Education
HudsonAlpha's educational outreach work praised by Huntsville Times editorial board
News Outlet:
The Huntsville Times
Date published:
February 5, 2012 
The Alabama Reading Initiative has made a dramatic difference improving the reading proficiency among public school students. So much so that it's often held up as a model for other states. The Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative, also managed under the State Department of Education, strives for similar success. American schoolchildren are woefully behind students in other industrialized nations in their science and math abilities.
Two lead stories last week in The Times show how Huntsville is working with educators to share its vast knowledge of technology, math and the sciences. HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are playing a key role in educating students and teachers in those disciplines.
To read the rest of the editorial in The Huntsville Times, please click here.
TEDx conference Sunday to feature Dr. Neil Lamb
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TEDx
Date published:
October 31, 2011 
TED is an annual event that brings together the world's leading thinkers and doers to share ideas that matter in any discipline. "TED" stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design -- three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. The talks at the conference, called "TEDTalks," are then made free at TED.com.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxHuntsville, where x=independently organized TED event. At our first TEDxHuntsville event, TEDTalks video and live speaking will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
To learn more about the Huntsville conference and its presenters, including Dr. Lamb, click here.
Institute unveils iCell 3.0 as teaching tool
News Outlet:
The Huntsville Times
Date published:
October 22, 2011 
A product to help students better understand biology has evolved into one that can help them decide "what they want to be when they grow up."
The HudsonAlpha iCell 3.0 app is a new and improved version of the iCell, which has been available since April last year. It was originally created to help students "see" a cell in 3D, which is much more preferable than the way most of us have "seen" cells - flat pictures on flat pages in our biology books.
"It's really interesting to see how technology has changed in just a year and a half," said Dr. Adam Hott, the coordinator of educational outreach at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. "This changes the way biology is taught."
To read the rest of the story in The Huntsville Times, click here.
Sock it to 'em!
Education partnership kicks up excitement in Alabama classrooms
HUNTSVILLE and MONTGOMERY Ala. - Lab coats, safety goggles, pipette tips, microwell plates, centrifuge tubes: Pretty standard issue for any biotech center or institute, right? But, 42,300 pairs of socks?
HudsonAlpha to receive more than $1 million for outreach to Alabama students
NIH program funds creative, innovative initiatives
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Educators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have been awarded a grant in excess of $1.13 million to prompt Alabama students to make connections between the science classroom and the real world. “The grant, made possible through the National Institutes of Health, supports an initiative we’ve designed to help high school students identify genetic and environmental risks for human disease and then explore preventive measures based on that knowledge,” said Dr. Neil Lamb, director of educational outreach at HudsonAlpha.
Huntsville High students learn snack foods are often genetically modified
News Outlet:
The Huntsville Times
Date published:
November 8, 2010
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By Pat Ammons Newcomb
HUNTSVILLE, AL - Ali Kelly knows now that there's more to her food than meets the eye. In fact, the Huntsville High freshman will never look at a Frito the same way again.
HudsonAlpha launches digital timeline
Interactive tool promises quality time for teachers and students
Huntsville, Ala. – The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has launched The Progress of Science, a digital timeline that provides an exciting, visual way to interact with biotechnology history. “This online tool showcases many major milestones in the fields of genetics and biotechnology over the past 10,000 years,” said Dr. Neil Lamb, director of educational outreach at HudsonAlpha. The timeline – available at timeline.hudsonalpha.org – places these important discoveries in cultural and historical context.
