Bio::Neos Blog

  • Computer Science Education Work Group

    Steve's picture By Steve
    04 Nov 2017 @ 12:36pm

    Education

    After we founded Bio::Neos in 2004 we received a lot of support from the University of Iowa and other organizations in the Iowa City community. Bio::Neos would not exist today without that initial support we had received from others, and as a result, we have made it a core value to engage in any opportunities that we encounter to give back through mentoring, volunteering, and advocating for all of the organizations in our local community.

  • Comp Sci Education Week 2016

    Steve's picture By Steve
    16 Feb 2017 @ 8:34am

    Community Education

    This last December, we at Bio::Neos had the opportunity to participate in Computer Science Education Week for the second straight year and it was just as energizing as the first! Last year, everyone in the office signed up as volunteers on Code.org, but only I was engaged to volunteer at schools that were requesting help. This year... we decided to be a bit more proactive in our support.

  • Midwest Big Data Hackathon

    Michael's picture By Michael
    12 Oct 2016 @ 4:44pm

    Education

    I had the opportunity to judge at the Midwest Big Data Hackathon hosted by the University of Iowa this past weekend. The event was open to all students and it was awesome seeing people that had experience in different fields, students and volunteers alike. I saw students from a couple years from graduating with the Bachelors degree to students that were just shy of getting their PhD.

  • Kids coding

    Steve's picture By Steve
    29 Jun 2016 @ 11:46am

    Community Education

    A couple weeks back, Michael and I volunteered for an event at the Coralville Library organized by Erica Binegar and called "On Your Mark! Get Set! Code!". It was a one hour class in which kids of 5th/6th graders of any ability level or previous experience were invited to the library to pair program for 1 hour under the guidance of a group of professional mentors (Including us there was Trish Ball from Continuity).

  • Passion

    Steve's picture By Steve
    08 Mar 2016 @ 10:22am

    Community

    Over the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to see several different events that have displayed a lot of passion and enthusiasm in bringing innovative and unique ideas to reality.

  • Kirkwood High Tech Days

    Steve's picture By Steve
    23 Oct 2015 @ 2:52pm

    Community Education

    Today I was given the opportunity to speak to a roomful of about a hundred 8th through 12th graders that were interested in learning more about IT career possibilities, and get some hands-on experience with a real-world implementation of various technologies in a lab setting at the Kirkwood High Tech Guys Day. It was a great event! Thanks for the opportunity to share my experience and why I think there is a technology-related career for anyone that is interested in pursuing that route.

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