Students to Science: Undergraduate and Precol- 
lege Programs, 1992. 
The theme of the 1992 meeting was curriculum 
and laboratory development and undergraduate re- 
search. Presentations focused on undergraduate pro- 
grams at the introductory, intermediate, and upper- 
division levels in such fields as biochemistry, cell 
and molecular biology, genetics, and neuroscience. 
Program directors also explored approaches to 
integrating biology teaching with other scientific 
fields and developing interdisciplinary laboratory 
courses, and emphasized hands-on research in the 
undergraduate curriculum. The reports from the 
meeting. Enriching the Undergraduate Labora- 
tory Experience and the 1993 Undergraduate Pro- 
gram Directory, will be published early in 1993. 
New grants competition. Based on information 
collected through these assessment activities, the In- 
stitute announced a new phase of the undergraduate 
program for 1993. Support for undergraduate re- 
search, including opportunities for women and un- 
derrepresented minority students, remains as a cen- 
tral component. Activities to prepare students for 
laboratory research and enable them to present their 
findings will also be supported. In addition, support 
for precoUege and outreach programs in the 
sciences will continue to be a priority. The new pro- 
gram will provide major support for the infrastruc- 
ture of undergraduate teaching and research, in- 
cluding new equipment and laboratory renovations. 
In 1992 the Institute invited 185 public and pri- 
vate comprehensive colleges and universities, lib- 
eral arts colleges, and schools of engineering and 
technology to submit grant proposals. These institu- 
tions were selected on the basis of their recent 
records of graduating students who go on to medical 
school or to earn doctorates in the biological 
sciences, chemistry, physics, or mathematics. Insti- 
tutions receiving Institute awards in 1 988 and 1991 
and other institutions included in the above Carne- 
gie Foundation classifications were invited to com- 
pete for four-year awards. A panel of scientists will 
evaluate the proposals, and approximately $27 mil- 
lion in grants will be announced in the summer of 
1993. 
New Awards — Undergraduate Biological 
Sciences Education 
Arizona State University 
Auburn University, Alabama 
Boston University, Massachusetts 
Brandeis University, Massachusetts 
California Institute of Technology 
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 
Harvard University, Massachusetts 
Illinois Institute of Technology 
Iowa State University 
Kansas State University 
Marquette University, Wisconsin 
Michigan State University 
North Carolina State University 
Oklahoma State University 
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark 
State University of New York at Albany 
State University of New York at Binghamton 
Texas Tech University 
University of California, Berkeley 
University of California, Los Angeles 
University of California, Santa Barbara 
University of Cincinnati, Ohio 
University of Delaware 
University of Georgia 
University of Hawaii at Manoa 
University of Iowa 
University of Kentucky 
University of Maryland, College Park 
University of Massachusetts at Amherst 
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
University of Nevada, Reno 
University of New Mexico 
University of Notre Dame, Indiana 
University of Oregon 
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
University of Rochester, New York 
University of South Carolina-Columbia 
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee 
Washington State University 
Washington University, Missouri 
West Virginia University 
Undergraduate Awards, 1988-1991 
Allegheny College, Pennsylvania 
Amherst College, Massachusetts 
Antioch University, Ohio 
Barnard College, New York 
Bates College, Maine 
Beloit College, Wisconsin 
Brown University, Rhode Island 
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania 
Bucknell University, Pennsylvania 
California State University, Long Beach 
California State University, Los Angeles 
Calvin College, Michigan 
Canisius College, New York 
Carleton College, Minnesota 
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania 
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio 
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