Tag: Genspace

Hacking the Life Sciences Classroom

Hacking the Life Sciences Classroom

This post is mirrored from The FabLearn Fellows Blog. by Jaymes Dec I recently helped to coordinate a “hackathon” with the Rockefeller University Science Outreach Program in part to address these questions: How can “making” or “STEAM” play out in the Life Sciences classroom? What role […]

Science Saturday!

Science Saturday!

by Derek Simon Hope for the Future: Inspiring Young Minds Some disturbing statistics: 46% of Americans deny that evolution is scientific truth (Gallup, 2012) and 29% still refuse to acknowledge that global warming is occurring (Gallup, 2014), despite the overwhelming consensus amongst the professional scientific […]

Genspace: Your Friendly, Neighborhood Laboratory

Genspace: Your Friendly, Neighborhood Laboratory

by Derek Simon When one first walks under Rockefeller University’s main gates—aged steel tinged with verdigris and infused with scientific history—one word immediately comes to mind: prestige. Indeed, Rockefeller University is a place of great science and great accomplishments. But prestige in the protected world […]