October 2007

DOE Upward Bound Math Science Grant for Goldberg and BU

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Boston University a five-year, $1.25 million Upward Bound Math Science grant to help low-income and first-generation college-bound students prepare to succeed in college-level math and science.

The Upward Bound Math Science program will be led by co-principal investigators Bennett Goldberg, chair of the Physics Department, and Ruth Shane, Director of the Boston University/Boston Public Schools Collaborative Office in the School of Education. It will serve 50 high school students recruited from Brighton High School, Charlestown High School, and Chelsea High School. An expansion of BU’s “classic” Upward Bound program, which focuses on general preparation for college, the new program will aim to develop students’ potential to excel in math and science and encourage them to pursue college degrees in those subjects.

The selected students will engage in hands-on and exploratory science activities, do work in research labs, and learn about careers in science, all of which represents a new level of integration with academic researchers at BU. The program will include after-school tutoring, test preparation, college counseling, and Science Saturdays during the academic year, as well as an intensive six-week academic summer residential program during the summer. All services will be based on BU’s campus. press release >>