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April 21, 2023 | Issue 2023-6
CONGRATULATIONS to the Central NM
Student Researchers Awarded at the
2023 NM State Science & Engineering Fair

We are thrilled to celebrate our Central NM student researchers who won Special Awards, Top-of-Category awards, and Grand Awards at the 2023 NM State Science & Engineering Fair held in Socorro at NM Tech on April 14-15!
CONGRATULATIONS to all our 2023 National JSHS student researchers! National JSHS took place in Virginia Beach, VA from April 12-15.

GIANNA NILVO from School of Dreams Academy in Los Lunas, NM won an Honorable Mention Award in the Engineering & Technology Category!
“As always in life, people
want a simple answer...
and it’s always wrong.”

Oxford University
Neurochemist
Parkinson's &
Alzheimer's Diseases
Essentially, we want to enable students to do Data Science and achieve Data Literacy.

Are we saying that Data Science is what you do, and Data Literacy is what you know?

Not quite. In much the same way as it’s technically possible to understand a language without being able to write it, or indeed speak it fluently, it’s also possible to understand how to read data graphs without being fluent enough to frame your own questions, make visualizations or communicate with data.

The two areas are interdependent. Technical skills enable you to apply and obtain knowledge, while knowledge guides you in how and when to apply your technical skills, and what to learn next.
Read the whole post on the DataClassroom blog here.
Check out these "nerdy" jokes...

Did you get them all?!
In conjunction with Women's History Month and International Women's Day, NMOST is excited to launch the application for the Sixth Annual Advancing Young Women in STEM Scholarships!

The theme for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023, is, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, recognizing the contribution that women and girls around the world have made to technology and on-line learning. Given how many of our past scholarship recipients have studied computer science, and the role that technology plays in the pursuit of all of the STEM disciplines, we at NMOST feel that this is a fitting theme for this year's scholarship cycle. It is vitally important that diversity of perspectives and ideas are actively encouraged in the STEM disciplines and the Advancing Young Women in STEM scholarship is one small way we can support an underrepresented group, women, in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at this critical moment in history.

Businesses in New Mexico have trouble finding the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) talent they need to stay competitive. Women make up more than half the population of New Mexico, yet they are much less likely to earn a STEM degree or pursue a STEM career. New Mexico could dramatically increase its available talent by focusing on strategies for closing this gap. Women remain underrepresented in the STEM professions and there is a need to inspire the next generation of female innovators and leaders. NMOST is committed to advancing and diversifying the STEM field. This scholarship is designed to assist and encourage young women pursuing a STEM career. This year NMOST will be awarding $1000, $750 and $500 scholarships. Please help us spread the word. 


Conditions

Applicants for the Advancing Young Women in STEM scholarship must:   

  • Be a young woman (25 or younger) pursuing a STEM education/career
  • Be a resident of New Mexico or currently enrolled in a New Mexico college/university
  • Be a high school junior or senior applying for college/university in STEM, OR a current undergraduate in STEM
  • Have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA (based on a 4.0 scale)

* Repeat applications are welcome, but previous awardees are ineligible.

The deadline to submit applications is May 30, 2023.
TEACHERS!!

Check out this webinar about CHATGPT brought to you by the NM SuperComputing Challenge!!
GL4HS invites science teachers to participate in the GL4HS Program. Teachers learn about NASA and Space Biology research, bioinformatics tools and analysis. The GL4HS course content and learning objectives are correlated with the California High School Next Gen Science Standards and Science Processes so that they can be implemented in high school classrooms.
Teachers learn bioinformatics and omics analysis content, then use that to produce an educational product (curriculum unit, worksheet, or video) that can be used within their own classrooms and shared with teachers in general. After participating in the program, teachers are encouraged to join the Education Working Group in order to receive continued support for implementing their omics lesson.

Teachers are provided a stipend to compensate for their time.
 
Click this link to apply:  
 
More info from their website: