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Socrates Fellows Teach Young Science Leaders

Student doing lab activity

July 16, 2010

On July 16, a special group of high school students was the first to test the 2010-2011 Socrates Fellows' newly created classroom activities and hands-on experiments.

Praise for Socrates Fellow John Yamauchi

John Yamauchi

June 10, 2010

CEO/Principal Craig Rocha of Steele Canyon High School expresses his gratitude for the efforts of UCSD and Socrates Fellow John Yamauchi.

Bees, Biology and Chemistry: Bringing Graduate Level Research to High School Classrooms

Bee ecology

June 7, 2010

UCSD Socrates Fellow Meg Eckles teamed up with Jeff Kepper, a 16-year veteran biology teacher at Helix Charter High and with Debbie Byrd, the school’s AP environmental science teacher to teach bee ecology. Eckles is one of nine other Socrates fellows, all doctoral students, enriching the high school science curriculum of various San Diego area schools with cutting edge science from UCSD. The fellowships are funded through a science education grant from the National Science Foundation.

Chancellor Fox on KPBS: Socrates & Science Literacy

On KPBS Radio's These Days program, UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox discusses the Socrates Fellows program and its goal to improve science literacy in area schools.