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AIBS honors outstanding contributions to the biological sciences
Date:4/30/2008

of Science Education and Educational Technology and director of the Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP). STEP prepares MIT undergraduates to become math and science teachers, and under Klopfers leadership, the program has developed an extensive network of K12 teachers to enhance its efforts. His innovative research focuses on the development and use of computer games and simulations for building understanding of science and complex systems. He cofounded Education Arcade, a group that is advancing the use of games as learning tools in the classroom. In recognition of his ideas and energy dedicated to transforming science education, Klopfer was elected to the Santa Fe Institutes Science Board, the recognized authority in New Mexico on K12 education.

Ira Flatow will receive the Presidents Citation Award, which recognizes meritorious accomplishments by an individual (or group) in the biological sciences. Flatow is a veteran science correspondent and award-winning TV journalist. For more than 35 years, he has been reporting and hosting lively, informative discussion on science, technology, health, space, and the environment. Flatow currently hosts National Public Radios Talk of the Nation: Science Friday. As a former NPR science correspondent, Flatow reported from Cape Canaveral, Three Mile Island, and the South Pole. His TV credits include six years as host and writer for the PBS Emmy-award-winning Newton's Apple, as well as science reporter for CBS This Morning and CNBC. He has talked science on Today, Charlie Rose, and Oprah. He is the author of several books, most recently Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature.

Douglas J. Futuyma will receive the Past-Presidents Award, which recognizes the services of the immediate past-president of AIBS. Futuyma is a distinguished professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State
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