Blog: Partner Highlights

Partner Highlight: Children’s Museum of Eau Claire's "Science Troupe" Visits SMM!

September 30, 2016
Christina Leavell
At the end of summer 2016, our friends at the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire dropped by the Science Museum of Minnesota for a behind-the-scenes look around the museum. With them they brought the "Eau Claire Science Troupe" summer camp...
NanoGagliato

Partner Highlight: NanoGagliato, Italy: Where Science Meets the Public

August 23, 2016
Paola Ferrari, NanoGagliato
NanoPiccola – a junior academy established to educate and inspire youth in nanoscience The Eighth Edition of NanoPiccola , the junior academy of nanosciences based in Gagliato, Calabria, Italy, took place at the end of July 2016. Gagliato is a...
Southern Connecticut State University Building with Biology workshop

Partner Highlight: Connecticut Educators Learn to “Build with Biology” with Southern Connecticut State University Faculty & 2016 iGEM Team

August 23, 2016
Bryn Pinkerton, Office of STEM Innovation & Leadership, Southern Connecticut State University
On August 2nd, 2016, middle & high school Connecticut educators participated in a Building with Biology professional development workshop with Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) faculty: Dr. Sarah Roe , Assistant Professor of Philosophy, and Dr. Nicholas Edgington , Associate...
Science Central

Partner Highlight: Engineering Inside and Out at Science Central in Fort Wayne, Indiana

August 23, 2016
Jenny Young, Science Central
Science Central paired one of our annual engineering events with Building with Biology. Every July during Fort Wayne Indiana’s Three River Festival, we partner with a local architecture firm for an engineering egg drop competition from the top of our...
Missouri University of Science & Technology

Partner Highlight: "Miners Dig Deep" and Show Summer Campers How to Build with Biology

August 2, 2016
Dave Westenberg, Missouri University of Science & Technology
The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) campus comes alive every summer with the excitement of young people learning about science and engineering. Among the many summer camps is the annual Summer Solutions For Girls program. Summer Solutions...
The Franklin Institute

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia

August 2, 2016
Jayatri Das, The Franklin Institute
What would Benjamin Franklin think about synthetic biology? On July 9th, we held our Building with Biology event under the watchful eyes of his colossal statue in the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial at The Franklin Institute . I’d like to...
SUNY Poly CMOST

Partner Highlight: Museum & Community Partnership-Zoom Into Science at the Library

July 6, 2016
Sarah Fisk, SUNY Poly CMOST
A Natural Partnership The SUNY Poly Children’s Museum of Science and Technology ( SUNY Poly CMOST ) and the Albany Public Library have frequently worked together on a variety of STE(a)M based projects, recognizing one another as strong community organizations...
Mid-America Science Museum

Partner Highlight: NISE Network partner museum honored with 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service

July 5, 2016
Brad Herring, Museum of Life and Science
We’d like to extend our most sincere congratulations to NISE Network partner, Mid-America Science Museum of Hot Springs, AR, on receiving the prestigious 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service . This award, the nation’s highest honor given to...
Museum of Science Building with Biology event 2016

Partner Highlight: Building with Biology at the Museum of Science in Boston

July 5, 2016
Caroline Lowenthal, Museum of Science
The Museum of Science in Boston hosted its Building with Biology event on Sunday, June 26. It was open to all museum visitors, and included the hands-on activities from the kit, a few hands-on activities from the pilot year, a...
Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University

Partner Highlight: Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University

June 1, 2016
Deron Ash, Arizona State University
In 2005, the National Science Foundation simultaneously announced funding both for NISE Net and the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU). Up to that point, the two proposed projects weren’t aware of each other, but after...