Program News
2010
November
Horace Walcott (Class of 2002) has been named one of the 5 Siemens Founder's
Award Recipients.
Matt Nanes (Class of 2004) ran in the 2010 New York Marathon. Matt
represented Brooklyn educators!
October
Standards-based Lesson Plans
developed during the 2010 program have been added to the
Lesson Plan Database, now totaling 380.
July
Liz Castelli & Elise Olivieri (Class of 2009) worked in Australia research
labs for 5 weeks. Read their
blog.
Standards-based Lesson Plans
developed during the 2009 program have been added to the
Lesson Plan Database, now totaling 361.
June
Charlene Chan-Lee (Class of 1998) has received the National
Biology Teachers Association award for Outstanding Biology Teacher Award.
Congratulations!
May
David Altizio (Class of 2010) participated in NOAA's
Teacher at Sea program.
Read his
blog.
Anthony Finney
(Class of 2008) has been named as a
finalist for the Award for Classroom Excellence sponsored by the NYC DOE
Fellows Program. Anthony has received a small grant award and now goes on to
the final round. Let's all wish Anthony good luck!
March
Nancy Lee (Class of 2006) has been recognized by
Westchester Magazine as one of the county's top teachers
(scroll down to Head of Class). There is also
a short
interview (scroll down). Nancy gave a great plug for the
Summer
Research Program.
February
Tom Byrne's (Class of 2003) New Rochelle High School
Science Olympiad Team won the 2010 Lower Hudson Valley Regional
Championship, their 3rd in 4 years.
January
28 current program participants and alumni attended the
Partners in
Science National Conference.
Program News
2009
October
The Summer Research Program's paper "Teachers'
Participation in Research Programs Improves Their Students' Achievement in
Science" was published in the October 16, 2009 issue
of Science.
NSF issued a
press release
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September
Susan Vincent (Class of 2006)
was featured in an NY Post article:
A Natural Treasure
Standards-based Lesson Plans
developed during the 2009 program have been added to the
Lesson Plan Database, now totaling 361.
August
Beginning with the 2009
Lecture Series, mp3 are versions are available
for downloading or online streaming.
Look for the microphone icon next to the lecture title.
April
Judith Exler (Class of 2004) received the Chemistry Teachers' Club's Resnick Award.
March
Susan Vincent (Class of 2006) won the 2009 National
Wetlands Award in Education and Outreach.
February
Tom Byrne's (Class of 2003) finished in first place (out of 30) in the
Science Olympiad Lower Hudson Valley Tournament. His New Rochelle HS
team now advances to the state tournament. Good luck to Tom and his
students!
January
30 current program participants and alumni attended the
Partners in
Science Conference.
2008
November
Thanks to Peter Torpie (Class of 2001) for contributing 2
chemistry lesson plans.
The Lesson Plan Repository now has 341 standards
based lessons.<h2>September
Congratulations to Anthony Finney (Class of 2008) and his wife Michelle on
the birth of their daughter
Emma Adela.August
Lesson Plans developed at the conclusion of the 2008 program have been
added to the Lesson Plan Repository 339 standards-based lessons
are now available.
July
- 26 New York area participants and 2 Singapore science teachers participated in the program's 19th summer. Alex Romero and Rachel Lytle (both Class of 2007) visited Singapore schools, and Leslie Glinoga and Jeana Marinelli (both Class of 2007) worked in Australian research labs
May
- Nancy Lee and Michelle Seeley (both Class of 2006) received the Siemens Science Teacher Initiative Award.
March
- Leslie Glinoga and Rachel Lytle (both Class of 2007) will present their research projects at the RET Poster Session of the 2008 NSTA National Conference in Boston (3/27 @ 4:30).
- Thomas Cork (Class of 2008) will receive the Maitland P. Simmons Memorial Award for New Teachers at the 2008 National NSTA Conference in Boston (3/28 @ 6:00).
2007
July
- Three Singapore science teachers and two Summer Research Program teachers (Kate Callaghan and Nancy Lee) participated in the program's 4th Singapore Science Teacher Exchange.
March
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Columbia University & the Summer Research Program hosted the New York State Science & Engineering Fair (NYSSEF).
2006
July
- Lesia Kaszczak and Uzma Shah (Class of 2004) worked for five weeks in a microbiology lab at Mahidol University (Thailand) as part of the Summer Research Program's International Research Program.
2005
August
- Samuel C. Silverstein, M.D., Program Director, received the 8th Annual American Society for Cell Biology Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education. Photo of presentation
September
- Allison Granberry, Program Participant (Class of 2005) received an award for Dedication of Service (combined for time in the Peace Corps and NYC science teacher). Award presented by Caroline Kennedy Photo of presentation
2004
November
- The Singapore Ministry of Education, in partnership with A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), has launched the Local Attachment Programme for Science Teachers, a teacher research program modeled after Columbia's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers.
July
- Allison Granberry, Program Participant (Class of 2005) received an award for Dedication of Service (combined for time in the Peace Corps and NYC science teacher). Award presented by Caroline Kennedy Photo of presentation
June
- Samuel C. Silverstein, M.D. received the 2004 Westy Award for being an outstanding citizen of the West Side of Manhattan.
2003
October
- Samuel C. Silverstein, M.D., Founder and Director of the Summer Research Program, received the NYC Mayor's Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology.
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The award was bestowed upon Dr. Silverstein for his work with the Summer Research Program. Ceremony photos | Press Release
