Dana had a great visit to San Antonio, thanks to the many wonderful, enthusiastic and creative teachers at the National Science Teacher Association conference. We were pleased to have a great crowd for our talk, and really appreciated the … Continue reading
Thanks John Bapst in Bangor, Maine!
pgEd was happy to be asked to spend the day with students at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. I was invited by a student, D.J. Brooks, who I met this summer at Mount Desert Island Biological Lab’s … Continue reading
Visit from the Center for BioMolecular Modeling in Wisconsin
Last month, Marnie enjoyed meeting with Shannon Colton and Gina Vogt from the Center for BioMolecular Modeling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Marnie had fun playing with the models that the CBM develops to bring the invisible world of molecules … Continue reading
pgEd travels to the Netherlands
Ting is in the Netherlands for an exciting international conference on genetics education entitled “Genetics Education for the 21st Century” organized by the Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at the Utrecht University. She is eager to meet with educators … Continue reading
pgEd visits Urban Science Academy in Boston
Lauren had fun teaching a lesson to Mr. DiMario’s AP Biology class at the Urban Science Academy in West Roxbury recently. We had an engaging and enlightening discussion about the risks and benefits of knowing more about your DNA, how … Continue reading
pgEd meets with i.am.angel at Roosevelt HS in Los Angeles
Joan Horvath of the National University Community Research Institute and Ting became acquainted at the recent AAAS Symposium, and this ultimately led to Ting being able to spend the day at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, Los … Continue reading
pgEd meets with Los Angeles students at Belmont HS
Thanks to Lauren Tomaselli’s fast footwork, Ting was able to spend part of the day at Belmont High School in Los Angeles, California on March 4th, where she met with several classes of students. As always, the students returned probing … Continue reading
pgEd visits Hollywood, Health & Society
Accompanied by her daughter, Marie, Ting visited with Sandra Buffington and Kate Folb at Hollywood, Health, and Society in Beverly Hills, California and then met the rest of the staff. HH&S is a program at the USC Annenberg … Continue reading
pgEd travels to California – Claremont College Athenaeum
Ting felt greatly honored to be a luncheon speaker for the Athenaeum series at the Claremont Colleges in California on Februrary 28th. She spoke about “Personal Genetics: Miracles and Technologies, Promises and Challenges to a vocal audience of … Continue reading
Session on personal genetics at AAAS
On February 16th, Ting joined Matthew Herper, Brian Naughton, Mira Irons, Sheila Jasanoff, and Jonathan Gitlin for a session of the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston hosted by Peter Yang, Brenna Krieger, Kevin Bonham, and James Thorton of the Harvard … Continue reading