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This year the SURE program (with contributions from the SIRE program, the Graduate Division
of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, the Microbiology Department and the FACES grant) supported 70 summer
researchers. We also supported science majors via the HUES program and trained graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
via our "Entering Mentoring" seminar.
- Our "Entering Mentoring" seminar provided training for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This
activity has direct impact on undergraduate students, as many work closely with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows currently, and
all future mentees will also benefit.
- We collaborated with Wendy Raymond (Williams College) and Robert Lue (Harvard University) on the
submission of a successful mini-grant, Seeding Committments to Diversity: Disseminating Effective Retention and Mentoring Programs.
The grant will support three symposia that will bring together faculty and administrators from institutions committed to supporting
diversity among undergraduate and graduate science students. Dr. Marsteller assisted in the development of the data collection
component and assisted with planning for the symposia and website.
- We initiated the planning for a website, P3EERS: Pipelines, Pathways and Partnerships toward Excellence and Equity
in Research Science, that will become the leading information portal for recruitment and retention in the sciences at all levels of education and career
attainment. Three undergraduate HUES students are working with Dr. Marsteller to summarize all the literature on minority recruitment and retention in
K-12, undergraduate, graduate and faculty spheres of science.
- 43 African American, Latino and first generation college students (34 women, 9 men) participated in the 2005 Summer Institute
and an intensive freshman follow-up program, the Hughes Scholars program.
- This year we were able to host or co-host eleven workshops and a presentation by Bill Woods. In addition our director
presented three workshops on problem-based learning and investigative cases at other institutions for more than 200 faculty.
- We also initiated a program of incentives for graduate students and postdocs to join collaborative, interdepartmental faculty
teams in curriculum development. Sixteen graduate students and postdocs work with faculty teams on curriculum development. Six men and ten women
(two from underrepresented minorities) were selected and began work this summer.
- Based on outreach projects from the previous HHMI grant, this round of funding focuses on teacher research and curriculum
development internships and workshops for teachers in our Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI) and other schools. Our outreach goals include:
Conducting workshops for Atlanta Public Schools model teachers, on-site science specialists and other metro teachers.
Supporting summer research and curriculum development positions for teachers from metro Atlanta schools.
- Two hundred Atlanta Public School students participated in a four-week enrichment program sponsored by Project GRAD,
Emory and our CSE staff.
- Twelve metro Atlanta teachers and more than 1000 students participated in our NSF-sponsored PRISM program.
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