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Jane Maienschein, AZ Professor of the Year!
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education named ASU scientist Jane Maienschein the 2010 Arizona Professor of the Year.
Alum Receives Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Award
Biology and Society alum Sarah Lusk recently received the David E. Rogers Award for Community Service along with her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and was accepted into a…
AAAS Summer Internship Opportunities
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has an amazing summer internship program, hosting interns in several of the programs and centers within their Science…
Julie Luft Part of Science Education Delegation in China
Julie Luft, a professor of science education in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, was part of a delegation of prominent U.S. educators who traveled to Shanghai, China, to…
Nature's Backbone at Risk
The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. “What is needed going forward is a stronger commitment to the…
Call to Reshape University Curricula
Universities worldwide are undergoing structural transformation, but reform of curricula is also key to their renewal.
In Memoriam - David L. Hull (1935-2010)
Dr. David Hull, a friend and colleague to many in the Center for Biology and Society, passed away in August after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. He passed away at home, among…
Funding Graduate Research in the Center for Biology & Society
Graduate dissertation projects, thoroughly researched and meticulously carried out, generally require funding beyond what is normally provided to support the average graduate student. To procure the…
Congratulations Scholarship Winners: Katie Dreeland and Anne Clay
Katie Dreeland and Anne Clay were selected out of over 5300 applications for the U.S. Dept of State 2010 Critical Language Scholarships. This award will allow Katie to study Arabic in Cairo and Anne…
Les Landrum: Protecting Nature's Library
ASU's Leslie Landrum documents and catalogues the diversity of plants that exist in Arizona.
Digital HPS Summit
The Digital HPS Initiative Summit on February 26-27, 2010 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA was organized by ASU’s Center for Biology and Society and funded by the National…
Attending the AAAS 2010 Conference
Honors and Biology…
"Of Locusts & Scientists"
Manfred Laubichler has a new review on a theatric production embracing science as art published in Science Magazine...
"Rethinking our Writing, Rewriting our Thinking"
"Rethinking our Writing, Rewriting our Thinking" is a free workshop series designed to help ASU staff, facultly and grads transition from their academic writing to writing for the public. Our own Dr…
Mark Ulett’s Experience at Biology by the Sea
It is sometimes easy for graduate students to get stuck in their own work. We become isolated from the community at large, lost in the vastness of our own projects. For this reason, it is important…Biology by the Sea at UCSD
Biology by the Sea is a graduate student and faculty workshop in Biology Studies is part of a continuing effort to build a community of scholars in the history and philosophy of life sciences in the…
The 2009 Presidents Professor: Andrew Smith
Congratulations the Presidents Professor 2009: Andrew Smith! The Presidents Professor Award recognizes tenured faculty who have made outstanding contributions to undergraduate education at Arizona…