2020

1. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: Project EDDIE FMN- Teaching Scientific Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning with Data

   Entry #974

   02 Dec 2020

   2:29 pm

   Deborah Rook

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   Project EDDIE Faculty Mentoring Network Teaching Scientific Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning with Data Applications are due December 15th – Apply Now Are you looking to teach scientific concepts using data exploration and open inquiry? Are you interested in teaching...

2. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: Social Justice and Community Change Faculty Mentoring Network

   Entry #958

   13 Nov 2020

   5:20 pm

   Deborah Rook

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   Social Justice and Community Change Building CURES with Community Social Justice Impact Applications Due: December 11, 2020 Our group has been working this fall and has gathered many resources for the project.  You will have access to all our resources and the guidance of people who have...

3. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: COVID Vaccination: From Science to Society Faculty Mentoring Network

   Entry #957

   13 Nov 2020

   1:05 pm

   Deborah Rook

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   COVID Vaccination: From Science to Society Combatting misinformation in science and medicine Applications Due: December 15, 2020 While the world is anxiously awaiting a C-19 vaccine, a vaccine itself will not be successful if enough individuals do not become vaccinated. Once a C-19 vaccine...

4. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: Scientists Spotlights and Data Nuggets Faculty Mentoring Network

   Entry #950

   13 Nov 2020

   10:17 am

   Deborah Rook

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   Scientists Spotlights and Data Nuggets FMN Applications Due: December 11, 2020 If you want to feature diverse scientists and their data and learn to make podcasts and videos, this is the group for you. Our group has been working this fall and has gathered many resources for the project. ...

5. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: Cell Collective Faculty Mentoring Network

   Entry #949

   13 Nov 2020

   9:59 am

   Deborah Rook

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   Cell Collective: Computational modeling and simulation designed with the classroom in mind DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications Due: December 15, 2020   Are you interested in adopting computational modeling and simulation modules that address systems biology...

6. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: SENCER Educators as Civic Educators Faculty Mentoring Network

   Entry #948

   13 Nov 2020

   9:29 am

   Deborah Rook

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   SENCER Educators as Civic Educators Assessing our impact on civic scientific literacy Applications Due: December 1st, 2020 Today many instructors are embedding broader civic and social justice issues in their STEM teaching. Are you interested in knowing if your teaching is improving your...

7. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Projects Faculty Mentoring Network

   Entry #947

   12 Nov 2020

   9:53 am

   Deborah Rook

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   EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Projects Faculty Mentoring Network: Teaching Ecology During A Pandemic Applications Due: November 20, 2020   Are you interested in retaining an element of field ecology in your course while still teaching online or in a hybrid environment? Apply now to join...

8. iDigBio Recruits Participants for Survey on Using Natural History Collections in Undergrad Courses

   Entry #945

   06 Nov 2020

   2:35 pm

   Caitlin Hayes

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   Do you use or have you considered using natural history collections in your undergraduate courses?  If so, please help with research on courses using natural history collections by filling out this brief survey by December 2, 2020. Background  This research is being...

9. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: Molecular Case Studies: At the Interface of Biology and Chemistry

   Entry #944

   05 Nov 2020

   11:22 am

   Deborah Rook

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   Molecular Case Studies: At the Interface of Biology and Chemistry If you teach about biomolecular structure and function and wished you had access to ready-to-use, content specific, molecular structure-function case studies for your class please read on. Would like...

10. University of Nebraska Invites Participation in Quantitative Modeling Study

    Entry #943

    04 Nov 2020

    1:26 pm

    Caitlin Hayes

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    Do you integrate quantitative skills into your biology course? Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are looking for instructors who take different approaches to integrating quantitative skills with biology concepts in their courses to participate in an NSF-funded research...

11. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: Bring Bioinformatics to Your Biology Classroom

    Entry #942

    02 Nov 2020

    12:38 pm

    Deborah Rook

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    Bring Bioinformatics to Your Biology Classroom  Using bioinformatics strategies to solve biology problems in introductory courses If you are a biologist, you and your students need bioinformatics!  We can help you get what you need with relatively little pain. This faculty...

12. November 2020 Featured Partner: iEMBER

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    30 Oct 2020

    3:44 pm

    Caitlin Hayes

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    The very timely vision of the iEMBER (inclusive Environments and Metrics in Biology Education and Research) Network is to improve biology education with a particular focus on learners traditionally excluded from the field. Funded by NSF’s RCN-UBE Program, they aim to build a network of...

13. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: Make Teaching with R in Undergraduate Biology Less Excruciating (Make TRUBLE)

    Entry #940

    30 Oct 2020

    11:11 am

    Deborah Rook

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    Make Teaching with R in Undergraduate Biology Less Excruciating Apply Now! Applications Due: November 20, 2020 This Faculty Mentoring Network is intended for undergraduate biology instructors with prior R programming experience who are interested in learning ways to teach with R effectively...

14. Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: QB@CC Bridging Mathematics and Biology

    Entry #939

    29 Oct 2020

    12:05 pm

    Deborah Rook

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    Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network: Bridging Mathematics and Biology Are you interested in adopting modules that address mathematical skills using a topic in biology? Apply now to join us for the Spring 2021 QB@CC/QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network...

15. Fall 2020 FMN Announcement: EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Projects Faculty Mentoring Network

    Entry #903

    14 Aug 2020

    12:39 pm

    Deborah Rook

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    EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Projects Faculty Mentoring Network: Teaching Ecology During A Pandemic Applications Due: August 20, 2020   Are you interested in retaining an element of field ecology in your course while still teaching online or in a hybrid environment? Apply now to join us...

16. QUBES PRESS RELEASE: 25 LEADERS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION NAMED AS QUBES MENTORS

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    25 Jun 2020

    11:07 am

    Deborah Rook

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      25 LEADERS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION NAMED AS QUBES MENTORS Honored for leading Faculty Mentoring Networks for teaching quantitative biology   JUNE 25, 2020 -- The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project (http://www.qubeshub.org/), a STEM higher...

17. QUBES joins #ShutdownSTEM

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    09 Jun 2020

    6:04 pm

    Carrie Diaz Eaton

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    Dear QUBES Community Members, We are confronting the reality and consequences of systemic racism in our society which result in violence against Black colleagues, students, and communities. This is exemplified by police murder and disproportionate COVID-19 deaths. In the midst of our...

18. Grant from the Hewlett Foundation to Expand Inclusion and Diversity Focus for Open Educational Resources in Undergraduate Quantitative Biology

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    28 Apr 2020

    9:21 am

    Karoline P Pershell

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    QUBES is pleased to announce that it has received funding from The Hewlett Foundation as part of a $380,000, 1-year award to Bates College to support implementation of several collaborative projects related to the sustainability of Open Education. Sustainability and Partnerships. QUBES...

19. Spring 2020 FMN Announcement: Project EDDIE Faculty Mentoring Network (Spring 2020)

    Entry #763

    08 Jan 2020

    8:50 am

    Deborah Rook

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    PROJECT EDDIE FACULTY MENTORING NETWORK – Spring 2020 Teaching Quantitative Reasoning and Scientific Concepts with Environmental Data Led by Melissa Hage Are you interested in teaching quantitative reasoning and looking to include data exploration in your classroom? This...

20. Community Engagement Manager Position

    Entry #762

    07 Jan 2020

    10:05 am

    Hayley Orndorf

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    QUBES and BioQUEST are hiring a Community Engagement Manager. The community engagement manager will share information about two national education reform communities (BioQUEST and QUBES) with a broad community of faculty, collaborating projects, professional societies, and other...