Undergraduate student helps middle schoolers learn about science Feb. 5, 2013 “Every Tuesday afternoon, a Washington University Engineering undergraduate student goes back to middle school. Nick Okafor leads the after-school Young Engineers Club at Brittany Woods Middle School in University City. N’Desha Scott, a sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering, started the club last fall as […]
Jan. 31, 2013 “Students from Brittany Woods Middle School in the University City School District and Hixson Middle School in the Webster Groves School District came to the Washington University in St. Louis Danforth Campus Jan. 29 to participate in the “Investigating Nanotechnology” program.” Read the full story and see photos in the WUSTL Newsroom.
Explaining the BoomJan. 11, 2013 “The Edison Ovations Series welcomed approximately 500 eighth-graders from across St. Louis for a special matinee performance by nationally acclaimed Aquila Theatre.” “Costs are underwritten by Edison and K-12 Connections, a partnership of WUSTL’s Community Service Office, Institute for School Partnership and Department of Government and Community Relations.” Read the […]
Images of professionals wearing white coats in pristine lab settings likely come to mind when visualizing scientific research. But teenagers in torn jeans and hoodies are also informing the body of scientific knowledge in classrooms across the country. Thanks to collaborations between Washington University in St. Louis and secondary schools nationwide, students are taking on […]
Unique educational partnership between WUSTL, Missouri Botanical Garden in its fifth year of introducing environmental science to high schoolers Oct. 29, 2012 “Cassandra Galluppi was a high school sophomore at Mary Institute-Country Day School in suburban St. Louis when she got wind of a new program at Washington University in St. Louis seeking students to […]
The Institute for School Partnership and University City schools October 10, 2012 The Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis, members of the University City School District and local business owners celebrated the partnership between WUSTL and UCity schools at a breakfast at Brittany Woods Middle School Oct. 3, 2012. See a […]