News :: Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach

On April 18, the School for Science and Math senior class attended the 66th annual TN Junior Academy of Sciences Symposium, held at Belmont University. In addition, four School students were chosen to present their senior research project at the symposium. Over 100 written research reports from across Tennessee were submitted to the competition. Natalie Christian, Natalie Darar, Runbin Dong, and Cheng Zhang were each invited to give a 10-minute presentation to the audience which included their classmates, fellow students from across the state, parents, teachers, and judges from the TN Academy of Sciences. This event was a valuable experience and the School for Science and Math was grateful for the opportunity to participate.

The CSO's podcast, Snacks4theBrain! is now available for listening on your iPhone! Visit the Vanderbilt iPhone portal at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/iphone/ to hear the latest, episode 69, featuring Dr. Jennifer Ufnar describing an exciting four weeks of learning for Middle and High School science teachers. Participants will make a laser (Physics), design a cancer drug (Chemistry), study the biology of light (Biology) and begin creating powerful personal learning networks with Web 2.0 tools (Technology–available for teachers at any K12 grade level).

Don't have an iPhone? Visit the Snacks4theBrain! blog (http://blogs.vanderbilt.edu/s4theb/) to hear the podcast on your computer or iPod. The show also contains new music releases from Nashville's Ross Falzone and Vanderbilt's very own Rocky Alvey!