For more than 30 years Amherst has offered a three-week Summer Science Program for a small group of incoming students with interests in medicine, biology, neuroscience or chemistry. Today it is part of the invitation-only Summer Bridge Program. Each participant has classes in Calculus with faculty from the Department of Math and Statistics. Students have a choice between Biology and Chemistry, working in science laboratories with Dr. Christine Bowers and Dr. Richmond Ampiah-Bonney of the biology and chemistry departments. Students will also have a writing seminar and a course entitled Introduction to the Liberal Arts, taught by a STEM faculty member. Former Summer Bridge students offer support as tutors. Through this program, students get to know faculty mentors and receive academic advising in the pre-med track, math, and sciences.
Program Details
Summer Bridge 2023 runs from Saturday, August 3, through Saturday, August 23. Participants are required to attend the entirety of the program. Participants will receive housing and meals during the program, a laptop computer, round-trip transportation from home and all other costs of the program.
For more information, contact:
Director of Summer Science in the Summer Bridge Program
Director of the Moss Quantitative Center
jbinnes@amherst.edu
413-542-8331