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Marti Lindsey, PhD, Honored As Arizona Bioscience Educator of The Year

The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) announced that Marti Lindsey, PhD, community engagement director for the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and founder and co-director of the KEYS High School Student Internship program at the UA BIO5 Institute, will be honored as the Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year at the AZBio Awards on Oct. 2, 2019.

Teen researcher hopes his work helps to heal lands damaged by copper mining

Sixteen-year-old Evan Chaparro spent much of his summer vacation in a lab in Tucson, extracting plant DNA and analyzing soil samples. He now hopes his summer research project will eventually lead to programs that help heal and repair lands damaged by copper mining. As an intern with the KEYS program at the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute, Chaparro lived the life of a scientist for seven weeks in June and July, residing on campus and researching the impact plants have in healing damaged terrain. “I worked in the lab every day from nine to five,” he said. “I wanted a summer program where I would be treated more like a scientist and not just a high school student. I had a great time and learned a lot.”

KEYS interns from TUSD interviewed about their research

TUSDMedia stopped by the 2019 KEYS Research Showcase to celebrate students from their district schools. Ronnie from Sahuaro High School, and Mimi from Palo Verde High School, were interviewed about their seven week research internships.

Truman Scholar Sees Bigger Questions to Be Answered

In his estimation, University of Arizona student Abhijay Murugesan became a Truman Scholar primarily because of his answers to tough questions posed by the judges.

"If they thought you were off track or stalling with a response, they immediately interceded with a follow-up question or challenge. Their wide-ranging topics extended well beyond public health policy to climate change and more," Murugesan said. "My responses, no matter the subject or my personal experience with it, centered on the need for interdisciplinary exploration of potential solutions."

Visionary Leadership Awards Recognize Diversity, Inclusion And Mentoring Efforts

Antonio Camacho-Hernandez

University of Arizona freshman Antonio Camacho-Hernandez discovered his professional calling after rushing into a situation most people try to avoid.

Internships Lead to Publication for High School Students

The KEYS To A Great Summer

Arizona high schoolers get real laboratory experience

Before Phuong-Trinh Dao, an incoming UA pharmacy student, could wrap up her seven-week research internship, she had to make a presentation about what she worked on during the summer.
As part of a group of 50 high school students taking part in the 12th annual KEYS Research Internship at the University of Arizona’s Bio5 Institute, Dao said the hands-on laboratory experience “was nerve-racking at first.”

Giving Students the KEYS to STEM Success

"KEYS is one of the reasons that I can’t wait to find my role in using science to make the world a better place," incoming University of Arizona freshman Kyle Kline said of the BIO5 KEYS Summer Research Internship program.