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Feb 07, 2012

Regents name candidate for UA presidency

Members of the University of Arizona community will have the chance to meet the candidate for UA's presidency in less than a week. Ann Weaver Hart, currently president of Temple University, will visit UA's Tucson campus on February 13.

As Temple's president, Dr. Hart oversees a academic medical center, Temple University Health System, and during a six-year tenure has achieved several milestones for Temple:

She has significantly increased undergraduate and graduate applications while raising the academic qualifications of incoming students; produced an institutional record number of Fulbright scholars; improved the freshman retention rate and time to degree; grown research expenditures by nearly $30 million; fostered technology transfer and economic development efforts; and advanced Temple's ranking with the National Science Foundation seven spots. The Chronicle of Higher Education cites Temple's graduation rate as increasing at the second fastest rate among public research universities nationwide, a feat accomplished under Hart's leadership.

Previously, Dr. Hart served as president of the University of New Hampshire, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Claremont Graduate University, and dean of the Graduate School and special assistant to the president at the University of Utah, where she earned her doctorate in educational administration. 

Read more at the source: "ABOR Names Ann Weaver Hart as UA Presidential Candidate"

 Tags: anne weaver hart, arizona board of regents, university of arizona
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Jan 31, 2012

Bio event kicks off SciTech Festival

Arizona Science and Technology Festival

The official kick-off of the Arizona SciTech Festival will take place at the Arizona Science Center on Saturday, February 4. 

The day-long celebration will feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a full slate of activities focusing on innovations in bioscience, including bioscience activities, presentations, and a showcase of innovations from Arizona's leading companies.

The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., is free and open to the public. The Arizona Science Center is located in downtown Phoenix at 600 E. Washington St.

 Tags: arizona science center, arizona scitech festival
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Sep 14, 2011

Oct. 3 deadline for Siemens Competition

October 3 is the submission deadline for the Siemens Competition, arguably the most prestigious research-based competition for high-school students in the world.

Co-sponsored by the Siemens Foundation and the College Board, the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology offers scholarships for individual and team winners that range from $1,000 to $100,000.

Details regarding eligibility and registration are available on the Siemens Competition website.

In 2005, two Arizona students shared the top prize at the competition, splitting the $100,000 prize.

 Tags: college board, siemens competition, stem education
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Sep 02, 2011

ABOR okays new UA research facilities

[From the Arizona Daily Star]

The University of Arizona has crossed an important approval threshold for two new research facilities, including one for the BIO5 Institute.

Capital improvement plans were approved by an Arizona Board of Regents committee on Thursday.

Having the projects in the plan allows the university to spend some money to hash out project details, including how to repay bonds to finance the projects, ahead of more stages of approval.

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A proposed $85 million bioscience lab facility would be built near the Bio5 building for disease research.

Read more at the source: "Regents panel OKs UA plans for 2 new research buildings"

 Tags: arizona board of regents, bio5 institute, infrastructure, university of arizona
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Sep 01, 2011

Science Festival developing events, seeking sponsors

Arizona Science and Technology Festival

The inaugural Arizona Science and Technology Festival will occur during February 2012 with events at sites across the state. Individuals and organizations wishing to participate in and support this unique opportunity to showcase Arizona's scientific strength and potential should contact Jeremy Babendure, director of the Festival.

What are the aims of the Festival, and how big an undertaking will it be? Here's what Dr. Babendure has to say:

Spearheaded by the Arizona Technology Council Foundation, Arizona State University, and the Arizona Science Center, the Arizona Science and Technology Festival will be 6-week statewide celebration involving 200+ orgs in industry, education and community to inspire Arizonans about how STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) will drive the future of Arizona.

Through a series of hands-on activities and workshops, discussions, exhibitions, concerts, and tours centered during the month of February 2012, the First Annual Arizona SciTech Festival’s goals are to (1) brand Arizona as a leader in science and technology; (2) inform/inspire our future workforce about opportunities in AZ; and (3) serve as a focal point to bring diverse stakeholders in workforce, education and community together.

We anticipate the festival will reach 100,000+ Arizonans through 300+ activities that take place in diverse neighborhoods throughout the state with: signature events highlighting the innovative character of each region (aerospace, technology, bioscience) with high energy exhibitions and shows; 20+ neighborhood hubs providing workshop and discussion opportunities at accessible locations such as libraries and community centers; tours of science/technology facilities statewide; and activities, talks and challenges in-schools to get kids engaged before, during and post festival.

 Tags: arizona science and technology festival, arizona technology council, asu, jeremy babendure
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Aug 09, 2011

UA undergrad researchers share findings

This afternoon in Tucson, top undergraduate researchers from around the country--and beyond--will show off the results of 10 weeks of work at the University of Arizona:

One-hundred-fifteen graduate school-bound juniors and seniors from schools across the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Latin America will exhibit their summer research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation and the University of Arizona.

These outstanding students have participated in a 10-week intensive summer research program under the supervision of UA faculty mentors, conducting research in the sciences, social sciences, education and humanities. This is an excellent opportunity to recruit top students for master’s and PhD programs at UA.

[More about the conference]

 Tags: stem education, university of arizona
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Jul 22, 2011

Students share research to conclude KEYS internships

[From Inside Tucson Business]

Five weeks of reserach at the University of Arizona has concluded for the latest cohort of participants in the KEYS internship program, one of Arizona's great summer research opportunities for young people. The program is sponsored by the UA College of Pharmacy and the BIO5 Institute.

"This is what the University of Arizona is all about," said Jennifer Barton, a UA biomedical engineering professor and assistant director of the Bio5 Institute. "It's important that we serve the state of Arizona."

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Their research covered a diverse spectrum of topics, including the effects of habitat fragmentation among mountain lion populations, genetic characteristics of rice that could help maximize harvest yields and the foraging behavior of honeybees.

Businessman Thomas Keating, who is also a Bio5 Institute benefactor, said the students work and that of the scientists they've teamed with was an inspiration.

"It's so easy to admire these people," Keating said.

Read more at the source: "High school students get hands-on with scientific research"

 Tags: bio5 institute, jennifer barton, keys internship, university of arizona
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Jul 21, 2011

UA COM adds integrative-medicine specialization

[From the Arizona Daily Star]

Students at the UA College of Medicine now have a new option for specialization in their medical education: studying with one of the most well-known alternative-medicine proponents in the world, Dr. Andrew Weil:

The University of Arizona's College of Medicine announced Wednesday that it is starting a new track for medical students who want to focus on integrative medicine - healing that takes into account the mind, body and spirit.

The special area of focus, which will be taught in partnership with Dr. Andrew Weil's Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, is one of just three distinction tracks at the UA College of Medicine. The other two are global health and medical student research.

 Tags: andrew weil, arizona center for integrative medicine, university of arizona, university of arizona college of medicine
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Apr 07, 2011

Career pipeline forum to feature Teach for America founder

Education forumAn upcoming forum on education and workforce development sponsored by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce will feature Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America, and Jonah Edelman, co-founder and CEO of Stand for Children.

"Education for All Arizona Students: What It Will Take" will be held at the Arizona Biltmore on April 13. The forum will concentrate on how to create broader opportunities for students' academic success and how to improve career options for all Arizona students.

Joining Kopp and Edelman will be a panel of business leaders including Cathleen Aubin Barton, southwest education manager for Intel Corp., MaryAnn Guerra, CEO & chairman of the board for BioAccel, and J. Robert Landolt, director of finance for attack helicopter programs at the Boeing Company.

 Tags: bioaccel, maryann guerra, stem education, teach for america, wendy kopp
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Mar 28, 2011

Tolleson superintendent pledges STEM focus

[From the Arizona Republic]

In the West Valley, STEM education has a new champion in charge:

Tolleson Elementary School District governing board members promoted Lupita Hightower to superintendent.

Hightower, who is in her third year with the district, was promoted three times this year - once after the assistant superintendent left in June, and twice after the superintendent left late last semester.

In a brief Q&A, Dr. Hightower stated that she wanted to focus more on STEM education in lower grades:

Q: What are your top goals as the district's new leader?

A: Definitely to be able to offer more opportunities for students in STEM . . . science, technology, engineering and math. Right now we have tried to bring a lot of opportunities after school and during summer school. Our sixth through eighth grade is definitely set with those classes, but our younger grades don't get them as much. So really, (I want to) provide these opportunities for the students so they are able to collaborate with each other and (so) they are able to gain those 21st-century skills. So they're problem solving and using their critical thinking skills more than your typical reading and math programs.

Read more at the Source: "Hightower promoted to Tolleson Elementary district chief"

 Tags: lupita hightower, stem education, tolleson
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Feb 19, 2011

STEM Network meeting draws national education leaders

[From the Arizona Republic]

A group backing science and math education took another step in its attempt to make the state more competitive and to diversify Arizona's economy.

The STEM Network met Monday and Tuesday to develop strategies for boosting student interest and expertise in science, technology, engineering and math.

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This week was the second meeting of the fledgling STEM Network. It met in September to kick off the statewide effort, which was immediately backed by a $100,000 federal stimulus grant and a $500,000 private grant. Its next step comes in March when STEM leaders travel around the state.

This week's meeting drew business and education leaders from New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Washington.

Read more at the source: "Group aims to hike science, math skills"

 Tags: science foundation arizona, stem network
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Feb 07, 2011

Are science fairs in trouble?

[From the New York Times]

Amy Harmon of the Times provides a national roundup:

Rarely have school science fairs, a source of pride and panic for generations of American students, achieved such prominence on the national stage. President Obama held one at the White House last fall. And last week he said that America should celebrate its science fair winners like Sunday’s Super Bowl champions, or risk losing the nation’s competitive edge.

Yet as science fair season kicks into high gear, participation among high school students appears to be declining. And many science teachers say the problem is not a lack of celebration, but the Obama administration’s own education policy, which holds schools accountable for math and reading scores at the expense of the kind of creative, independent exploration that science fair projects require.

Read more at the source: "It May Be a Sputnik Moment, but Science Fairs Are Lagging"

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Jan 31, 2011

Bad news on STEM education. But good news, too.

The headline in the Jan. 28 Arizona Republic is not the kind anyone interested in STEM education would like to see: "Arizona students fare poorly in science."

The Republic notes a new report issued by the National Assessment of Educational Progress and finds that:

Students in fourth and eighth grades scored 11 and 8 points, respectively, below the national average. Arizona's fourth-graders earned 138 on a scale of 300, which was below the national average of 149. Eighth-graders in Arizona scored 141, below the 149 national average.

Arizona-specific results did not include the 12th grade, but overall, the state ranked among the 10 lowest in the 2009 assessment of student knowledge of physical, life, Earth and space sciences.

Darcy Renfro, vice president of Science Foundation Arizona's STEM Initiatives, cuts to the chase:

"What I am seeing in these numbers is that we're not moving the ball in science, and we have to start approaching this in a fundamentally different way." She adds, ""How do you engage students by making (STEM) more interesting and relevant? You have to start with the colleges of education."

The news in Arizona is not uniformly bad, though, as many of those involved in strengthening STEM education would attest.

Also released this week was the Milken Institute's annual state technology and science index, which ranked Arizona 15th, up from 17th last year. That's good, by itself. But look closer, and there are particular niches to be excited about.

One of Milken's sub-assessments is the Human Capital Investment Composite Index. It contains some sobering statistics--especially related to education funding--and some exciting ones. It sure looks like the work done at the community colleges and universities in recent years to encourage students toward degrees in STEM subjects is paying off--In some areas, Arizona is among the nation's best:

  • All Recent Degrees in Science and Engineering per 1,000 Civilian Workers (2007): Rank: 4
  • Recent Bachelor's Degrees in Science and Engineering per 1,000 Civilian Workers (2007): Rank: 6
  • Recent Master's Degrees in Science and Engineering per 1,000 Civilian Workers (2007): Rank: 2

Renfro and her colleagues have something to build on.

 Tags: darcy renfro, milken institute, science foundation arizona, stem education
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Jan 25, 2011

The State of the Union--and Arizona STEM education

President Obama meets Cesar Chavez High School students Diego Vazquez and Antonio Hernandez

When President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address this evening, several Arizonans with ties to the state's biosciences sector will be in attendance. Most prominent among them will be the medical team that cared for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot Jan. 8 in Tucson, including University Medical Center physicians Randall Friese, Michael Limole and Peter Rhee, and intensive-care nurse Tracy Culbert.

Also on hand for the address will be someone who has spent less time in the spotlight: South Mountain Community College freshman Diego Vasquez, who will join Dr. Rhee and other honored guests in the First Lady's box.

Vasquez, the White House announced Jan. 24, will be recognized for his participation as a member of Laveen Cesar Chavez High School's 12-person team that participated in the 2009-2010 Lemelson-MIT Program’s InvenTeams celebration of innovation.

According to the White House, the Cesar Chavez team designed a "fully adjustable motorized chair for medically fragile individuals." Vasquez and fellow Cesar Chavez student Antonio Hernandez represented the team at the White House Science Fair in October 2010, where he met President Obama and demonstrated how the prototype chair works.

At the October event, the president singled out the Arizona students for commendation:

We can think of Diego Vazquez and Antonio Hernandez, representing Cesar Chavez High School in Phoenix. Where are those guys? I met them earlier. There they are, right there. (Applause.) They developed a new motorized chair to help a classmate with disabilities—and won a grant competition as a result. They did not have a lot of money to do this. They didn’t have a lot of advantages in life. In fact, the first time they were ever on an airplane was when they flew to present their invention. But they did have a desire to work together to help a friend and to build something that never existed before.

And by the way, the way they funded their project—they had—they and their folks made tamales. They had a huge tamale-making session and were selling them. And they were showing me the video of how they raised the funds to be able to enter in this competition. Unbelievable.

That’s not just the power of science. That’s the promise of America. Anybody with a good idea can prosper. Anybody with talent can succeed. That’s why we’re here today. That’s what we’re all celebrating. And that’s why it’s so important that we promote math education and science education, on behalf of not just this generation but all the generations to follow.

 Tags: nsf, sotu, south mountain community college, stem education
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Jan 18, 2011

Science-and-tech club for teachers debuts

[From Making a Difference Every Day]

A new science club is available for Phoenix-area science educators as a new resource to aid them in their teaching.

STELLAR, which stands for Science and Technology Exploration Leveraging Learning, Attitudes and Relevance, is an educator’s science club created by Molina Walters, a clinical associate professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University.

Members meet monthly at ASU’s Polytechnic campus in Mesa to share science lesson ideas and receive lesson resources, in addition to hands-on experience.

Club dues are $15 a semester, $25 for the full year. The next club meeting will be held in late January at ASU’s Polytechnic campus. Interested individuals can contact Walters by emailing drmo@asu.edu.

 Tags: arizona state university, stem
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Dec 14, 2010

ASU high-school STEM program shows strong results

[From ASU News]

After nearly three years, a grant-funded after-school program is reaping recognition from the state, success with high-school students from districts across Arizona, and funds to expand the program to younger students.

In fall 2007, Arizona State University’s Carole Greenes and colleagues received a $1.35 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a three-year project to increase the number of students who enroll in and complete college majors in preparation for careers in the STEM sectors – science, technology, engineering and math.  

“The intent of the ‘Prime the Pipeline Project (P3): Putting Knowledge to Work,’ is to increase high school students’ interest and achievement in STEM fields, as well as to update mathematics and science high school teachers’ knowledge of those subjects,” said Greenes, associate vice provost of STEM education and professor.

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Another stunning finding is that at the start of the Pipeline Project, only 23  percent of students in both the project and control groups said they planned to attend college after high school. After more than a year , 100 percent of Pipeline students said they plan to attend college as compared to 43 percent of the control group. And when asked about an intended college major, 58 percent of Pipeline students identified a STEM field.

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And, in November, an expansion of the Pipeline Project to middle school students and their teachers, was funded by the Helios Education Foundation. “STEM in the Middle” (SIM) will focus on grades 5-8 students and their teachers. Several Pipeline Project students will serve as mentors to students in those scientific villages. Several Pipeline Project teachers also will participate as scientific village leaders in SIM.

Read more at the source: "High school students primed for success in STEM"

 Tags: asu, helios education foundation, nsf, stem
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Dec 06, 2010

Teaching biomedical engineering--with Legos

[From Arizona Daily Star]

Most kids play with Legos for fun, but some Tucson-area students used them Saturday to build robots that solve biomedical engineering problems.

The 29 teams in the regional FIRST Lego League contest at Wakefield Middle School built robots that completed mock tasks such as opening a clogged artery using a stent, setting a broken bone and delivering a precise dose of medicine. All of the students are ages 9 to 14.

Read more at the source: "With Legos, kids build on medical know-how"

 Tags: biomedical engineering, robotics, stem
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Nov 29, 2010

UA major producer of U.S. Fulbright recipients

The University of Arizona continues to be one of the nation's top producers of Fulbright Scholars, individuals funded to conduct research and teach to promote cross-cultural understanding and collaboration around the world. 

With 14 students having earned awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Program for the 2010-11 year, the UA is among the top 19 research institutions listed. 

The UA also is in the top 10 category for public institutions, tied at seventh with the University of Illinois-Champaign, the University of Louisville and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Nov 23, 2010

Professor named top in Ariz., recognized nationally

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named ASU scientist Jane Maienschein the 2010 Arizona Professor of the Year. Maienschein, a Regents’ Professor and President's Professor in ASU’s School of Life Sciences, was selected from more than 300 top professors in the United States.

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Nov 05, 2010

Deconstructing the FAFSA, scholarship application processes

The launch of a new resource for students seeking scholarships has coincided with the start of a financial aid informational series to be held at the University of Arizona.

Scholarship Universe is a new initiative launched by the UA's Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, or OSFA,  utilizing the Student Services Fee, which was approved by University students. 

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Nov 01, 2010

New online resource for women in STEM fields

[From ASU News]

Arizona State University researchers are rolling out a pioneering resource that offers online personal resilience training for women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

The CareerWISE resource provides a fresh approach to retaining women in STEM. The focus is to strengthen women’s skills to manage whatever personal and interpersonal challenges arise along the way to completing STEM graduate degrees and entering careers. The new site will be launched at a Nov. 4, 2010, press conference at the National Science Foundation in Washington D.C.

Read more at the source: "Online resource offers training for women in STEM fields"

 Tags: asu, nsf, stem
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Oct 18, 2010

White House Science Fair showcases Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

Today, two Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams were among more than a dozen teams from around the country that presented their winning work at a White House Science Fair. The fair celebrates the winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions, including students from the Cesar Chavez High School InvenTeam in Laveen, Arizona and the Oak Ridge High School InvenTeam in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to showcase their inventions to President Obama. The timing of this prestigious honor coincides with the Lemelson-MIT Program's announcement of the 2010 2011 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams.
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Oct 18, 2010

Higher education curricula not keeping pace with societal, tech changes

The structure of the university in the 21st century is changing rapidly after its evolution into a multiversity in the 20th century. But as universities are being restructured to best serve the society of tomorrow, are their curricula reflecting these changes and the development of new and possibly even unformulated new disciplines and areas of inquiry?

"No," says a consortium of educators that range from Arizona State University to University of New Delhi, India, and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin , Germany, who have launched a website (www.curriculumreform.org), hoping to spur a radical transformation in international educational reform.

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Oct 04, 2010

Who teaches the teachers?

Science teachers are charged with conveying the technical and often dubious notions of science to new generations of students, but with changes in researchers' understanding of science topics and new innovations emerging each year, how do the teachers keep their own knowledge current?

The BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona is helping K-12 science teachers keep up with the pace of research and innovation.

BIO5 recently hosted the 4th annual Arizona K-12 Science Teacher Symposium, which provided teachers with eight credits toward the annual recertification of their teaching licenses. More than 150 science teachers from 34 communities around the state attended the event, making BIO5 a focal point for networking among teachers.

 Tags: bio5, university of arizona
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Oct 01, 2010

Chandler student, researcher at ASU and TGen, wins Davidson fellowship

[Source: ASU news release]

Three years ago, Scott Boisvert, an inquisitive freshman from Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona, pelted Valley scientists with e-mails in hopes of doing research in a laboratory. “You’re too young. Check back in a few years,” was the norm reply.
 
However, ASU scientist Elizabeth Davidson, a research professor in the School of Life Sciences, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, wasn’t deterred by Boisvert’s youth. Davidson, a veteran insect pathologist, gave him a chance. Davidson’s decision has both empowered Boisvert to shape his career path, early on, and led to national recognition for his research. 

Boisvert, now a high school senior, was honored Sept. 29 in Washington, D.C., as one of 20 Davidson Fellows. Created by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, these national awards (not related to Elizabeth Davidson) offer scholarships to extraordinary young people under the age of 18 who display excellence in mathematics, science, literature, music, technology and philosophy. Boisvert received $10,000 and was honored at a dinner at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.

In addition to his work at ASU, Boisvert has served as research intern at the Translational Genomics Research Institute through the Helios Scholars summer research program.

[More from the source: "Chandler high school senior wins national science award"

 Tags: arizona state university, davidson institute, stem, tgen
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Sep 30, 2010

Chandler high school senior wins national science award

Three years ago, Scott Boisvert, an inquisitive freshman from Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona, pelted Valley scientists with e-mails in hopes of doing research in a laboratory. “You’re too young. Check back in a few years,” was the norm reply.
 
However, ASU scientist Elizabeth Davidson, a research professor in the School of Life Sciences, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, wasn’t deterred by Boisvert’s youth. Davidson, a veteran insect pathologist, gave him a chance. Davidson’s decision has both empowered Boisvert to shape his career path, early on, and led to national recognition for his research.

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Sep 30, 2010

Phoenix welcomes first class of UA public health students

The University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health officially opened its doors to the first incoming class of public health graduate students in Phoenix.

With the distinction of being the only nationally accredited college of public health in the State of Arizona, the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health is now located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
 

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Sep 29, 2010

Registration open for FIRST(R) Robotics Competition Arizona Regional 2011

AZFirst, an Arizona 501(c)3 organization supporting FIRST(R) (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) activities and the recipient of a $150,000 grant from Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz), announces the opening of registration for high-school robotics teams for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Arizona Regional 2011. FIRST connects high-school students, educators, the community and industry in a collaborative effort to teach students Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) principles through a team-driven robot-building project that culminates in an exciting, fast-paced, robotics competition. All students who participate on a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team are eligible to apply for more than $12 million in scholarships.

 Tags: azfirst, engineering, sfaz, stem
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Sep 27, 2010

BIO5 symposium gives science teachers new approaches

[Source: Arizona Daily Star]

In one room, Essy Levy hands out small glass vials and colorful posters about biotechnology as she explains the importance of biofuels.

"In this activity, we're going to see how the environment changes the efficiency of enzymes," says Levy, a curriculum and training specialist for Bio-Rad Laboratories.

Across the hall, Laurel Jacobs with UA's department of nutritional sciences shows teachers ways to integrate critical thinking about nutrition into everyday learning.

Diverse topics like these were all in one place Saturday for the Bio5 Institute's fourth annual Arizona K-12 Science Teacher Symposium.

[More at the source: "BIO5 symposium gives teachers a lift"]

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Sep 22, 2010

Rise in snake bites inspires student venom study

A rise in serious cases involving rattlesnakes in Cochise County led three UA students to study just how lethal one snake's venom is.

As Part of their senior year project at the College of Pharmacy, students Kelvin Richards and Ryan Curtis teamed up with Daniel Massey, Pharmacy resident at University Medical Center. By Studying the Mohave rattlesnake, the most common species in Cochise County, and comparing it with Pima County's they will determine if those Mohave rattlesnakes venom is becoming increasingly potent.

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