Educators
The Conference, titled New Mexico's Water Future: Connecting Stakeholder Needs to Water Information, will take place November 18-19 at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, NM. Register or find out more on the event's website, http://2014.wrri.nmsu.edu/. This is not an EPSCoR-sponsored event.
Interdisciplinary Innovation Working Groups (I-IWG) provide a venue for researchers, educators, and nationally recognized experts to address grand challenges that require an interdisciplinary approach to transform science. Successful I-IWGs will result in innovative proposals to NSF or other agencies, publication of synthesis papers in peer-reviewed journals, or other defined outputs that are likely to contribute to increasing knowledge in research areas relevant to Energize New Mexico.
New Mexico is implementing Common Core standards for Mathematics and English/Language Arts and is considering adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards. These standards are already starting major shifts in instruction, curriculum and assessment that will impact every K-12 student and teacher as well as those organizations and programs that serve a K-12 audience. What are the implications of these standards for the Informal Science Education community in New Mexico? How can program providers align their offerings with the standards and communicate that alignment to stakeholders?
Dr. Becky Bixby and Dr. David Hanson invite all who are interested to a seminar funded by the UNM Biology Department and New Mexico EPSCoR. The seminar is by Charles O'Kelley, and is titled, “Tunnels into history: algae that bore into calcium carbonate.” This seminar is Thursday, 21 November at 3:30 in 100 Castetter with refreshments served at 3:15. From the announcement: "Charley O'Kelly is a well-known research scientist at Friday Harbor and works on microbial communities and primary productivity.
Join us for the first All Hands Meeting for the Energize New Mexico project! You can now view the final agenda here.
Co-sponsored by the NM Informal Science Education Network (NM ISE Net) and NM EPSCoR with support from the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum.
Dr. Falk will present an overview of what is currently known about when, why and where the public learns science. He will share results from a variety of recent large-scale investigations of science learning to document the significant role that informal educational experiences have in building a scientifically-informed public.
Presented by the Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society in cooperation with the Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science, with support from the New Mexico Informal Science Education Network (NM ISE Net) and NM EPSCoR, Dr. Lammers will describe various algae-based technologies with a focus on the desert southwest, including algae isolated from acidic hot springs, techniques that dramatically limit water consumption, and extraction of useful bio-chemicals from wet biomass. Learn how algal oils and proteins are opening new business opportunities. This event is free.
The Water Policy Town Hall will focus on long-range and crisis water planning, the aging water infrastructure, conservation and reuse, and water development technology. The registration form is on New Mexico First's website. This is not an EPSCoR-sponsored event.
About Diversity Innovation Working Groups
Diversity Innovation Working Groups provide a venue for researchers, educators, and nationally recognized experts to address challenges associated with engaging and retaining women, members of underrepresented groups, and first‐generation college students in STEM in New Mexico. Successful Diversity IWGs will result in innovative proposals to NSF or other agencies, publication of synthesis papers in peer-‐reviewed journals, or other defined outputs that are likely to contribute to broadening participation in STEM.
About the Infrastructure Seed Grant Program