Science center looks for new blood with exhibit
January 21, 2007
[Source: Chris Page, East Valley Tribune] — It
UA gives local math teachers lunch, positive feedback
January 21, 2007
[Source: Eric Swedlund, Arizona Daily Star] — More than 300 local math teachers were treated to a conference, lunch and heartfelt thanks Saturday, part of a UA effort to increase the number of high-quality math teachers in middle and high…
Separating boys from girls; School officials say single gender classes improve
January 19, 2007
[Source: Hazel Lodevico, Independent Newspapers] — Single gender classrooms are making their debut in classrooms at Desert Shadows Middle School, 801 West Southern Ave. School officials implemented the pilot program
Governor’s budget would increase money for bio
January 18, 2007
Governor Napolitano has proposed $60 million in budgetary funds to support the development of Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) and to leverage bioscience efforts underway at Arizona universities.
Sonoran Science students add new laurels in math
January 18, 2007
[Source: Andrea Rivera, Arizona Daily Star] — Geometry isn’t typically a course students take in middle school. But it is if you are seventh-grader Richard Spence and eighth-grader Zac Becker, who are both enrolled in advanced math
Grant fuels grad student research
January 17, 2007
[Source: ASU Insight] — ASU will receive $1.85 million from the Science Foundation of Arizona (SFAz) as part of the foundation’s Graduate Student Fellowship program. In all, SFAz is giving out $4 million in the Graduate Student Fellowship program, which…