Category Archives: Education/Outreach

Modeling with Math for Teachers

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

A new resource for teachers, “Modeling with Mathematics,” with examples and exercises to illustrate modeling concepts using mathematics from Algebra I and II is now available on the NIMBioS website. Simple models with discrete time steps are included, as well … Continue reading →

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A Decade of Summer Undergrad Research Underway

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

The NIMBioS Summer Research Experience (SRE) program kicked off yesterday, celebrating a decade of providing students with opportunities to conduct research at the interface of mathematics and biology. Fifteen undergraduate students from around the country arrived at NIMBioS to begin the … Continue reading →

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Students with Disabilities Reach Out to High Schoolers

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

When Julia Williams was a high school student in Nashville, she aspired to study science in college. But with her diagnosis of ADHD, she wondered about the unique challenges she might encounter and didn’t know who to turn to for … Continue reading →

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New Roster of Summer Undergrads Announced

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS is pleased to announce the 15 participants selected for its highly competitive 2018 Summer Research Experience (SRE) program. Participants were selected from a pool of more than 100 applicants from around the country. The program runs for eight weeks, from May 29-July 20. … Continue reading →

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Spanning the Globe: Fall Updates from Education & Outreach

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS Education & Outreach has been busy this fall with events that have spanned the globe. Associate Director Suzanne Lenhart presented at the SAMSA-Masamu Program STEM Education Workshop in Tanzania in November. Held at Arusha Technical College in Arusha, the … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS-UT Partner to Help Students With Disabilities

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS and UT have partnered to create a new organization on campus — the STEM Alliance — which aims to improve the success of students with disabilities in the STEM disciplines. The STEM Alliance is part of the South East … Continue reading →

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New Roster of Summer Undergrads Announced

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS is pleased to announce the 17 participants selected for its highly competitive 2017 Summer Research Experience (SRE) program. The participants, which this year include one middle school math teacher, were selected from a pool of more than 100 applicants. The program runs for eight weeks, … Continue reading →

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Discover Birds En Español

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

The popular Discover Birds Activity Book for kids in which NIMBioS contributed some math content has now been translated into Spanish and has even reached Cuban shores. In the book, Campeones de Aves, “Bird Champions,” is a simple math puzzle … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Parades for Science!

Posted on February 20, 2017 by admin

In celebration of Darwin Day, NIMBioS joined UT’s Darwin Day Tennessee organization to parade for science! Chanting “Science for the people!” and “What do we want? Science! When do we want it? After peer review!” a group of undergraduates, graduate … Continue reading →

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Vazquez Receives Nation’s Top Math Prize at Blackwell-Tapia

Posted on November 1, 2016 by admin

Over 100 researchers, faculty, graduate students and others gathered last week to witness Mariel Vazquez, a professor of mathematics and microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of California, Davis, receive the nation’s highest research award for minority mathematicians, the 2016 … Continue reading →

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