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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to hold regional meeting in Phoenix, 10/5-7

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics will hold their Regional Conference and Exposition at the Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Phoenix, October 5-7, 2006. The theme: “Show Me the Mathematics — Learning through Representation.” The host organization is the Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics. For complete details, click here.

Add your program to the National College Access Program Directory

The National College Access Network and the Pathways to College Network are collaborating to expand, manage, and promote the National College Access Program Directory. The Directory was first published as an online tool by the Pathways to College Network in 2004, under the name

Math teacher’s conference in Phoenix, October 5-7

The Regional Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) will be held October 5-7, 2006 in Phoenix. There is a special workshop for school administrators on October 5 from 7:30

Cooperation is needed to improve climate for women in academic science, NAS states

[Source: National Academy of Sciences] — Higher education organizations should look into creating an inter-institution monitoring organization to help eliminate gender bias in the academic sciences, a report released today by The National Academy of Sciences recommends. The recommendation is one of a number in the report made by the Committee on Maximizing the Potential […]

Internships give Arizona students unique opportunities in science

Internship programs at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), and BIO5 at University of Arizona take science education out of the classroom and into the research lab. The result: Arizona students—from high school through college—have the opportunity to experience research science firsthand.

NIH offers Curriculum Supplement Series

The NIH Curriculum Supplement Series are interactive teaching units that combine cutting-edge science research discoveries from the National Institutes of Health, one of the world’s foremost medical research centers, with state-of-the-art instructional materials. Each supplement is a teacher

UA’s 19th president outlines vision to build on momentum

Robert Shelton, University of Arizona's 19th president, brings experience as a student, scientist, professor, and administrator to Arizona. He comes to UA at a time when state funding is at an all-time low, but many UA programs — especially those in the sciences — are ranked among the highest in the country. Here he shares his vision for UA's future success, and how science fits into it all.

Final 40 chosen in national challenge to name America’s ‘top young scientist of the year’

The countdown to choosing the nation’s top young scientist entered its final phase today as Discovery Communications announced the 40 middle school students from around the country selected as finalists in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC). The DCYSC is the nation’s premier science contest for students in grades 5-8. The competition, created […]

IGC and TGen given lead role in cancer genome study

Following the success of the Human Genome Project, the National Institutes of Health has launched a The Cancer Genome Atlas Project, a collaborative effort to map the genomes of most forms of cancer in order to determine what triggers and prevents them. The International Genomics Consortium and the Translational Genomics Research Institute received a $6.6 million grant to create a key component of the project -- a national tissue bank of tumor specimens.

Quarterly summary of Arizona’s bioscience workforce and education milestones

The fundamental progress of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap has been captured since the beginning of 2003, when the 10-year plan’s implementation began. At the Progress web page, gain a “30,000-foot look” at progress made find further detail in each of the quarterly updates. A summary of workforce and education milestones in the 3rd quarter of 2006 […]