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Workshop to Support Research Collaboration Between Junior and Senior Women

Posted on April 28, 2015 by admin

Yet another barrier facing women in academia is that senior women faculty are less likely to collaborate with junior women. A study in Current Biology found evidence for this in the field of psychology, a field getting very close to … Continue reading →

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Building New Connections at SACNAS 2014

Posted on October 27, 2014 by admin

This year’s Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Annual Conference in Los Angeles had a mighty NIMBioS presence: two members of the the NIMBioS leadership team, two postdoctoral researchers, and four SRE undergraduates all … Continue reading →

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NSF Awards $2.9 Million to QUBES: Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education & Synthesis

Posted on August 27, 2014 by admin

The National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education has awarded a five-year, $2.9 million in grants to the project “Supporting Faculty in Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES).” This intiative “addresses the Nation’s growing need to better prepare undergraduate … Continue reading →

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Lenhart Earns Chancellor’s Honors

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Lenhart! Lenhart has received the Excellence in Academic Outreach Chancellor Award for her accomplishments through the past academic year. Lenhart is NIMBioS Associate Director for Education and Outreach, as well as a mathematics professor and Chancellor’s … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Director Tapped to Lead National STEM Education Effort

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS Director Louis Gross who will lead the Biology Ideas Lab for the National Science Foundation, March 30-April 4, in Leesburg, Va. Three five-day NSF Ideas Labs —one for biology, one for engineering and one for geosciences—are being … Continue reading →

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Middle School Teachers Take STEM Thinking Outside the Box

Posted on November 26, 2013 by admin

Middle school science teachers from across East Tennessee were introduced to inquiry-based activities at the intersection of math and science during several training workshops this fall. NIMBioS Associate Director for Education & Outreach Suzanne Lenhart and Education & Outreach Coordinator … Continue reading →

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Ernest Brothers Selected for Leadership Knoxville Class of 2014

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to Ernest Brothers, NIMBioS Associate Director for Diversity Enhancement, for being selected to join the 2014 class of Leadership Knoxville. Leadership Knoxville, a non-profit training progam begun in 1985, brings together about 50 leaders from around the Knoxville region … Continue reading →

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Kids Have a Ball With Math and Biology

Posted on May 21, 2013 by admin

How can you use an Earth beach ball to estimate the area of forest on our planet’s surface? Andersonville Elementary School students figured this out and more at the interface of math and biology on their visit last week to … Continue reading →

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Gresham Middle Students Visit NIMBioS

Posted on May 15, 2013 by admin

Local middle school students took their learning beyond the bounds of their classroom on a visit to NIMBioS last week. Fifty students from Gresham Middle School‘s Beta Club, along with teachers and parent chaperones, visited the institute and participated in … Continue reading →

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Discover Birds Program Makes the Grade

Posted on April 30, 2013 by admin

In light of the success of the Discover Birds program among Tennessee elementary schools, the Tennessee Ornithological Society (TOS) voted at their annual meeting in Knoxville last weekend to order a second printing of the popular Discover Birds activity book. … Continue reading →

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