Tag Archives: Education/Outreach

Botesteanu Wins MAA Outstanding Presentation Award

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

Dana-Adriana Botesteanu, a participant in NIMBioS’ 2011 REU program, has won an “Outstanding Presentation” award from the Mathematical Association of America for her poster at the Undergraduate Poster Session at the 2012 Joint Mathematics Meetings. Botesteanu’s poster presentation, “How does … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Darwin! NIMBioS Celebrates at Teacher Workshop

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

In honor of Charles Darwin’s birthday last week, NIMBioS participated in a training-the-teacher workshop on strategies for teaching evolution for around 30 local middle and high school teachers in East Tennessee. NIMBioS Education & Outreach Coordinator Kelly Sturner led teachers … Continue reading →

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The Noes Have It

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Following a lively public debate on the role of warfare in early social evolution, a sea of hands waving blue cards with the words “anti-thesis” indicated that the majority of the audience believed the antithesis debaters had won the day: … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Attends Largest Mathematics Meeting in the World

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin

More than 7,000 mathematicians descended upon Boston last week for the 2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting, the world’s largest mathematics meeting, and NIMBioS was there.  NIMBioS researchers, faculty and staff contributed talks on research and outreach. Two posters from the NIMBioS … Continue reading →

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A Unique Partnership: the Teacher Collaboration Program

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

Educational partnerships between scientists/faculty and K-12 teachers offer mutual professional benefits. NIMBioS brings the two communities together through its Teacher Collaboration Program (TCP). The program pairs K-12 teachers with interest in mathematics and biology with active researchers in the math … Continue reading →

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Discover the Black Box’s Secrets on Talking Science

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

Our latest post on Talking Science, a project of the radio program NPR’s Science Friday, looks into how scientific inquiry works and the mathematical basis for why it’s so powerful. Adapted with permission from Biology in a Box, this hands-on … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Postdoc Visits Cal State San Marcos

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Xavier Thibert-Plante discussed his research into the process of ecological speciation at a recent talk at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). Thibert-Plante’s visit is a part of NIMBioS’ education and outreach efforts to partner with minority-serving … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Promotes Diversity in Science

Posted on November 8, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS collaborated with NSF math and biology centers this month to bring exciting programming in modern math and life science to the SACNAS national conference for advancing Hispanics, Chicanos, and Native Americans in science. Postdoctoral fellow Sharon Bewick and Associate … Continue reading →

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Math’s Usefulness to Ecology Presented by Gaoue at Howard U

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Orou Gaoue visited Washington, D.C. last week to inspire Howard University students and faculty to think about real-life ecological questions that mathematics can answer. Gaoue gave a colloquium titled “Modeling the short- and long-term consequences of plant harvest by … Continue reading →

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Math and Biology Activities Shared at National Teacher Conference

Posted on October 18, 2011 by admin

High school and junior high biology teachers tried out classroom activities combining math and life science learning last week at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) conference in Anaheim, CA in a session organized by NIMBioS. Kelly Sturner, NIMBioS … Continue reading →

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