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On June 30, 2023, Mr. Marty Buehler (K-12 Liaison and Region 10 Science Olympiad at 色色啦) joined the lunchtime discussion on 鈥淜-12 engagement at 色色啦鈥 with 17 BIORETS teachers (/biology/biorets).
On, July 7, 2023, Dr. Jim Burns (Director of the STEM Work Collaboratory program at 色色啦) presented a workshop about this program to 17 BIORETS teachers.
On April 17, 2024, Dr. Allison Witucki (former Research Associate from Center for Science and Mathematics Program Improvement at 色色啦) presented a workshop on 鈥淲hat is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE)鈥 to 色色啦 faculty.
On April 24, 2024, Dr. Allison Witucki presented a follow-up workshop on 鈥淒eveloping a CURE using backwards design鈥 to 色色啦 faculty.
On July 16-17, 2024, Dr. Todd Barkman (Professor of Biological Sciences at 色色啦) hosted a hands-on workshop on 鈥淕as Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)鈥 for ~25 Upward Bound Kalamazoo campers (/precollege/upwardbound/kalamazoo). The students mixed 3-4 different essential oils together to make their personalized 鈥減erfume鈥, loaded the samples on the GC-MS, and analyzed the resulting GC-MS data.
On July 25, 2024, four Biological Sciences faculty (Drs. Benjamin Koestler, Yan Lu, Silvia Rossbach, and John Spitsbergen), eight Biological Sciences graduate students, and one BIORETS teacher visit various facilities at Charles River Laboratories in Mattawan, MI.
On Aug 2, 2024, Dr. Jim Burns presented a workshop on 鈥淐UREs and K-12 engagement at 色色啦鈥 to 10 BIORETS teachers.