Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
... by upper-level H-LSAMP scholars that also fosters mentoring relationships," Bear said. "Financial support also is available to participating students through stipends for such work as teaching in the workshops, helping with the Web site and working in research labs." The UH campus, for instance, prov...UK biotechnology business plan competition now open to students in the US and Canada
...aluation of market potential. There also will be a mentoring session from industry experts to help the teams generate their business plans. Each team will then devise a business plan for their imaginary biotech start-up company (can be based on hypothetical or actual science.) The winning team from North Ameri......larger portion of our membership in recruiting and mentoring underrepresented students."Specifically, this new phase of SEEDS will expand existing activities designed to reach out to African American, Latino, and Native American students. The program areas that will be continuing include: student and faculty ...APS Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Translational Research Conference, Sept. 8-11
...urnals and publications, extensive educational and mentoring activities and other meetings, go to the APS website. The "Press Room" section offers access to press releases and abstracts on research presented at past meetings as well as research reported in APS journals. The next APS conference, "Integrative ...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
...nn, Programme Manager: "The training and long-term mentoring support provided by this Programme builds the immediate capabilities of projects, but perhaps more significantly, builds the skills, enthusiasm and potential of individual team members. We aim to create a young global network of biodiversity conserva...Beware cancer, insomnia and liver disease UH students are taking aim
...ar NSF grant. "It's so rewarding to take part in mentoring these students and witness their enthusiasm and dedication," Miller said. "At the ICC symposium, it was noticed many times that UH consistently had the best representation at the workshop sessions and was the only group of students at each session w...White House lauds Physiological Society for mentoring underrepresented minorities in biomedicine
... participated. Other recent examples of diversity mentoring programs come from the APS annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in late April: Over 30 local high school students and 30 teachers attended an all-day, hands-on and informational program, including a panel about careers in physiology. Eighteen APS men...Marian Johnson-Thompson wins 2004 Alice C. Evans Award
...be a role model and advocate for women, initiating mentoring programs aimed at postdoctoral fellows and junior ...NIH. One tribute to her longstanding commitment to mentoring was recognized recently when students of the nationally acclaimed Meyerhoff Program at the Universit...Bye-bye Bio 101: Teach science the way you do science
...n to think and reason about science." She offers a mentoring course to help graduate students and postdocs supervise undergraduates in research more effectively. "We hope to send into the world a new generation of teachers who are committed to engaging undergraduates in science both in the classroom and the re...Converting research into commercial reality
...ncils' Business Plan Competition provides support, mentoring and training to develop high quality business plans to commercialise research carried out in UK universities and research institutions. Participants in the competition submitted business propositions from across the arts, biosciences, the environment...Final of the 2003/04 Research Councils' Business Plan Competition
...ncils' Business Plan Competition provides support, mentoring and training to develop high quality business plans to commercialise research carried out in UK universities and research institutions. Participants in the competition submitted business propositions from across the arts, biosciences, the environment...Edward C. Roy Jr. to receive Ian Campbell award
...ibuted significant time and energy to teaching and mentoring young people and assisting community and professional organizations. He has served as a member of numerous committees of prominent science organizations at the local, state, and national levels, including the American Association for the Advancement ...Syracuse University geologists raise questions about controversial theory of species survival
... Geology article. If it were not for the excellent mentoring from all my advisors throughout the course of the project, this important research would not have been accomplished, Bonuso says. This was Cathy Newtons original idea wrapped with Jim Browers methodology, and they let me in on it. I just picked up wh...Experimental Biology 2003 meets in San Diego April 11-15
...logists in the drug discovery process," and ASIP's mentoring luncheon on "Dancing with Journals: a Guide to Submission and Revision." A number of Experimental Biology sessions focus on challenges and opportunities for women, racial/ethnic minorities, and others who have been traditionally underrepresented in ...U-M bone marrow transplant expert receives Doris Duke Charitable Foundation award
...ow transplantation. He also is deeply committed to mentoring our young investigators. I can't think of a more deserving individual for this prestigious award," said Max Wicha, M.D., director, U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center and Distinguished Professor of Oncology....NSF establishes center for biophotonics at UC Davis
... graduate courses in biophotonics, including a new mentoring program called "shadow a scientist." The center also will work with minorities and women to ensure that the next generation of scientists is a diverse group. Several of the participating institutions serve predominantly minority and female population...University of Pittsburgh focuses on building careers in womens health
...rs to gain valuable research experience and career mentoring by working with more experienced scientists in a variety of areas basic, clinical, behavioral, health services and public health research while approaching a scientific question from different perspectives," said ORWH director Vivian Pinn, M.D. The...Howard Hughes Medical Institute's million dollar professors
... at Louisiana State University, also will focus on mentoring minorities. An African American, Walker is developing a "mentoring ladder" reaching back into the secondary schools, where he says minorities often don't get the preparation they need for college science. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, a biomedical engin...New Knox company has big plans for ORNL technology
...-tech company. The center provides instruction and mentoring and world-class intellectual property from ORNL and other commercial sources. The technology that led to the Molecular Comb was developed by Thomas Thundat and Tom Ferrell of ORNLs Life Sciences Division and Gilbert Brown of the Chemical and Analyti......d a commitment to his students. His excellence in mentoring young students is outstanding. Brown's work includes a devoted and considerable effort to produce books, including a text on biogeography, that have become key in training young scientists, reflecting his full commitment to the next generation of ec...