Wrinkled Brain Receives Sprout Fund Grant

The Wrinkled Brain Project, led by Dr. Brendan Mullan and Amanda Joy, has been awarded a grant by the Sprout Fund. The Sprout Fund seeks to support innovative change in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where The Wrinkled Brain Project is headquartered. This funding will enable Amanda to participate in the 3rd Annual STEM Conference “STEMcon” as they continue to distribute their learning content into new classrooms. Congratulations to Amanda and Brendan!

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Podcast: Are science appropriations appropriate?

Our “Beer with BMSIS” podcast for April features a conversation with our own Dr. Jeff Bowman titled “Dispatch from the AAAS-CAS workshop: How a bill becomes a law, what you can do about it, and are science appropriations appropriate?“. Science today is characterized by uncertain funding cycles that largely are dependent on government support, and many scientists–including professors at large state universities–will receive only partial salary at one (or many) points in their career due to a lack of available […]

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