Science Programs

Science Leaders Program for Underrepresented Students

Connecticut College has launched a new program to increase the number of women and minority students graduating from the college with a degree and research experience in the sciences. The program, funded by a National Science Foundation grant, will prepare these students for a wide range of science-related careers and provide a solid foundation for graduate study or medical school. See the Science Leaders Program Fact Sheet. (PDF)  Read the Dec. 18, 2007, news release.

The Science Leaders Program is designed to foster a passion for science through applied research and close association with faculty and other science students and prepare students for careers in the sciences through close faculty mentoring, hands-on research and internship opportunities. Students enrolled in the program at Connecticut College receive enhanced scholarships, additional mentoring and support, career preparation and counseling and assistance applying to graduate and medical school. They also complete an intensive first-year seminar with other Science Leaders.

Chemistry Professor Marc Zimmer, the 2007 Connecticut Professor of the Year, leads the program. As part of the program, faculty and students work to increase interest in science among high school students by team-teaching at partnership high schools, presenting at science summer camps and volunteering through new and existing community outreach programs at local schools.

All prospective science majors at Connecticut College who are U.S. citizens and who qualify for need-based financial aid are eligible for the program, but admission priority is given to women, students of color, first-generation college students and students who are economically disadvantaged. 

The Keck Undergraduate Science Program (KUSP)

KUSP supports undergraduate research. Supported by the W.M. Keck Foundation and the Marion Lowell Jenkins '25 Science Scholarship Fund, the program encourages students to undertake comprehensive research projects over a 14-month period. KUSP includes a paid summer stipend for research in science and mathematics with faculty and funds for supplies or travel.

ConnSSHARP

ConnSSHARP, the Connecticut College Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Research Program, offers summer research stipends in the humanities and social sciences. The stipends are offered on a competitive basis, and the summer research projects typically are followed by research during the academic year.

K-HHMI Visiting Fellows

With a generous grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and an additional grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation, Connecticut College created the K-HHMI Visiting Fellows faculty development program, involved well-established experts who worked with Connecticut College faculty to integrate emerging and changing sub-fields into courses and laboratories and created CD-Roms and videotapes for distribution to other colleges and universities.  See the Visiting Fellows section for "How to order CD-ROMS."

Last Modified: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:06