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Biosphere 2 Enriching Teachers
Diagnosing Valley Fever
Bisgrove Scholars
Battelle Report on SFAz
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Profiles . . .
 
Steve Pompea is a classic breed of educator-scientist.  He's using Astronomy as a tool for getting students excited about Science. 

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Profiles . . .
 
Reducing costs of medical diagnostic research: A team of graduate students from ASU takes 1st place in Grand Challenges competition.
Biosphere 2:
Enriching Teachers Through Research 
 
B2 Desert Research
Fifty educators from across Arizona get immersed in Biosphere 2 and show how university-level research can translate into elementary school classrooms.

 
There's a Fungus Among Us:
Getting a (Diagnostic) Grip on Valley Fever 
 
Valley Fever . . . difficult to diagnose, and thus a challenge to effectively treat.  Developing faster and better diagnostic tools for Valley Fever represents one of the most urgent infectious disease-related needs in Arizona.

SFAz is sponsoring critical research at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).

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Opportunity is Knocking:
Seeking Early Career Scientists

Brain power that can help make a difference . . . that's the purpose behind the Bisgrove Post-Doctoral Scholars Program.  SFAz is helping attract the best and brightest early career scientists to Arizona.  Their mission: focus on complex research and create innovative solutions.

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Battelle Report:  "SFAz Impact on Jobs, the Economy and Education is Significant and Growing" 
 
"It is not just the cumulative totals in measures of innovation that make SFAz stand out, but its greater productivity in translating research funding into innovation."