The REACT (Research and Education Activities for Community Teachers) program connects K-12 educators to current research at Cornell University. Led by graduate students, this two-day workshop includes presentations on research and the path to higher education, lab tours, and demonstrations. The goal of REACT is to show teachers how cutting-edge research is performed today, equip them with activities that can help them bring that research back to the community and their students, and foster relationships between educators and graduate students. REACT was started at University of Michigan in 2017, and has grown tremendously since. Our team visited the University of Michigan workshop in 2019 and started a Cornell branch of the program in 2020 to bring REACT to educators in New York.
The 2024 REACT workshop took place on Friday, July 12 (virtual) and Friday, July 19 (in person).
Contact
Please get in touch if you would like to volunteer or to ask about attending this event in the future:
react@cornell.edu
Shuran Wang, “Skin and chronic environmental stress”
Virtual day of REACT 2024 (July 12, 2024) @ Zoom
Agenda
Virtual day (July 12, 2024) @ Zoom:
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: Welcoming Remarks
9:05 AM – 10:20 AM: Life Sciences
- 9:05–9:20 AM Talk: Shuran Wang, “Skin and chronic environmental stress”
- 9:20–9:35 AM Lab tour: Jeannie McDonald, “Butterflies”
- 9:35–10:20 AM Activity: Tiffany Hsu, “The rise of muffins: food science behind baking success”
(10:20 AM – 10:35 AM: Break)
10:35 AM – 11:50 AM: Physical Sciences
- 10:35–10:50 AM Talk: Evan Krysko, “Molecular beam epitaxy”
- 10:50–11:05 AM Lab tour: Dhruv Mehta, “CO2 Capture and mineralization”
- 11:05–11:50 AM Activity: Thomas Ugras, “Polarizers and chirality”
(11:50 AM – 12:50 PM: Break)
12:50 PM – 2:05 PM: Earth & Space Sciences
- 12:50–1:05 PM Talk: Qi Tang, “Material design and manufacturing”
- 1:05–1:20 PM Lab tour: Jorge Coppin-Massanet, “Mapping of the ice–ocean interface”
- 1:20–2:05 PM Activity: Odalys Callejas, “Mineral and rock identification”
(2:05 PM – 2:20 PM: Break)
2:20 PM – 3:20 PM: Lab of Ornithology, Susan Licher
3:20 AM – 3:30 PM: Closing Remarks
In-person day (July 19, 2024) @ Cornell University, ST Olin 458:
Morning
- 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM Welcoming Remarks
- 10:10 AM – 10:25 AM Panel: Jena Shields, Rachael Skye, Neti Bhatt, Graduate School Q&A
- 10:25 AM – 10:40 AM Talk: Neti Bhatt, “X-rays to visualize protein motion”
- 10:40 AM – 11:25 AM Activity: Anshuman Mohan, “Explain like I’m five: computational thinking for your youngest students”
11:25 AM – 12:25 PM: Lunch + Photo
Afternoon
- 12:25 PM – 12:40 PM Talk: Peiqiao Xie, “Characterizing Basal Calcium Level Maintenance by Calcium Pumps and Its Impact on Signaling in Arabidopsis”
- 12:40 PM – 12:55 PM Talk: Quoc Vinh Pham, “Current research in Virology”
- 12:55 PM – 1:10 PM (transit)
- 1:10 PM – 1:40 PM Facility Tour: Cornell Institute of Biotechnology Imaging Facility
- 1:40 PM – 1:55 PM (transit)
- 1:55 PM – 2:55 PM Facility Tour: CHESS
- 2:55 PM – 3:10 PM (transit)
- 3:10 PM – 3:25 PM Talk: Cole Roland, “Social expectations in mice”
- 3:25 AM – 4:25 AM Talk & Activity: ACERT, “Intro to electron spin resonance spectroscopy “
- 4:25 PM – 4:30 PM Closing Remarks
Previous events
Organizing team – Cornell REACT 2024
Colby Gekko (CCB)
Rachael Skye (MSE)
Jena Shields (AEP)
Lyn Zemberekci (CEE)
Hongjin Du (MSE)
Reum Scott (MSE)
Katherine Wang (MSE)
(CCB = Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
MSE = Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
AEP = School of Applied and Engineering Physics,
CEE = School of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Sponsors – Cornell REACT 2024
Partnering Organizations
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
CCMR
CNF
CHESS
EYH
GRASSHOPR
PARADIM
SUPREME
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