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Education and Outreach Spotlight
Blogging from NIMBioS Education & Outreach
Read our blog to hear about the latest news and happenings related to NIMBioS education and outreach activities.
Registration Open for Summer STEM Camp
Middle school-aged girls interested in STEM can now register for the Adventures in STEM day camp to be held June 3-7, 2013, on the UTK campus. Students will be immersed in a week full of hands-on activities, lab visits, and team projects in labs and classrooms that expose the exciting challenges of being a scientist or researcher. Application deadline: April 19. For more information about the day camp and how to apply, click here.
2013 REU Program
Registration is now closed for NIMBioS' eight-week summer research program for undergraduates (REU) interested in research at the interface between mathematics and biology. The program takes place June 10 - August 2, 2013, on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus. For more information about this year's program and a full description of the projects, click here.
Undergraduate Research Conference
More than 100 students from 44 different institutions in 19 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and two Canadian provinces converged on Knoxville on Nov. 17-18 to present their research at the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology, hosted by NIMBioS. A lively stream of "tweets" took place on Twitter with the hashtag #urc12. All tweets from the conference are curated on NIMBioS' Storify page. A full set of photos from the conference can be viewed here. More information is available on the conference webpage.
Modern Math Workshop
The eight NSF math institutes and NIMBioS were pleased to offer three concurrent sessions immediately preceding the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) annual meeting, Oct. 11-14, 2012, in Seattle, WA. The sessions – one for graduate students and recent PhDs, and two for undergraduate students – aimed to invigorate the research careers of minority mathematicians and mathematics faculty at minority-serving institutions. For more information, click here.
Adventures in STEM Camp
NIMBioS and CURENT at UT co-hosted a fun and educational day camp from June 4-8, 2012, for rising 7-8th grade girls interested in expanding their knowledge of engineering, math and biology. Students at the Adventures in STEM camp spent the day with faculty and staff from NIMBioS and CURENT, UT's new Engineering Research Center. Students worked on a variety of projects related to electricity, renewable energy, and engineering concepts, and they visited various laboratories on campus. For more information, click here.
Undergrads Present Research at the Interface
More than a hundred undergraduates from around the country gathered Oct. 21-22 to present their research at the third annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology. In addition to talks and posters, participants played a fun networking game using their name tags and listened to a panel discussion on careers. Click here for more information.
Measuring a Forest
NIMBioS helped put the 'M' in mathematics during the day-long "Gadget Girls: Adventures in STEM" event held at the University of Tennessee. NIMBioS hosted all of the math-related activities for the 150 middle school girls who attended. In "Measuring a Forest," participants learned why it's important to measure and monitor forests, and in the "Calculating Biodiversity" lesson, participants learned how to apply probability to measure biodiversity. Another lesson, "Fun with Triangles," taught the math behind shapes. For more information, click here.
Biology in a Box Reaches 80 School Districts
With activities for a brand new Biology in a Box K-12 unit on STEM under development, several members of the Biology in a Box team traveled to Nashville to the Area Conference for the National Science Teacher’s Association to gauge teachers’ reactions to the new activities. Biology in a Box is a hands-on, inquiry-based program now in 80 school districts in Tennessee and several surrounding states. If you are interested in having Biology in a Box in your classroom, click here.
Undergraduate Research Conference 2010
More than 100 undergraduates from around the country attended the second annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics, Nov. 19-20, 2010, at the University of Tennessee Conference Center. Students presented their research in talks and posters. The keynote speaker was Dr. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Howard University.
Ecology Education Webinar
An EcoEd Webinar: Math, Computing, Undergraduate Ecology Education and Large Datasets: An Example from a Citizen Science Program, sponsored by NIMBioS and the Ecological Society of America (ESA), was held Sept. 8, 2010, at NIMBioS. The webinar focused on math and computational education for ecology undergrads and illustrated how a large field dataset can be used to motivate hypothesis formulation and assessment by undergraduates.
You can view the archived webinar in its entirety by clicking the links below:
Video and audio to view in web browser (PC works best for this option)
Audio only (.wav format)
PDF version of the slideset presented
Summer Research Program Called "Life Changing"
Thirteen undergraduates, three veterinary students and two high school teachers from 16 different institutions across the United States recently completed the 2010 summer Research Experience for Undergraduates and Research Experience for Veterinary Students. Participants lived on campus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), and worked in teams with UT faculty to conduct research at the interface of mathematics and biology. Click here to read about participants' experiences.
2010 NIMBioS/UBM Award Winners Chosen
Nine undergraduate students from across the nation have been selected to receive a 2010 NIMBioS/UBM award to attend the Beyond BIO2010 Celebrations and Opportunities Symposium, May 21-22, in Washington, DC. The conference focuses on initiatives underway at the nation's colleges and universities to transform the way biology is taught at the undergraduate level. The award covers transportation to and from the conference, where students will present their research.
NIMBioS Undergrad Wins Research Award
Steve Fassino, who participated in the 2009 Research Experience for Undergraduates
at NIMBioS, has won an undergraduate research award from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). Fassino, a junior majoring in mathematics at UT, won a EURēCA award in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources division.
NIMBioS Undergrad Wins Goldwater Scholarship
Nathan Stebbins, a biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology major at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been named a 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. Stebbins, who is currently conducting research on cancer biology as an undergraduate, was nominated by NIMBioS to attend the Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education: Mobilizing the Community for Change conference held in Washington, DC, in July.
NIMBioS Hosts Undergraduates at National Research Conference
Nearly 200 undergraduates and faculty from more than 40 academic institutions in North America gathered Oct. 23-24, 2009, in Knoxville for the first annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics sponsored by the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS).
Apply for the Teacher Collaboration Program
NIMBioS is now accepting applications from math and biology/science teachers for The Teacher Collaboration Program, which provides links between teachers, scientists, and educators with an interest in making connections between mathematics and biology. NIMBioS will pair teachers with an interest in mathematics and biology with active researchers in the math biology community.
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UT Undergraduates Selected for National Education Conference
Two undergraduates from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, were invited to share their views on how to improve biology education at a national conference held in Washington, DC, July 15-17.
Jonathan Lockhart, a senior majoring in chemistry and biochemistry, cellular, and molecular biology, and Nathan Stebbins, a junior majoring in biochemistry, cellular, and molecular biology, were among 12 undergraduate students from universities across the country who were selected for the
Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education: Mobilizing the Community for Change
conference organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
