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Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Programs

News and Deadlines

Upcoming Events

Summer Institute in Life Sciences for Teachers
June 27 2012 - July 20, 2012
Integrative Research Internship Program
Summer 2012
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Welcome to our UW-HHMI website. It is designed to be more active and informative. We hope you enjoy it!

Interested in funded research or training opportunities for undergrads, grads, postdocs, faculty, or K-12 teachers? See Pathways to Science.

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News/Awards

Our National Lab Day Celebration!
85 fifth graders visited Biology on May 6, 2011.
Best Poster Award
Congratulations to Daniel Kashima for earning a Best Poster Award at the 2010 Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting.
In Print...
Read the poster about the UW-HHMI Biology Fellows Program presented at the 2010 UW Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium.

Read the article about the UW-HHMI Future Faculty Fellows in the Biology Spring 2010 e-news.

Read the poster about the UW-HHMI Integrative Research Internship Program presented at the 2009 Conference on Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Research Careers.

Read the article about the UW-HHMI Biology Fellows Program published in CBE.
Congratulations to UW-HHMI Participants & Awardees
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Award: Tiffany Lim

Frye-Hotson-Rigg Awardee: Anna O'Brien

Levinson Scholar: Daniel Kashima

Washington Research Foundation Fellow: Hannah Jordt

McNair Scholars: Andrew Acob, Alicia Martin

HHMI EXROP: Martha Zepeda Rivera (2011)

HHMI Gilliam Fellowship: Martha Zepeda Rivera (2012)

Mary Gates Leadership Fellow: Angel Corral

Mary Gates Research Scholars: Hau Do, Jessica Hadwin, Cynthia Hsu, Mia Jaffe, Daniel Kashima, Kuzma Kovzun, Anna Le, Haley Lindsey, Philip Louie, Eric Mar, Ioana Nitulescu, Anna O'Brien, Rachel Simon, Erica Tartaglione, Susan Taylor, Alyssa Vivas, Gerard Wallace, Irene Weber, Brandon Wu

Casey Awardee: Haley Lindsey, Cynthia Hsu

Porath Johnson Awardee: Shelby Semon

Sargent Awardee: Cynthia Hsu, Haley Lindsey, Susan Taylor

PhiBetaKappa: Katelyn Keyloun, Katherine Nutsch, Anna O'Brien, Shelby Semon

About the Programs

Welcome to the website for the UW-HHMI Science Education Programs. Our programs aim to increase the diversity and success of students and mentors in the biological sciences and drive innovations in biology education and outreach. We are based in the UW Department of Biology and our efforts been generously supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 1989.

We hope you will take a few minutes to learn about our programs for UW students, postdocs, and faculty, and our outreach programs for Washington state K-12 students and teachers. In addition to these programs, we have also established the Northwest HHMI Network with collaborators at Gonzaga University, Montana State University, Oregon State University, and the University of Montana to extend our reach to the larger Northwest region.

For a brief view of major programs, please download our brochures:

Program Staff

The UW-HHMI Programs Office is in Hitchcock Hall 302.

Program Director
Barbara Wakimoto, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

Program Manager
Nomi Odano

Undergraduate Programs Organizer
Brian Buchwitz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Programs Organizer
Merrill Hille, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

K-12 Teacher Training Programs Organizer
Helen Buttemer, M.S.
Graduate Program Coordinator, UW Masters of Science Program in Biology for Teachers

Visit Biology Programs Organizer
Katherine Glew, Ph.D.

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Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee Members:

Dr. John Bransford, Professor of Education, College of Education and the LIFE Center
Dr. Tom Daniel, Professor, Department of Biology
Dr. Pete Greenberg, Professor, Department of Microbiology
Dr. Mary Lidstrom, Vice Provost for Research, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Emile Pitre, Associate Vice President, Office of Minority Affairs
Dr. Alan Weiner, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry

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