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RISE staff and activities are in the news.
» LEAP Students Win Big at Science Fairs; Listen on WUNC Public Radio
March 28, 2008 - Hear the whole story by Rose Hoban from WUNC Public Radio. She followed LEAP students throughout the year, covering their progress during their research at Duke and their presentations at the NC Student Academy of Science Meeting, where they won numerous medals. More »» Pharmacology in High School published in Science Magazine
September 28, 2007 - Press release for the publication of results in Science Magazine from RISE's Pharmacology Education Partnership, a curriculum that helps students learn biology and chemistry in the context of pharmacology. More »» Students in LEAP-2006 Class Win Medals for Science Research
April
1, 2007 - High school students in the inaugural LEAP class won
9 medals the NC State Academy of Science meeting held in March at the
NC School of Science & Math. The medal winners presented their research
projects they conducted while in the LEAP program at Duke. In addition,
one student won 1st place at the Regional Science Fair and 2nd place at
the State Science Fair. This student was honored with a $40,000 scholarship!
» RISE Receives Grant to Develop Innovative Science Course in Infectious Disease
November 9, 2006 - Duke University was one of 22 colleges and universities around the nation selected to receive an award for implementing projects to improve science and math education, the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) announced today. The recipients at Duke are in the RISE office in the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology. The RISE development team includes its Director, Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, a RISE Fellow, Nicole Kwiek, an AB Duke undergraduate scholar, Joseph Babcock, and a high school student at Durham School of the Arts, Senmiao Zhan. The team is developing a course in infectious disease and treatment called "Superbugs, Science, and Society". The RISE team will be aided by an advisory group of high school teachers in local health science high schools. These teachers will field-test the course in their schools in Fall, 2007. The NCSCE, funded by the National Science Foundation, is home of the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) project, which creates opportunities for faculty to develop rigorous interdisciplinary approaches to teaching basic science and strengthening students’ capacities to become engaged citizens. More »» Students "LEAP" at Chance to Learn About Science
August 21, 2006 - The Duke University Medical Center's "Inside DUMC" newsletter highlighted the new summer program "LEAP", in which 10th and 11th grade students from local area counties come to Duke to study Pharmacology during June. Two students are featured.... More »» LEAP (Launch into Education About Pharmacology) at Duke
April 1, 2006 - Duke University's RISE (Raising Interest in Science Education) office in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, has just received a Student Science Enrichment Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to develop and implement LEAP (Launch into Education About Pharmacology), a science enrichment program for 10th and 11th graders. LEAP, which targets students in the Piedmont area (Durham, Orange, Wake, Person, Chatham, and Alamance counties), presents a pharmacology course to provide students with a context that excites them about science, instills science literacy, and inspires them to consider careers in science. The 3-week summer course includes a multi-structural approach, including lectures, inquiry-based experiments, field trips, multi-media, and writing. During the following year, students meet with Duke faculty and design a research project addressing pharmacology concepts or a controversial issue in pharmacology that is in the news. Students present their research projects at the NC Student Academy of Sciences annual meeting and the NC Regional Science Fair. More »» Duke TIP Pharmacology for High School Students
June 13,
2005 - RISE and the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
launch the Duke TIP course in Pharmacology for 9th and 10th graders who
excel in science. The intensive 3 week course was given in June and featured
lectures, discussions, debates, and inquiry-based experiments.