University of Washington, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program

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About the UW-HHMI Website!

Welcome to the our website. It is designed to be more active and informative. We hope you enjoy it!

News/Awards

Congratulations to Cynthia Hsu!

Cynthia Hsu won the "Best Undergraduate Talk" award at the 2009 Northwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference.

Northwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference

Eight former and current UW-HHMI Integrative Research Interns attended the 2009 Northwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference on March 18-21 at Friday Harbor Labs.

Front row: Gerard Wallace, Daniel Kashima, Philip Louie, Yungfei Li
Back row: Rachel Denney, Tei Yoko, Cynthia Hsu
Not shown: Tanya Swartz

Congratulations to Krystal St. Julien!

Krystal St. Julien was awarded the prestigious Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study, which provides full support for up to five years of study toward a Ph.D.

In print...

Read the article about the UW-HHMI Biology Fellows Program published in CBE.

Congratulations to the 2008/09 Honors, Awards, Prizes, and Scholarship Receipients

PhiBetaKappa: Katelyn Keyloun, Katherine Nutsch, Anna O'Brien, Shelby Semon

Casey Award: Haley Lindsey, Cynthia Hsu

Porath Johnson Award: Shelby Semon

Sargent Award: Cynthia Hsu, Haley Lindsey, Susan Taylor

Mary Gates Leadership: Angel Corral

Mary Gates Research Scholarship: Hau Do, Jessica Hadwin, Cynthia Hsu, Daniel Kashima, Kuzma Kovzun, Anna Le, Haley Lindsey, Philip Louie, Rachel Simon, Erica Tartaglione, Susan Taylor, Gerard Wallace, Brandon Wu

HHMI EXROP: Jessica Hadwin

Deadlines for Applicants

August 4, 2009

UW- HHMI Future Faculty Fellows (FFF) Workshop Application

About the Programs

Welcome to the Web site for the UW-HHMI Science Education Programs. Our programs aim to increase the diversity and success of students and mentors in the biological sciences and drive innovations in biology education and outreach. We are based in the UW Department of Biology and our efforts been generously supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 1989.

We hope you will take a few minutes to learn about our programs for UW students, postdocs, and faculty, and our outreach programs for Washington state K-12 students and teachers. In addition to these programs, we have also established the Northwest HHMI Network with collaborators at Oregon State University, Montana State University, and the University of Montana to extend our reach to the larger Northwest region.

Download the brochure.

The Biology Fellows Program

for undergraduate pre-majors

Program Staff

The UW-HHMI Programs Office is in Hitchcock Hall 318.

Program Director
Barbara Wakimoto, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

Undergraduate Programs Organizer
Brian Buchwitz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Programs Organizer
Merrill Hille, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

K-12 Teacher Training Programs Organizer
Helen Buttemer, M.S.
Graduate Program Coordinator, UW Masters of Science Program in Biology for Teachers

Visit Biology Programs Organizer
Katherine Glew, Ph.D.

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Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee Members:

Dr. John Bransford, Professor of Education, College of Education and the LIFE Center
Dr. Tom Daniel, Professor, Department of Biology
Dr. Pete Greenberg, Professor, Department of Microbiology
Dr. Mary Lidstrom, Vice Provost for Research, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Emile Pitre, Associate Vice President, Office of Minority Affairs
Dr. Alan Weiner, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry

Departmental Advisory Committee:

UW Department of Biology Curriculum Committee