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Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Programs

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Upcoming Events

UW-HHMI Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium
See you in Hitchcock Hall on Friday, October 16th!
About the UW-HHMI Website!
Welcome to the our website. It is designed to be more active and informative. We hope you enjoy it!

Application Deadlines

November 7, 2009
Biology Fellows Program
October 31, 2009
Integrative Research Internship Program

News/Awards

Congratulations to Krystal St. Julien!
Krystal St. Julien was awarded the prestigious Gilliam Fellowship, which provides full support for up to five years of study toward a Ph.D.
Northwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference
Eight former and current UW-HHMI Integrative Research Interns (Rachel Denney, Cynthia Hsu, Daniel Kashima, Yunfei Li, Philip Louie, Tanya Swartz, Gerard Wallace, Tei Yoko) attended the 2009 Northwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference on March 18-21 at Friday Harbor Labs.
In print...

Read the article about the UW-HHMI Biology Fellows Program published in CBE.
Congratulations to the 2008/09 Honors, Awards, Prizes, and Scholarship Receipients
PhiBetaKappa: Katelyn Keyloun, Katherine Nutsch, Anna O'Brien, Shelby Semon

Casey Award: Haley Lindsey, Cynthia Hsu

Porath Johnson Award: Shelby Semon

Sargent Award: Cynthia Hsu, Haley Lindsey, Susan Taylor

Mary Gates Leadership: Angel Corral

Mary Gates Research Scholarship: Hau Do, Jessica Hadwin, Cynthia Hsu, Daniel Kashima, Kuzma Kovzun, Anna Le, Haley Lindsey, Philip Louie, Rachel Simon, Erica Tartaglione, Susan Taylor, Gerard Wallace, Brandon Wu

HHMI EXROP: Jessica Hadwin

Faculty Development and Travel Awards

Faculty interested in attending national workshops or meetings to enhance undergraduate teaching efforts are invited to apply for travel awards. For additional information, contact Barbara Wakimoto at wakimoto@u.washington.edu.

Leaders in Education Seminar Series

The UW-HHMI Programs sponsors this seminar series as part of our annual Future Faculty Fellows Workshop, or in collaboration with the Department of Biology Seminar Committee. The series features invited speakers who are leaders of innovative science education or training programs. Seminars are open to the campus community. Opportunities are provided for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students (and on special occasions undergraduates and K-12 teachers) to meet with our invited speaker. Speakers have included:

Dr. Kimberly Tanner, Assistant Professor, Biology Department, San Francisco State University
"Insights from a Biology Education Researcher in a Biology Department: Research on Making Undergraduate Biology Accessible for All Students"

Dr. Scott Freeman, Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Washington
"Prescribed Active Learning Increases Performance in Introductory Biology"

Dr. Peter Grant and Dr. Rosemary Grant, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
"The Evolution of Darwin's Finches"

Dr. A. Malcolm Campbell, Professor, Department of Biology, Davidson College
"Teaching at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution as a Career Option"

Dr. A. Malcolm Campbell, Professor, Department of Biology, Davidson College
"Involving Undergraduates in Genomics"

Dr. Maggie Werner-Washburne, Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
"Mentoring and Celebrating Diversity in the Sciences"

Dr. Bruce Alberts, Professor of Biochemistry, University of San Francisco Medical School
"A Biochemist Goes to Washington"

Dr. Isiah Warner, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Boyd Professor in Chemistry, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Increasing Diversity through a Mentoring Ladder"

Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education
"Eugenie's (Approximately) Ten Top Ways to Teach Evolution Better"
Public Lecture: "What's All the Fuss About Intelligent Design?"

Dr. Robin Wright, Associate Dean, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota
"Active Teaching: Applying the biology of learning in our classes"

Dr. Jo Handelsman, HHMI Professor, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin
"Training the Revolutionaries: A new generation of faculty in biology education"

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UW Science Education Research

Featuring recent science education research articles by UW faculty:

  • Biology in Bloom: Implementing Bloom's Taxonomy to enhance student learning in biology. Crowe, Dirks, Wenderoth. CBE-LSE 2009 4:368.
  • Science education: Should facts come first? Guo, Freeman, Lawhorn, and Zheng. Science 2008 320:1012.
  • Application of Bloom's taxonomy debunks the "MCAT myth." Zheng, Lawhorn, Lumley, and Freeman. Science 2008 319:414.
  • Prescribed active learning increases performance in introductory biology. Freeman, O'Connor, Parks, Cunningham, Hurley, Haak, Dirks, Wenderoth CBE-LSE 2007 6:132.
  • Inside the Undergraduate Experience: The UW's Study of Undergraduate Learning. Beyer, Gillmore, Fisher 2007 (Anker Publishing, Bolton MA).
  • Enhancing Diversity in Science: Is teaching science process skills the answer? Dirks, Cunningham. CBE-LSE 2006 5:218.
  • Helping the learner to learn: The role of uncovering misconceptions. Modell, Michael, Wenderoth. American Biology Teacher 2005 67:20.
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Teaching Resources

Below are references and websites on career development and teaching.

Education Reform/Diversity in Science

Scientific Teaching, Handelsman et al., Science. 2004 April 23; 304(5670):521-2.

More Women In Science, Handelsman et al., Science. 2005 August 19; 309(5738):1190-1.

Journals for Science Education
UW Resources
General Teaching Webpages
Active Learning and Related Techniques
Professional Societies
Teaching Fellowships & Grands for Graduate Students and Postdocs
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