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uBEATS Offers 6th–12th Graders Free STEM and Health Sciences Resources, Deanna Ingram & Zuzi Greiner Explain

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uBEATS is a FREE health science/science/career exploration e-module series available to all 6th – 12th grade students in the state and beyond. There have been over 85,000-lifetime enrollments in the program and there are already over 28,000 this year.

Deanna Ingram, Education Specialist at UNMC for the uBEATS program and Zuzi Greiner, Instructional Technologist, joined Mike Hogan on “Live & Local” to explain this program. The UNO & UNMC Building Excellence in Academics Through STEM (uBEATS) is series of cancer, genetics, microbiology and pathology, pharmacology, public health, academic success and health care career modules. uBEATS is designed for grades 6 – 12 as a companion resource to their core curriculum, providing information on top of what students learn in class. Educators can choose from 90+ Modules in 7 Categories: Cancer, Genetics, Pathology and microbiology, Pharmacology, Public health, Careers in health care, and Academic success.

Educators can find information on this e-module series at the website https://www.unmc.edu/elearning/ubeats/index.html.

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By joining the staff at KIOS as the local "Morning Edition" Host in November of 2017, Mike Hogan’s radio career has come full circle. His first radio job was with St. Louis, Missouri NPR affiliate 88.1 FM KDHX.