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1990: The Biology Department successfully submits
a proposal to the Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Initiative
Program of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The award
creates a working group that came to be known as the Hughes Science
Initiatives Office and is now the Center for Science Education.
This award funds the first Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
(SURE) program.
1992: A second HHMI award allows the continuation
of initiatives in the areas of student development (e.g., Summer
Institute and SURE), faculty development, curriculum and laboratory
development, and outreach.
1998: A third HHMI award ($1.6 million for
four years) allows the SURE and Summer Institute programs to continue,
and allocates funds for faculty to initiate curriculum development
projects. Outreach projects help increase scientific literacy among
K-12 students and professional development opportunities for Atlanta
Public School teachers.
1999: CSE becomes the educational hub
for the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, a cross-institutional
research, technology and educational consortium encompassing Clark
Atlanta University, Emory University, the Georgia Institute for
Technology, Georgia State University, Morehouse College, the Morehouse
School of Medicine, Morris Brown College and Spelman College. Co-authored
by the CSE Director, this National Science Foundation $20 million
dollar award was the largest per-year grant ever received by Emory
University.
2000: In recognition of our increased responsibilities
and contributions, the Center for Science Education is established
under Emory College. The CSE is awarded a Health Professional Partnership
Initiative grant by the Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, the Association of Medical Colleges, and the Association
of Schools of Public Health. Through collaborations with Emory's
Nursing School and School of Public Health, this project encourages
Atlanta-area high school students to pursue careers in the health
sciences.
2002: The CSE receives its fourth HHMI award
($1.8 million over 4 years) to support outreach, curriculum and
student development initiatives. The award continues to sustain
the SURE, HUES Scholars, and GIFT programs.
2003: CSE is awarded a 3-year $1.5 million
National Science Foundation GK-12
grant to establish the Problems and Research to Integrate Science
and Mathematics program. PRISM
awards 10 annual fellowships to graduate students in the sciences
matching them with middle and high school teachers to develop and
implement problem-based and investigative case-based learning curricula.
2004:The CSE continues to implement new programs
under its HHMI, PRISM and HPPI awards. The SURE program is expanded
with contributions from the SIRE program (Office for Undergraduate Studies).
2005: The CSE submits renewals for the PRISM and HHMI awards.
The Center is represented internationally (in Peru and S. Korea) when our Director, Dr. Patricia Marsteller,
is invited to share her expertise in problem-based learning and active learning strategies.
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