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Lisa M. Harlan-Williams; Marcia Pomeroy; W. Todd Moore; Karin Chang; Devin C. Koestler; Emily Nissen; John Fife; Megha Ramaswamy; Danny R. Welch; Roy A. Jensen – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2024
The Accelerate Cancer Education (ACE) summer research program at The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) is a six-week, cancer-focused, summer research experience for high school students from historically marginalized populations in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Cancer affects all populations and continues to be the second leading…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Cancer, Scientific Research, High School Students
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Nazario-Leary, Cynthia; Albrecht, Dehlia; Koroly, Mary Jo – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
Climate change is a timely topic and offers an overarching theme that can include a variety of STEM disciplines and technologies. In response to the pandemic, we developed and implemented an online science-based summer youth program in Climate Change Resiliency (CCR) for 11th and 12th graders in July 2020. Two sessions differing in content level…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Youth Programs, Summer Programs
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Andrea S. Lin; Julie K. Bray; Margaret M. Fettis; Gabriel A. Fernandez Bueno; Julie Bokor – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019
Translational science is the cornerstone of biomedicine that transfers laboratory and clinical research to the hospital bedside in various forms of therapeutic interventions. This scientific branch influences public health decisions, the economy, and ongoing research endeavors. The purpose of this study was to develop a youth-friendly…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Clinical Experience, Research