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iSci Mentorship – An outreach initiative to foster research skills in local high school youth
In September 2012, the Integrated Science (iSci) Program launched an initiative aimed at promoting scientific discovery while developing basic research skills in students from two area high schools. Undergraduate students in iSci were given the opportunity to develop their leadership and mentoring skills by working with high school students ...Read more...
The High School workshop held on Saturday April 6, 2013 during the iSci Synthesis Symposium was a great success. This full day workshop was organized and led by iSci students from all 4 levels. After many months of preparation the iSci students hosted more than 60 high school students offering a variety of science workshops and thereby giving high school students a glimpse of how interesting life as a university science student can be. The following email sent to us attests to the experience the iSci program was hoping to provide. Read more...