Quicklinks for students and educators

Programs for teachers and students:

• Broad Institute Educational Outreach Program
  An on-site program that enables local high school students and teachers to explore what it means to be a scientist:
  • Class visits
  • Teacher forums
  • Summer internships for students
  • Semester-long research projects for students

  For more information, contact us at rokop@broadinstitute.org

• Diversity Initiative in Scientific Research
  A series of hands-on programs encouraging underrepresented minorities at all levels of scientific training to pursue biomedical research:
  • For high school students: The Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science at MIT
  • For undergraduate students: The Summer Research Program in Genomics

  For more information, contact us at diversity@broadinstitute.org

Other educational resources at the Broad Institute:

• DNAtrium
  A collection of unique, interactive exhibits on genomic science, located in the Broad Institute’s 7 Cambridge Center building and geared toward a wide audience.
  
• Midsummer Nights’ Science
  Public seminars held each summer that explore key advances in genomic research. For more information, contact us at rokop@broadinstitute.org
• Public Events Calendar

Broad BEATS

Broad news by research area: autoimmune disease, cancer, computational biology and bioinformatics, diabetes and other metabolic diseases, educational outreach, heart disease, human genome, infectious diseases, institute news, other organisms and their genomes, psychiatric disorders, technology

Other resources:

• What is a genome?
• Educational resources from the National Human Genome Research Institute
• OpenCourseWare: Free online course materials from MIT
• OpenCourseWare highlights for high school students
• PBS NOVA
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) for educators
• DNA Interactive animations
• Dolan DNA Learning Center
• DOE Joint Genome Institute