Related Posts

Del Mar takes a bite out of new Apple

Ashley Mcbride/Staff Reporter Del Mar College recently received a nearly $250,000 grant from EDUCAUSE and the Gates Foundation, $55,000 of which went to the Biology Department for the purchase of 20 iPads to enhance learning capabilities through new technologies. Forty or so biology students were given the opportunity to participate in a national study hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science Education Alliance. The biology students were asked to gather soil samples from around the city of Corpus Christi to analyze and withdraw bacteriophage – viruses that infect bacteria. Daisy Zhang, DMC assistant professor of Biotechnology said the importance…

Election coverage more like reality TV

When you turn on the news and see information on the upcoming primary elections, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or some other candidate who recently said or did something unfavorable tends to be the topic. While our country considers the primaries, it seems the only options they have are those that are presented to them, which mostly includes how much a candidate hates another candidate or how wrong it was for someone to use the restroom during a debate. Since Sarah Palin decided to endorse Trump, a lot of news outlets have covered him even more than normal. It’s not common…

Students learn about drones, more at GIS Day

Del Mar College’s Center for Economic development was buzzing and swooshing with the sounds of drones, and grade school students, flying through the hallways on Nov. 17. DMC co-hosted the 17th annual Coastal Bend Area GIS Day, with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Coastal Bend Community College, Laredo Community College and Coastal Bend GIS Group. Globally observed, GIS Day builds awareness about geographic information system (GIS) technology and the impact GIS applications have on a variety of fields the natural, physical and social sciences. Veronica Barrera/Foghorn An educational representative from the Texas State Aquarium helps students from Moody High…