2017

1. Who is Deb Rook, FMN Project Manager?

   Entry #402

   01 Dec 2017

   7:35 pm

   Deborah Rook

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   As one of the newest members of the QUBES team, I'd like to introduce myself to the community. I remember the moment I decided I should be a teacher. I was 19 and walking through the Cleveland Museum of Natural History with my preteen sister, who was visiting me for sibling weekend at Case...

2. RCN-UBE Call for proposals announced

   Entry #400

   09 Nov 2017

   11:50 am

   Kristin Jenkins

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   From the NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Biology Directorate Education and Human Resources Directorate RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORKS IN UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY EDUCATION (RCN-UBE) NSF 18-510 RCN-UBE supports projects that build communities of biology faculty and stakeholders. Proposals can focus on...

3. Join us for a new FMN with InTeGrate this Spring

   Entry #398

   02 Nov 2017

   10:51 am

   Gabriela Hamerlinck

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   InTeGrate Faculty Mentoring Network Spring 2018 Application Deadline: December 11th, 2017 Are you interested in adopting interdisciplinary modules that address sustainability and climate change into your classroom? Apply now to join us for the Spring 2018 InTeGrate/QUBES Faculty Mentoring...

4. New FMN - Using ecological data in the classroom

   Entry #397

   30 Oct 2017

   12:19 pm

   Gabriela Hamerlinck

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                The Ecological Society of America (ESA) and Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis project (QUBES; https://qubeshub.org) are pleased to offer a unique networking and professional development opportunity...

5. NEON Faculty Mentoring Network opportunity!

   Entry #396

   20 Oct 2017

   1:01 pm

   Gabriela Hamerlinck

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   QUBES is partnering with the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) to offer a new Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN) this coming spring! Participants will work with NEON educational materials, adapting them for their spring classes. The full advertisement for this opportunity can be found...

6. New Spring 2018 Faculty Mentoring Network with BSA!

   Entry #394

   18 Oct 2017

   3:45 pm

   Deborah Rook

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   The Botanical Society of America (BSA) is teaming up with QUBES to host a brand new Faculty Mentoring Network in Spring 2018! Participants will implement new materials on a range of botanical topics to enhance quantitative skills in life science classrooms. Apply now to join the Spring 2018...

7. New Spring 2018 Faculty Mentoring Network with SESYNC!

   Entry #393

   17 Oct 2017

   8:47 pm

   Gabriela Hamerlinck

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   QUBES has partnered with the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) to offer an exciting new Faculty Mentoring Network in Spring 2018! Participating faculty will adopt and adapt existing interdisciplinary modules that address quantitative reasoning skills and socio-environmental...

8. BEER-X: The 10th Anniversary of the International Symposium for Biomathematics and Ecology, Education and Research

   Entry #392

   10 Oct 2017

   10:57 am

   QUBES Team

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   The International Symposium for Biomathematics and Ecology, Education and Research celebrated it's tenth anniversary this weekend. BEER-X was held at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, home of the new Center for Biomathematics Collaborative Studies and the Intercollegiate...

9. Do you know what QUBES did last summer?

   Entry #388

   15 Sep 2017

   4:53 pm

   QUBES Team

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   This summer QUBES representatives could be found at a number of meetings, offering workshops, presentations, and our fantastic pens and stickers!  Gaby Hamerlinck and Kristin Jenkins were at the Evolution 2017 meeting in Portland OR, June 23-27.  This meeting is co-sponsored by the...

10. Undergraduate Research Conference hosted by NIMBioS

    Entry #387

    13 Sep 2017

    9:52 am

    QUBES Team

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    The following post is written by Greg Wiggins, the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS).     Are you an undergraduate student or advisor of an undergraduate student that has conducted research...

11. QUBES Faculty Mentoring Fellows Program - A great first cohort!

    Entry #380

    23 Aug 2017

    11:58 am

    Jeremy M Wojdak

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    During the Spring of 2017, QUBES launched a new initiative – the Faculty Mentoring Fellows Program.   Individuals with interesting instructional ideas and cool materials to share with others were recruited to become fellows and to lead upcoming QUBES Faculty Mentoring...

12. Beanbag Biology: Teaching Quantitative Biology through Hands-on Activities

    Entry #378

    14 Aug 2017

    11:58 am

    Jeremy M Wojdak

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    What is this program? This group will share and implement hands-on (i.e. manipulative) activities that teach quantitative biology (e.g., disease modeling) using active-learning exercises. The activities can be adapted to any level from high school through graduate courses.  Why should I...

13. New FMN for Life Science Instructors - Application deadline July 30!

    Entry #374

    17 Jul 2017

    2:33 pm

    Carrie Diaz Eaton

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    Announcing a new peer faculty development network for instructors of life science kicking off in August! This QUBES FMN will be completely virtual (no conference attendance required) and absolutely free. This peer development network will work with each other as well as applied...

14. Life Discovery Conference Travel Awards and a new fall 2017 FMN

    Entry #369

    14 Jun 2017

    11:37 am

    Gabriela Hamerlinck

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    The Ecological Society of America and its partners are pleased to announce the Life Discovery Conference Travel Awards of up to about $1,000 are available for faculty to participate in the 4th Life Discovery – Doing Science Education conference (LDC; Oct. 19-21, 2017). The goal of the...

15. New Faculty Mentoring Network Opportunity - Computational Genomics

    Entry #367

    09 Jun 2017

    8:06 am

    Jeremy M Wojdak

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    Calling all QUBES-folk that teach computation, bioinformatics, or genomics! These fields often require students to learn biological concepts, computational concepts, and software all simultaneously, and students often progress at really difference rates.  Using standard didactic...

16. Research at the interface of mathematics and life and environmental science

    Entry #368

    09 Jun 2017

    6:04 am

    Carrie Diaz Eaton

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    In the last couple of weeks, I have been traveling to workshops and conferences, experiencing the landscape of research at the interface of mathematics and life and environmental science. I see the research front moving with much progress - even more so as it synthesizes with other disciplines....

17. New QUBES Research

    Entry #365

    30 May 2017

    12:16 pm

    Gabriela Hamerlinck

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    The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is beginning a research project that may be of interest to you regarding how participation in a unique long-term online model of professional development (PD) impacts the adoption of scholarly approaches to teaching....

18. Using DataCamp to help teach data science in a biostatistics class

    Entry #363

    09 May 2017

    6:32 am

    Drew LaMar

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    A large part of science can be described as the process, through observation and measurement, of extracting information from the world in the form of data.  Even with in-silico models, we construct analytic information through mathematical analysis, or record "measurements" on...

19. What’s this Summer Workshop All About?

    Entry #362

    17 Apr 2017

    1:00 pm

    Kristin Jenkins

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    If you haven’t been to our Summer Workshop, you may be wondering what’s so special about this one.  The Summer Workshop is an annual event to bring together a community of biology faculty for a week of exploring new tools and good pedagogies for teaching biology. This focus on...

20. The importance of mentoring

    Entry #361

    07 Apr 2017

    12:00 am

    Carrie Diaz Eaton

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    Part of my job in teaching is the actual classroom stuff.  But for many of us, that is only a part of our interaction with students. Mentoring is something we may have experienced through our career, but rarely are we formally trained in it. When SREB (Southern Regional Education Board)...