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Gregory D. Phelan, Chemistry Department, Kerri Freese, Noyce program coordinator, and Noyce scholar and adolescence education: mathematics major Robin Tobin, attended the Eighth Annual NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Conference from May 29 to 31 in Washington, D.C. The Noyce Project is in its final year of a five-year grant and has awarded 53 scholarships. The 2013 Noyce Conference is an opportunity for NSF Noyce Program awardees to learn and share strategies from each other, as well as from national experts in recruiting, preparing and retaining new K-12 STEM teachers. The invitation-only conference featured plenary speakers and panel sessions; concurrent workshop sessions, including sessions for Noyce scholars and new teachers; and poster sessions.