Category Archives: STEM

Middle School Girls Interview Scientists, Mathematicians at STEM Camp

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS postdoctoral fellows, faculty and UTK graduate students answered questions from middle school girls about their lives as female biologists and mathematicians at the Adventures in STEM day camp, held last week on the University of Tennessee (UT) campus. Co-hosted … Continue reading →

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New Education Module on Mathematics of Disease

Posted on May 31, 2012 by admin

Mathematics helps scientists fight disease –that’s the subject of a new NIMBioS education module recently posted on our website.  In the module, students use manipulatives (beans in a cup) to simulate a disease outbreak and to help develop an understanding … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Shares Biology & Math at USA Science & Engineering Festival

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS had a great time in DC last weekend exhibiting to a crowd of more than 150,000 at the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Billed as “the largest celebration of science in the USA,” special guests included “rock stars” of … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Outreach Featured on AAAS Site

Posted on April 20, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS’s Education and Outreach program is a featured story on the AAAS Member Central website. Padmini Rangamani, UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow and past NIMBioS workshop participant, interviewed Kelly Sturner, NIMBioS Education & Outreach Coordinator for the story. Sturner discusses how … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS at the Fair

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS sponsored two awards for biological research projects using mathematical methods at this year’s Southern Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair. Samiha Ahsan and Ashley Parks, both of Oak Ridge High School, share the senior level prize for their project “Mathematical … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Darwin! NIMBioS Celebrates at Teacher Workshop

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

In honor of Charles Darwin’s birthday last week, NIMBioS participated in a training-the-teacher workshop on strategies for teaching evolution for around 30 local middle and high school teachers in East Tennessee. NIMBioS Education & Outreach Coordinator Kelly Sturner led teachers … Continue reading →

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Discover the Black Box’s Secrets on Talking Science

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

Our latest post on Talking Science, a project of the radio program NPR’s Science Friday, looks into how scientific inquiry works and the mathematical basis for why it’s so powerful. Adapted with permission from Biology in a Box, this hands-on … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Promotes Diversity in Science

Posted on November 8, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS collaborated with NSF math and biology centers this month to bring exciting programming in modern math and life science to the SACNAS national conference for advancing Hispanics, Chicanos, and Native Americans in science. Postdoctoral fellow Sharon Bewick and Associate … Continue reading →

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Math and Biology Activities Shared at National Teacher Conference

Posted on October 18, 2011 by admin

High school and junior high biology teachers tried out classroom activities combining math and life science learning last week at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) conference in Anaheim, CA in a session organized by NIMBioS. Kelly Sturner, NIMBioS … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Education Leaders Learn About NIMBioS Outreach

Posted on September 27, 2011 by admin

Hundreds of school principals and superintendents at the Tennessee Educational LEADership Conference viewed Biology in a Box materials and were introduced to NIMBioS outreach programs in Nashville last week. About 1,800 educational professionals attended in all. All ten Biology in … Continue reading →

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