Christopher Brock and his nine students in the "honors biotechnology 2" career and technical education class at Williams Field High School in Gilbert this school year have achieved a feat normally associated with professional researchers and scientists.

There is one week left before late registration for fall semester starts at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

More Mesa high school students will get the chance to do genome research, thanks to a $300,000 award from the Science Foundation Arizona.

Scottsdale Community College will launch a program that combines computers with biosciences next year with the help of a $118,260 state Proposition 301 grant.

With Arizona hoping to become a major player in the bioscience industry, the Arizona State University College of Law is preparing to offer what it bills as the nation’s first advanced legal degree in biotechnology and genomics.

A class to motivate more students to take honors courses. A program with an international focus. A biotechnology lab. These are among a wide array of educational programs that Tempe High School's staff is working to bring to students this fall.

Chandler's multimillion-dollar biotechnology business "incubator," now under construction, could begin spinning off businesses and creating new jobs within two years of its planned spring opening, city officials say.

The whirring and grinding of table saws and sanders, along with the scent of cut pine, greet anyone who stumbles into Pete Boyko’s wood shop class at Chaparral High School. Those sights and sounds are becoming rarer in the Scottsdale Unified School District, where wood shop is offered at only Chaparral and Mohave Middle School.

The whirring and grinding of table saws and sanders, along with the scent of cut pine, greet anyone who stumbles into Pete Boyko’s wood shop class at Chaparral High School. Those sights and sounds are becoming rarer in the Scottsdale Unified School District, where wood shop is offered at only Chaparral and Mohave Middle School.

Kelsey Clark has a favorite spot to do her class work at Mesa's Red Mountain High School.

The Valley may not rank with San Diego or San Francisco as a biotechnology hub, but the first signs of momentum are appearing three years after the formation of a publicprivate research venture designed to be the cornerstone of the state’s biotech industry.

By 2012, Arizona students will be able to apply 3.5 credits of qualified career and technical education coursework toward their academic requirements.

Engineering, lessons on the elements of art in design and digital electronics could all lead to future careers for Mesa students.

The City Council Thursday is slated to consider dropping $5.7 million on what's being called the Innovations Technology Incubator/Accelerator in a former Intel facility.

East Valley companies and leaders dominated the governor's innovation awards that annually recognize cutting-edge research and high-tech firms from across the state.

October 13, 2004

Our Valley is often compared with the Seattle area. Seldom favorably.

For 52 years, Scottsdale never had to ask business to move in. Beautiful surroundings, nice neighborhoods and a healthy business climate did that for the city.

Even as students and teachers finish up this school year, families are looking to enroll for next year.

A brew and a bro — it’s the classic pairing, right? Not necessarily.

Arizona’s largest school district is planning a major expansion of high school programs to give students the option of attending smaller, more specialized campuses.

Arizona’s largest school district is planning a major expansion of high school programs to give students the option of attending smaller, more specialized campuses.

The case of Terri Schiavo has presented us all with a complex, dreadful quandary — one that earlier generations, unblessed by such a high level of medical technology, did not have to face. In those simpler times, when people could no longer survive on their own they simply perished.