Consistent with the educational mission of the Department of Chemistry, members of our community support and participate in outreach activities aimed at making Chemistry, and science more broadly, more accessible to the community.
Outreach
GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Chemical Biology REU at NYU. The REU program is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded initiative that supports active research participation by undergraduate students. The REU Site in Chemical Biology at NYU offers an intensive interdisciplinary research program at the interface of chemistry and biology to the participating students. The 10-week summer program hosts roughly ten undergraduate students per year.
MRSEC REU. The MRSEC Center operates a REU summer research program that attracts students from a national base of colleges and universities, particularly undergraduates from underrepresented groups enrolled in minority serving institutions and four-year colleges, many that are members of the Faculty Resource Network at NYU. The NYU MRSEC largely focuses its REU summer research recruiting efforts on four-year colleges, which remain a largely untapped reservoir of talent. Because the NYC region is naturally diverse, both ethnically and economically, many of the students enrolled in these colleges are associated with groups that are underrepresented in STEM fields, and roughly half are women.
Undergraduate ACS Chapter at NYU. This is an undergraduate society dedicated for Chemistry students and enthusiasts. They conduct numerous activities for academic and professional development, as well as community outreach for charity and to spread shared love for the science. The American Chemical Society is the world's largest scientific community, and has many chapters in the academic and professional world that extends throughout the United States and 16 other countries. In addition to publishing over 50 journals for different fields of Chemistry, the ACS also publishes textbooks and provides grants for research.
NYU Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP). The Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) at New York University (NYU) is a state-funded innovative pre-college enrichment program for talented and motivated African American, Hispanic/Latino, Alaskan Native or American Indian and economically disadvantaged White or Asian middle and high school students. Their goals are as follows:
- prepare students to be competitive so that they are accepted into a selective college of their choice
- encourage and increase the number of historically under-represented minority groups in the science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) careers, health-related fields and licensed professions.
Clinically Rich Integrated Science Program (CRISP). The Clinically Rich Integrated Science Program is a one-year teacher residency program that prepares career changers and college graduates to become science teachers in urban public schools.
ACS Younger Chemists Committee. The Younger Chemists Committee advocates for and provides resources to early-career chemists and professionals in the chemical sciences and related fields. The YCC addresses specific issues facing younger chemists within the ACS and serves as a voice to the Society on behalf of younger chemists.
Faculty Resource Network. The Faculty Resource Network (FRN) at New York University is an award-winning professional development initiative that sponsors programs for faculty members from a consortium of over 50 colleges and universities. The Network hosts lectures, symposia, and intensive seminars, all of which are designed to improve the quality of teaching and learning at its member and affiliate institutions. Their mission is to foster connection, collaboration, and collegiality through a partnership of colleges and universities dedicated to faculty development.
Joint Research in Arts Conservation. In joint efforts between NYU Chemistry (A. Jerschow) and the Pratt Institute (E. Del Federico), students in Arts Conservation apply advanced spectroscopic techniques to the study of pigments in ancient and traditional painting media. NYU students learn about solving scientific problems in Arts Conservation. These projects include studies of pigment degeneration, the investigation of stains on paper, and most recently the study of fresco layers.
K-12 AND THE PUBLIC
ACS Project Seed. Project SEED (Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged) is a paid summer internship program for high school students. For 8 to 10 weeks during the summer, SEED students work in real laboratories, with real scientists serving as their mentors. Students learn about careers in chemistry and receive mentoring in college preparation and professional development.
Scientific Frontiers Program. NYU MRSEC hosts elementary school students, their teachers, administrators, and parents for laboratory demonstrations and hands-on activities in Center laboratories. High school juniors and seniors, drawn from these and other NYC schools serve as apprentice teachers/demonstrators for the K-4 and 5-8 groupings, providing an essential competency bridge to MRSEC participants as well as a valuable experience in communicating science for the apprentices. The on-site activities often are designed to connect to curricula in the classroom. The Center also provides tours of the NYU-MRSEC facilities to high school students.
Streetsquash. StreetSquash’s mission is to provide consistent, long-term, and reliable support to the children, families, and schools in Harlem and Newark. By exposing students to a broad range of experiences and by maintaining the highest standards, StreetSquash helps all participants realize their academic, athletic, and personal potential.
GSTEM. The GSTEM Summer Program, offered through the NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, gives high school juniors the chance to work on real-world projects alongside researchers. The program strives to break down barriers and empower those who have been historically underrepresented in STEM – especially girls and other minorities.
Scientific Outreach And Research (SOAR). SOAR’s goal is to develop and integrate interdisciplinary Chem-Bio labs for 9th and/or 10th grade students at the Urban Assembly Institute. Students at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, under the guidance of Professor Jin Kim Montclare and the teachers at both the Urban Assembly Institute and Brooklyn Technical High School will work on the development of computational and experimental modules that will be integrated into the Urban Assembly Institute and Brooklyn Technical High School's curriculum.
School of the Future collaboration (not currently active).
1000 Girls, 1000 Futures. 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures is a groundbreaking initiative designed to engage young women interested in science, technology, engineering, and math, and advance their pursuit of STEM careers through mentoring and 21st-century skills development.
Afterschool STEM mentoring with the NYAS. The New York Academy of Sciences’ Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program (ASMP) recruits undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and STEM professionals to mentor elementary and middle school students with the goal of inspiring a lifelong interest in STEM. In partnership with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), participants are placed at one of our many afterschool sites around New York City and commit to virtually teaching a one-hour session a week, over a 10 week period.
Biobus Partnership. The NYU-MRSEC partnered with the biobus, a mobile science education initiative conceived by Dr. Ben Dubin-Thaler for biology-relevant lessons, but now equipped with state-of-the-art microscopes, cameras and computers for hands-on materials science experiments unavailable in underserved schools, reaching more than 800 schools and over 280,000 K-12 students since 2008.
City of Science | World Science Festival. The World Science Festival gathers great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that allows a broad general audience to engage with scientific discoveries. Through discussions, debates, theatrical works, interactive explorations, musical performances, intimate salons, and major outdoor experiences, the Festival takes science out of the laboratory and into the streets, parks, museums, galleries and premier performing arts venues of New York City and beyond.
Chemists’ Club. Founded in 1898, the Chemists' Club's mission is both professional and social. As a nonprofit 501(c)3 educational organization, it provides networking opportunities for members to mix and meet with others who share interests in chemical, paper, pharmaceuticals, metals, biotech, and similar industries. The Club is also working to introduce college students to the range of career opportunities available in the chemical industry today. Members include chemists, chemical industry management, formulators, security analysts, attorneys, educators, and other professions as well as students (dues free).
Contact us:
Prof. Daniela Buccella
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Chemistry
Aneleen Dizon
Director of Administration, Department of Chemistry
Julie Kaplan
Outreach and Events Coordinator, Department of Chemistry
Email: DEIChem@nyu.edu