Category Archives: Member Announcements

National Alliance for Broader Impacts Guiding Principles

Posted on May 4, 2017 by hageyt

The National Alliance for Broader Impacts has recently put out a “Guiding Principles and Questions for National Science Foundation Proposals” informational PDF. https://broaderimpacts.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nabi_guiding_principles.pdf It provides great info if you’re thinking of broader impacts for a NSF proposal as well as if you’re … Continue reading →

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Kalyanmoy Deb, BEACON's Koenig Endowed Chair Professor, has crossed 100,000 citations

Posted on April 25, 2017 by hageyt

Kalyanmoy Deb, Koenig Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a BEACON member, has crossed 100,000 citation mark according to Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=paTAXiIAAAAJ&hl=en). He is one of the two faculty members in the College of Engineering, and one … Continue reading →

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James Foster Honored at EvoStar Conference in Amsterdam

Posted on April 25, 2017 by hageyt

On Thursday, April 20, 2017, BEACON’s Lead at University of Idaho, Prof. James Foster, was honored by SPECIES, the professional organization that sponsors the annual EvoStar Conference, at its the 20th annual Evostar Conference, this year held in Amsterdam. He was one of … Continue reading →

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BEACON-sponsored "Business for Scientists" course at UI

Posted on April 20, 2017 by hageyt

With supplemental funding from NSF, BEACON is co-sponsoring a week-long “Business for Scientists” course offered at the University of Idaho, May 22-26. This course is designed to help junior faculty, postdocs, and scientific staff run their research program like a … Continue reading →

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Why We March

Posted on April 18, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by NCA&T faculty Joe Graves On the 13th of April, Nature, the publication of the British Association for Advancement of Science (and founded by Charles Darwin) endorsed the March for Science (https://www.marchforscience.com/ ). Nature is one of over … Continue reading →

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Reporting back! Highlights from the Public Engagement Workshop

Posted on April 3, 2017 by hageyt

This post is by UT Austin postdoc Tessa Solomon-Lane. Tessa is working with Hans Hofmann (UT Austin), Travis Hagey (MSU), and Alexa Warwick (MSU) on public engagement at BEACON. The majority of scientists engage with public audiences about STEM topics, … Continue reading →

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Avida-ED Summer Workshop

Posted on March 27, 2017 by hageyt

This summer we will be holding two workshops on the use of Avida-ED; one at the University of Washington from June 21-23, and one at Michigan State University from July 27-29. Avida-ED is a free, web-based program designed to teach … Continue reading →

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EiA 2.0: Designing an Effective Exhibit on Evolution

Posted on March 13, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by MSU Museum Education Assistant Nick VanAcker Ever since its creation in 2010, the BEACON Evolution in Action Gallery at the Michigan State University Museum has been a fantastic resource for our visitors to learn about evolution research. … Continue reading →

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Travel Award – Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution (UDE) 2017

Posted on March 9, 2017 by hageyt

We are pleased to announce an undergraduate travel award to bring talented and diverse undergraduates to the Evolution meetings this June 23-27 in Portland, Oregon. For the 14th year the UDE program will send undergraduates to the annual joint meeting … Continue reading →

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Individual and Population Variation Pop-Up Institute at UT Austin

Posted on February 27, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by UT Austin grad student Rayna Harris and postdoc Tessa Solomon-Lane Innovative science is increasingly interdisciplinary. With our Pop-Up Institute in May 2017, we aim to expand beyond the traditional scope of interdisciplinary collaboration to make meaningful … Continue reading →

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