Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Arizona bioscience leaders, companies recognized at ABA awards dinner

Two individuals from the Phoenix area and three Tucson firms were honored at the second-annual Excellence in Bioscience Awards Dinner last night in Scottsdale, sponsored by the Arizona BioIndustry Association.

Gilbert schools hoping for more gifted funding (Arizona Republic article)

[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — Gilbert educators look to double the state money their schools receive for gifted programs if legislators follow through and for the first time in 15 years increase funding. There is strong support from state lawmakers to increase the current $1.3 million, or about $41 per student, for gifted education. […]

Raytheon awards $500,000 in national scholarships and grants for math students

Raytheon Company seeks to show students, at an age when they begin to give up on math, that it can lead to rewarding, fun careers. Through its MathMovesU initiative, the company has awarded $500,000 in scholarships and grants to students and teachers nationwide. Launched in November 2005, the program combines interactive online contests and activities, […]

Research institute built by “City of Volunteers” achieves international acclaim

In 1986 Dr. Joseph Rogers came to Sun City to build a research institute that studied age-related diseases. With little money and no buildings, Rogers reached out to the community for support and they responded, donating their money, time, and tissue. Now more than 20 years later, thanks to the community, Rogers, and the scientists who have relocated to Sun City over the years, Sun Health Research Institute has achieved international acclaim

Preference, not scores, show teens’ career path

[Source: Bloomberg News] — Teenage career preferences are a more reliable indicator than mathematical aptitude for predicting which students become scientists, suggesting a flaw in federal education strategies, a University of Virginia (UVa) study found. The federally funded survey of 3,359 students who were in the eighth grade in 1988 found those who expressed interest […]

Endowed chair for asthma research established at UA

University of Arizona has received a $1 million gift to create the Henry E. Dahlberg Chair in Asthma Research. The money will be used to recruit a top researcher in adult asthma for the Arizona Respiratory Center, a center of Excellence at UA's College of Medicine.

U.S. students show mixed progress in science

Science achievement in the U.S. has improved for elementary school students over the last decade, but has remained flat for middle school students and declined among high schoolers, according to The Nation

Register for summer middle school teacher workshops at the Arizona Science Center

Over 200 teachers have already shared these biotechnology units with their middle school students. Join them for workshops on biomedicine, genetically modified foods, and bioremediation in water treatment. All attendees receive six hours professional development and a set of lesson plans aligned to current Arizona state standards. Workshop with kit is available, and includes materials […]

Biotechnology comes to the biology classroom in the East Valley, June 26-30

[Source: Xan Simonson, Mesa Biotech Academy] — Join us this summer for two innovative professional development opportunities. In partnership with Mesa Community College (MCC) Biotechnology Department, Mesa Public School’s Biotech Academy, and Bio-Rad

Buzz builds for Phoenix’s Bioscience High

[Source: Karina Bland, Arizona Republic] — At the new Bioscience High School in Phoenix, students will tap data into laptop computers and splice DNA in labs that would rival what is typically seen at colleges and research facilities. The school building itself will be a teaching tool, with invisible sound barriers between study areas, cooling […]