Grants aim to spark science education in liberal arts colleges
Four dozen liberal arts colleges have won $60 million to stimulate undergraduate science education, with plans that range from marrying genetics and dance to getting freshmen through "gateway" courses in biology, chemistry, and mathematics.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute selected 48 winners -- including seven in New England -- from 192 colleges that submitted plans to create more inviting classes, offer research experience, and increase diversity among science students. A separate program supports science education at research universities.
These are the New England winners and their programs:
Amherst College ($1.3 million): Expanding the reach of neuroscience
Bowdoin College ($1.1 million): Post-graduate year caps off student research
Colby College ($1 million): Getting through the gateway
Mount Holyoke College ($1.5 million): Classes make physics fun for science students
Smith College ($1.3 million): What comes next in science education
Wellesley College ($1.2 million): Wellesley makes a triple play for science
Wesleyan University ($1.4 million): Dancing the scientific classics leads to better learning
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