Stanford Joins National Effort to Highlight Public Benefits of Scientific Research

IISME at Stanford Featured in San Mateo County Times

Three San Mateo County STEM teachers talk about their research experiences at Stanford in summer 2014. Read the article.

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RISE Program Featured in the "Palo Alto Weekly"

RISE and other Stanford internship programs for high school students are featured in the July 11, 2014 issue of the "Palo Alto Weekly."  Click here to view.

RISE Program Aims to Close the Gap in Science Education

The RISE program offers economically disadvantaged and minority students in local high schools the opportunity to experience real-world science research. All of its alumni have attended college. Read the full article here.

2010 RISE Program Featured in Palo Alto Weekly

To read about the summer activities of the 2010 RISE High School Internship Program, click here. 

2010 Summer Research Program for Teachers Featured in the Stanford Report

Read about the 2010 Stanford Summer Research Program for Teachers in the Stanford Report.

HS Students Use Cutting-Edge Technique to Create Fluorescent Proteins

Sequoia High School students are the first to reproduce a cutting-edge technique for creating glowing jellyfish proteins outside of a living organism, thanks to Jim Swartz, a Stanford chemical engineering professor and his graduate student Cem Albayrak.

Science for the Masses

The National Science Foundation's insistence that every research project addresses 'broader impacts' leaves many researchers baffled. Corie Lok takes a looks at the system.

Stanford researcher Andrew Spakowitz and Stanford's Office of Science Outreach are spotlighted in this May 2010 news feature in Nature magazine.

Teachers’ Participation in Research Programs Improves Their Students’ Achievement in Science

Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Teachers has been tracking teacher and student data for many years. The program's impact is described in the October 16, 2009 issue of Science.

Science Outreach Program Helps to Prepare High-schoolers for Rigors of College

Read an August 2008 article about the Office of Science Outreach Summer Internship Program for HS Students.

Stanford Report Article about OSO Programs

The Office of Science Outreach (OSO) is helping heed this call to arms by enabling Stanford faculty to share the wonders of math, science and engineering with the general public, as well as excite K-12 students and teachers through two summer programs