DRIAnnualReport 2015 | Page 12

Fostering scientific talent and providing research-focused educational opportunities F or higher education students, DRI provides a learning environment strongly focused on collaborative, interdisciplinary research. DRI faculty members participate in numerous academic programs throughout the Nevada System of Higher Education. Students conduct their research at DRI while earning degrees through the universities in programs such as Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrologic Sciences, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, Life Sciences, Geological Sciences and Anthropology. DRI invested $1.6 million in non-state funds in 2015 for support of graduate students at UNLV, UNR, and Nevada State College 65 graduate students employed at DRI in 2015 EXAMPLES OF KEY COURSES TAUGHT BY DRI FACULTY • Atmospheric Physics • Synoptic Meteorology • Climate Modeling • Mountain Meteorology • Environmental Geochemistry • Groundwater Modeling • Writing in the Sciences • Snow Hydrology Seminar • Computer Programming in Environmental Sciences • Quaternary Field Exercises • Introduction to Symbolic Logic 45% of all DRIsupported graduate students are in Ph.D. programs 45% Working on the frontlines of science education efforts across Nevada D RI’s GreenPower K-12 outreach program supports Nevada’s preK-12 educators in science-based, environmental education by providing tools, resources and knowledge for communicating Next Generation Science Standards to Nevada students. 2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS • 264 schools participating in 2015 • 402 GreenPower schools and organizations in Nevada • 18,938 students reached through Green Boxes in 2015 • 480 teachers trained through our teacher trainings “The GreenPower program does a great job providing materials and training for teachers to help improve science and STEM instructions in Nevada classrooms.” —DAVID CROWTHER, PH.D., NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR RAGGIO RESEARCH CENTER FOR STEM EDUCATION 12