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HHMI Seeks Schools to Join Science Education Revolution
May 27, 2009
HHMI will hold its third nationwide competition to find 12 colleges and universities to join the Science Education Alliance, a bold effort to engage students through authentic research experiences at the start of their academic careers. Schools may submit applications from May 25 to October 1, 2009. More
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Fire Ants Invade High School Biology Classes
May 26, 2009
Mississippi high school teachers have teamed up with scientists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Marine Biological Laboratory to design a high school biology curriculum focused on fire ants. Teacher Susan Bender hopes the painfully familiar pests would help draw her students’ attention to science. More
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Summer Students Successfully Complete Janelia Undergraduate Research Program
October 06, 2008
The Janelia Undergraduate Scholars Program, which is in its first year, hosted 14 undergraduate students from the U.S. and U.K. The students worked on research projects under the guidance of Janelia Farm scientists. More
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Engineering Success: Prince George’s County High School Alumni Return to Redesign Classes
August 26, 2008
Ten graduates of the elite science and technology magnet program met over the summer to create top-flight engineering courses for high school students. The classes will include the latest in computer programming and drafting with software and are designed to be taught by a non-expert. More
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Professor Pevzner's Do-It-Yourself Proteomics Class
July 02, 2008
Pavel Pevzner has created a class that turns undergraduates into experts on genome annotation. Without more bioinformatics specialists like his students, we’ll either we’ll drown in data or, worse, miss the key connections that undergird human health or disease, he says. The class has published their results in the journal Genome Research. More
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New DVD From HHMI Details Fight Against HIV/AIDS
March 27, 2008
A new DVD from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides an in-depth look at the challenges facing physicians, scientists, and others who are on the front lines of the global AIDS epidemic. More
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Dancing Science
June 14, 2006
Wesleyan University undergraduates work with dancers to mount a multi-media performance about the human genome. More
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High School Teacher Helps Discover New Cancer Drug
May 15, 2006
When high school science teacher Stuart Shifrin spent a summer working in a National Institutes of Health lab, he helped discover a promising new cancer drug. More
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A Scientist-Novelist Helps Heal a People
April 27, 2006
Nassim Assefi, a physician-scientist and novelist, left a faculty position at a leading medical school to help the women of Afghanistan. More
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HHMI Undergraduate Researcher Turns Up the Heat on Hibernation
January 31, 2006
Undergraduate research supported by an HHMI science education grant identified the neurological mechanism mice use to enter torpor, a hibernation-like state. The discovery could improve treatment of stroke victims. More
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