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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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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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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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Visit from UT Interim President

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

UT Interim President Jan Simek stopped by the other day during our bi-annual Board of Advisors Meeting. Board member Ellis McKenzie (NIH) and Simek were roommates as freshman at UC Santa Cruz back in the day.

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Riechert Appointed by Governor to ‘Race to the Top’ Advisory Council

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

Susan Riechert, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the Univ. of Tennessee and senior NIMBioS collaborator, was recently appointed by Gov. Phil Bredesen to the Tennessee Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Council to help direct Tennessee’s strategic … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Dr. Hickling, Scholar of the Week

Posted on August 9, 2010 by admin

Graham J. Hickling, director of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Wildlife Health and associate director of NIMBioS, was named the University of Tennessee Quest’s Scholar of the Week for July 30, 2010. Hickling recently received a National Science Foundation … Continue reading →

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