Bioscience
Marana High science teacher honored as state’s best
[Source: Jeff Commings, Arizona Daily Star] — Kristin Bourguet stood on the stage, wearing a beauty-pageant smile as she endured the agonizing wait until the name of the state’s top teacher was revealed. “It just kept going on and on and on,” Bourguet said Thursday of the lengthy presentation at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s annual […]Arizona Academic Scholars program encourages taking tough classes
[Source: Carl Holcombe, Arizona Republic] — The Arizona Business Education Coalition hopes to bring a national program to Pinal County that will encourage youths to take rigorous high school classes to prepare them for college and the workplace. Public school and college officials learned about the Arizona Academic Scholars program during a luncheon Thursday at […]Voters back Prop. 400 to improve technology training for Pima students
Voters across 11 school districts in Pima County approved Proposition 400, creating a Joint Technological Education District (JTED) that will provide enhanced technical courses for high school students. JTEDs offer a way for public school districts to collaborate and bolster their technical and vocational education offerings, including bioscience training. They also increase funding opportunities for […]Innovative math excites pupils
[Source: Frank Morris, West Valley View] — Math: Hardly a favorite topic among most schoolchildren, but principals at five West Valley schools are hoping to change that with a new math program that was implemented just a month ago: the Math Achievement Club by Rodel, called MAC-Ro. “We call it a club, because a club […]Tempe’s GenoSensor teams with German company to enter EU market
Tempe-based bioscience company GenoSensor has joined with German life sciences company BioCat GmbH to launch its technology in Europe. GenoSensor, which makes biochips that analyze a patient’s genetic makeup, hopes to see its annual revenue triple from the agreement. Such technologies are considered vital to the future of personalized medicine, and this partnership is expected […]Phoenix district considers its options; might create own high school (Arizona Republic article)
[Source: Karina Bland, Arizona Republic] — Officials in the Phoenix Elementary School District are thinking about starting up a new school, which isn’t all that unusual – except that it would be a high school. The school would be housed at Phoenix Preparatory Academy at Seventh and Fillmore streets, which now serves about 900 children […]New dean brings cross-disciplinary expertise, strong leadership to ASU science
Arizona State University has gained more than an administrator in Deirdre Meldrum. When Meldrum becomes dean of engineering in January, the university will also gain an accomplished researcher and the major-grant winning research institution that she founded. A multi-faceted scientist with an eye toward innovation, Meldrum is just the type of dynamic leader to help propel ASU along the cutting edge of science.
Virtual-reality technology helps med students & others simulate sense of touch (eSchool News article)
[Source: eSchool News staff and wire service reports] — It’s hard to stitch closed a wound for the first time: It can take a few tries to stick the needle into the skin close enough to the injury. And feeling the skin tug when you draw out your line is disconcerting–even if you’re just manipulating […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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