] — Gov. Janet Napolitano will today announce the formation of a national task force of education, business, and government leaders aimed at readying America for the economy of the future. The 17-member task force, which includes Napolitano and Arizona State University President Michael Crow, will be unveiled as part of […]