Bioscience
Heard Museum offers teachers courses on indigenous cultures of the Southwest
The Heard Museum Teacher Institute provides teachers with the resources they need to teach their students about indigenous cultures of the Southwest. The program was created to provide educators with enhanced knowledge and materials. The Institute is open to all teachers. Resources for the Institute and include materials corresponding to the museum’s signature exhibit, “HOME: […]4 seats left for UA Science Detectives camp, June 12-23, 2006
The “FORENSICS: The Science Detectives” “camp” (June 12-23, 2006) at the University of Arizona is a preparatory course designed to be a fun, interesting, and exciting summer experience while exposing students entering the 11th and 12th grade to “real-life” career possibilities in life and physical sciences. The course is also appropriate for students entering the […]Mesa High biotech teens bound for college labs (Arizona Republic article)
[Source: Josh Kelley, Arizona Republic] — As their classmates are soaking in sun by the pool or working summer jobs, a handful of students from Mesa High’s Biotech Academy will be conducting scientific research in college laboratories in Tucson, Tempe and Mesa over the next several weeks. In March, a group of students from the […]Student recruitment continues for downtown Phoenix Bioscience High School
Phoenix Union High School District officials are looking for eligible students with a deep interest in science to be the first class of students enrolled at the new Bioscience High School in downtown Phoenix. A full, integrated high school curriculum will be offered.
Tucson bio company receives $4 million in venture funding
Tucson’s BioVigilant has received $4 million in venture capital support to help it move its technology to the marketplace. The company, which has developed instruments that can rapidly identify certain kinds of biological contamination or bio-agent attacks, will use the investment to expand the manufacture and sales of the detectors. Battelle Ventures, a limited partnership […]Angel Tax Credit starts July 1
The Angel Investment Tax Credit is approaching its start date of July 1, 2006. Passed last year by the Legislature, the program will allow individuals who choose to invest in tech companies to be eligible for a 30 percent credit on state taxes over a period of three years. Those who invest in a biotech or rural company receive a credit of 35 percent.
NAU’s Center for Science Teaching and Learning announces summer courses
The following courses will be offered at Northern Arizona University this summer as part of the MAST program and are open enrollment. For more information about the MAST program, click here. For more information about courses, click here and look under LOUIE On-Line. First Summer Session (June 6 – July 5) PHY 600, 3 units, […]Highlights of bioscience education in Arizona in the second quarter of 2006
Two new schools slated to open in August begin accepting applications: the Bioscience High School in downtown Phoenix and the Copper Ridge Math and Science Academy of the Scottsdale Unified School District. Twelve Arizona students brought home more than $69,000 in scholarships and prizes from the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis. […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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