Monthly Archives: August 2014

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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New Textbook Introduces Undergraduates to Mathematics for the Life Sciences

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

KNOXVILLE—Today’s students in college biology and other science courses are increasingly being asked to analyze problems in quantitative ways, and now they have a new textbook to help them do so. “Mathematics for the Life Sciences,” published this month by … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Undergrads Present Summer Research at MBI

Posted on August 19, 2014 by admin

Our 2014 Summer Research Experience students and teachers may have left NIMBioS for the summer, but friendships forged and research completed carry on! Four NIMBioS SRE undergraduates recently attended the week-long Math Biosciences Institute (MBI) Undergraduate Capstone Conference in Columbus, … Continue reading →

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Calling All Nationally Distinguished Biologists

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

It’s not everyday that two alumni from the same high school learn that they are both nationally distinguished scientists. NIMBioS Director Louis Gross and Joe Felsenstein, visiting NIMBioS this week as co-organizer of the Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Tutorial, both graduated … Continue reading →

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Summer Research Students Present Their Findings

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

The 2014 Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Teachers drew to a close today with the six project teams presenting their final results. Several groups announced plans to continue their work beyond the SRE program, hoping to continue collaborating with … Continue reading →

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