IN THE NEWS: Steering students toward science

Anne Artz teaches science at The Preuss School at UCSD and has recently been recognized as an “educator extraordinaire” for her efforts to secure grants and other programs for the school’s science department. She won an Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence, which gave the school $5,000 for the science program. She also was awarded a grant from the Society for Science and the Public, which gives the school $35,000 for teacher training and equipment for the Advanced Placement environmental science class she began teaching last year. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune»