Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

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 […]

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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 […]

Education among funding priorities of new Science Foundation Arizona

Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) has announced its investment strategy to award grants in research and education aimed at enhancing Arizona

Arizona BioBasics simplifies the biosciences

To help educate Arizonans about their state

Arrowhead Elementary students gravitating to NASA program

[Source: Betty Reid, Arizona Republic] — The girls say their friends think they’re from another planet because of their interest in science. Now they are among 18 gifted students conducting experiments about space at Arrowhead Elementary School in north Phoenix, a campus designated as a NASA Explorer School. Arrowhead uses NASA programs along with the […]

Arizona Academic Scholars program to be expanded

[Source: Carl Holcombe, Arizona Republic] — The Arizona Business Education Coalition hopes to expand its Arizona Academic Scholars program into Pinal County school districts. The program encourages students to take a more-rigorous academic class load to help better prepare for college and skilled jobs. ABEC hopes to combine the federal program with Central Arizona College’s […]