Category Archives: Education/Outreach

A Niche at Howard University

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

Dr. William Godsoe, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow, visited Howard University in Washington, DC, to present a seminar titled “I Can’t Define the Niche But I’ll Know It When I See It: Why We Need Mathematics to Understand Species Distribution.” The talk … Continue reading →

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Lenhart Named SIAM Fellow

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

Dr. Suzanne Lenhart, professor of mathematics at the Univ. of Tennessee and NIMBioS Associate Director for Education, Outreach and Diversity, has been selected as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The fellowship honors SIAM members … Continue reading →

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High School Scholars Connect Math and Biology Using Biodiversity

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

A group of Tennessee high school students and teachers learned about how math and biology converge during a visit to NIMBioS last week as a part of the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The symposium is an annual event … Continue reading →

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Going Back to Skull with Biology in a Box

Posted on February 11, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS Communications Coordinator Catherine Crawley and NIMBioS Education and Outreach Coordinator Kelly Moran dropped in on students at Jacksboro Middle School in Campbell County, TN to film for an upcoming NIMBioS video about Biology in a Box. Seventh grade science … Continue reading →

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Prototype Activities for STEM Box Debuted to Teachers

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

With activities for a brand new Biology in a Box K-12 unit on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) under development, several members of the Biology in a Box team traveled to Nashville to the Area Conference for the National … Continue reading →

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Agusto Shares the Flu (Model) with Fisk Students

Posted on December 7, 2010 by admin

Dr. Folashade Agusto, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow, visited Fisk University recently and presented “Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control of Transmission of Avian Influenza” to an eager group of undergraduate students and faculty.  This was made possible by NIMBioS’s partnership agreement with … Continue reading →

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Young Mathematical Biologists Meet in Knoxville

Posted on November 29, 2010 by admin

The future of mathematical biology looks bright, if the quality of this year’s participants in the NIMBioS undergraduate research conference is any indication. NIMBioS hosted the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics, Nov. 19-20, … Continue reading →

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Forty Attend HPC Phylogenetics Tutorial

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

Our classroom is packed to capacity this week with 40 participants attending the NIMBioS Tutorial: High Performance Computing for Phylogenetics. This popular tutorial focuses on how to use TeraGrid, the CIPRES Portal, the iPlant Discovery environment, university clusters, and other … Continue reading →

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Girls Get Their Hands Dirty at SHADES Workshop

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS helped inspire sixth and seventh grade girls about careers in math, science and engineering at the annual Sharing Adventures in Engineering and Science (SHADES) workshop organized by the Greater Knoxville Math/Science Coalition last weekend. Thirty-eight local students got their … Continue reading →

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