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MARC Winter Institute
January 7-11, 2005
Chaminade, Santa Cruz, California
This page will include information about the special session of the
National Academies Summer Institute for the 14 institutions with Phase I
planning grants for curriculum improvement in quantitative sciences from
the NIH's Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program. It will be
updated as additional information becomes available.
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MARC Institute Announcements
- See the photo album from the
2005 MARC Winter Institute!
- See the Additional Resources page for
resources suggested and provided by speakers as well as helpful on a
variety of topics. (Under construction - check back periodically for
updates)
- See information about the symposium hosted by UMBC on "Quantitative
Science in the Biology Curriculum" - Announcement and
Copies of several talks
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MARC Institute Agenda
Speaker Presentations
- Friday, January 7, 2005
- Julius Jackson: "Quantitative Trends in Education for 21st Century
Biological Research"
- Saturday, January 8, 2005
- Terry Derting and Kathy Williams: "Active Learning and Scientific
Teaching in College Science Courses"
- Malcolm Campbell and Laurie Heyer: "Quantifying Gene Expression with
DNA Microarrays"
- Jay Labov: "Expectations and Realities in Undergraduate Science
Education: A K-16 Perspective"
- Sunday, January 9, 2005
- Meghan Burke: "Vertical Integration of Biological Applications into
the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum"
- Ishrat Khan: "Nanobiotechnology: An Example of the Changing Nature of
Research and Immersion of Students into a Culture of Interdisciplinary
Learning"
- Isiah Warner: "Mentoring, Education, and Research: Pathways to
Students Success in the Quantitative Sciences"
- Amy Chang: "Five Tips for Preparing New Curriculum Proposals"
- Monday, January 10, 2005
- John Jungck: "Ten Equations that Changed Biology (and that Should
Change Biology Education"
- Lee Gass: "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Undergraduate Education:
Finding the Essence"
- Carlos Castillo-Chavez: "Collaborative Learning with Students' Driven
Research Agenda: The Case of the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
Institute"
- Eric Marland: "The Subtleties of Subversion"
- Amy Chang
- Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Additional Resources
The Additional Resources page will contain
resources suggested by or provided by Institute speakers as well as
additional resources you may find helpful.
Background Documents
Travel Resources
The National
Academies
The Summer Institute Special
Session is supported by Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139, Task Order 157,
between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of
Health.
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