Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program

The Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College, with funding from a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Science Education Grant, welcomes you to the new age of biological studies. The HHMI grant provides Hunter with a wonderful opportunity to expand its Biology Department Curriculum and create research opportunities for all biology majors.

Student Research and Broadening Access to Science:

The current grant provides the following opportunities for biology majors

1. Integrating the MARC and HHMI programs by extending research opportunities/career mentoring to all women and economically disadvantaged students. Applications are available in the HHMI Office, Rm. 927F.

2. Summer research opportunities at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory continued. Applications available in the HHMI Office, Rm. 927F.

3. Research Techniques Facilityhttp://biology.hunter.cuny.edu/tech/table_of_contents.htm

Curriculum, Equipment, and Laboratory Development:

1. Curricula being developed for interdisciplinary specializations in Biophysics and Bioinformatics.

2. Quantitative biology lab modules for core biology courses, and curricula for biology majors interested in high school/middle school science education have been developed.

New, Current, and Future Faculty Development:

Junior faculty will have the opportunity to invite an expert in their field to give a seminar and spend a day in their lab discussing ongoing and future research.

Precollege and Other Outreach:

1. Summer workshops for high school/middle school teachers followed by visits by their students to Hunter College and the American Museum of Natural History during the academic year. Applications for summer workshop available at the HHMI Office or by sending requests for applications to the HHMI Administrator listed below.

2. Expansion of ongoing relationship with the Manhattan Hunter Science High School. - http://rtfw.hunter.googlepages.com/home

3. Providing interactive websites for current, past and future teacher participants. http://sites.google.com/site/hunterhhmi/

Program Director:

Prof. Shirley Raps

Professor and Chair

Department of Biological Sciences

Steering Committee:

Professor Shirley Raps

Professor Derrick Brazill

Professor Patricia Rockwell

Dr. Robert Marraccino

For additional information please call:

Marcy Stone

HHMI Administrator

212-772-5297

OR email

mstone@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Please visit our photo album below.

Tottenville High School students at the AMNH on October 4, 2002       1 2 3

Tottenville High School students at Hunter College January 24, 2003     1

Applying biotechnology in the high school laboratory                              1