{"id":60203,"date":"2012-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/amgen-foundation-grant-helps-uri-bring-real-world-biotechnology-to-rhode-island-high-schools\/"},"modified":"2012-06-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T00:00:00","slug":"amgen-foundation-grant-helps-uri-bring-real-world-biotechnology-to-rhode-island-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/amgen-foundation-grant-helps-uri-bring-real-world-biotechnology-to-rhode-island-high-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Amgen Foundation grant helps 溏心vlog免费B站 bring real-world biotechnology to Rhode Island high schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I \u2013 June 25, 2012 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 has been awarded a $94,000 grant from the Amgen Foundation to continue to offer the Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program to high school students throughout the state. It is the sixth year that Amgen has funded the program at 溏心vlog免费B站, with grant funds totaling over $500,000 over that time period.<\/p>\n


\nThe lab program provides science teachers and students with hands-on laboratory experience in biotechnology techniques using professional, research-grade equipment and materials that can be shared among many classrooms. The curriculum materials included in the kits feature the same equipment used by the biotechnology industry, including electrophoresis equipment for DNA separation, centrifuges, micropipettes, consumables for growing bacteria, and an incubator.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is a tremendous opportunity to provide high school students with hands-on experience learning the techniques used in one of our fastest growing career fields,\u201d said Gregory Paquette, professor of cell and molecular biology and director of biotechnology programs at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cVery few schools in Rhode Island have the means to offer biotechnology lessons in their curricula, so this grant provides eye-opening opportunities for hundreds of additional students in the state. We are deeply grateful for the continued generosity of the Amgen Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program is transforming classrooms with real-world science in multiple communities where Amgen has a presence, including Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Washington and England. More than 5,000 students, 100 teachers, and 50 middle and high schools in Rhode Island have participated in the program since its inception in 2007, with the program reaching more than 40,000 students per year across all communities.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program is a shining example of the Amgen Foundation\u2019s commitment to advancing science education and increasing science literacy in our communities,\u201d said Tony Pankau, Amgen\u2019s vice president of Rhode Island operations. \u201cThis program leverages Amgen\u2019s more than thirty years of experience in recombinant DNA technology and brings it to life for thousands of students. It\u2019s a curriculum that really grabs students\u2019 attention and gives them a new appreciation and excitement for science.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI can\u2019t imagine anything in my school as interesting or as challenging or as rigorous as the Amgen materials,\u201d said Julie Pankowicz, a science teacher at Coventry High School, who uses the equipment and curriculum to teach lessons in forensics, biology, physical science and biotechnology. \u201cIt has totally changed my curriculum and the process of learning. I\u2019ll be teaching four biotechnology classes next year, all because of those materials. And my students love it. The opportunities it has opened up for them are unimaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAll of the equipment, training and supplies necessary to implement the three-week program are provided to schools and teachers at no cost. Teachers receive curriculum and training at the biotechnology manufacturing laboratory at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence campus. To learn more, visit www.bwbiotechprogram.com.<\/p>\n


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\nCoventry High School science teacher Julie Pankowicz guides Matt Salvas in photo one and Patrick Shea in photo two, through a forensic science exercise using equipment provided by 溏心vlog免费B站 through a grant from the Amgen Foundation. 溏心vlog免费B站

\nDepartment of Communications & Marketing photo by Joe Giblin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I \u2013 June 25, 2012 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 has been awarded a $94,000 grant from the Amgen Foundation to continue to offer the Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program to high school students throughout the state. It is the sixth year that Amgen has funded the program at 溏心vlog免费B站, with grant funds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}