Resilience and perseverance are keys to success in research. Watch this short talk about the importance of these character traits….Continue Reading How to be a Superstar: TEDx Youth Talk (speaker: Bonnie St. John)
SIP 2014 Intern Zixin Chen presents poster at AGU…Continue Reading Pictures from December 2014 American Geophysical Union Meeting
We’re proud to report that SIP had four regional finalists and five semifinalists in the 2014 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology, hosted by the Siemens Foundation. This year’s regional finalists were: Jason Chu, Lea Sparkman, Pranav Sekhar, and Aaron Huang. This year’s semifinalists were: Alice Wu, Ajinkya Nene, Omkar Savant, Adele Bloch, and…Continue Reading 2014 Siemens Competition Regional Finalists and Semifinalists
SIP is a sponsor of this conference, and encourages the program’s alumnae, and their friends, to attend!…Continue Reading APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics: January 16-18, 2015
Dr. Puragra ‘Raja’ GuhaThakurta is an expert on galaxy evolution, but also aims to inspire the next generation of scientists. Here, he shares details of the Science Internship Program he started at the University of California, Santa Cruz, which engages high-school students in experimental learning….Continue Reading High-school Scientists/Galactic Exploration – An article courtesy of International Innovation, Research Media Ltd. – a leading scientific dissemination service
Interns seek hands-on, real-world experience beyond the classroom….Continue Reading Stoking a Passion For Science – An article from the Palo Alto Weekly
A growing summer internship program for high school students at UC Santa Cruz has consistently produced successful entries in nationwide science competitions. The 2013 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology is no exception: out of 51 semifinalists from California, 15 were participants in the UCSC Science Internship Program (SIP), and of the 15 regional finalists…Continue Reading Four UCSC SIP Program Interns are Regional Finalists in 2013-14 Siemens Competition
SIP had a total of seven semi-finalists and two regional finalists who submitted papers based on their research in the UCSC summer program….Continue Reading UCSC SIP Participants are Recognized in Prestigious 2012-13 Siemens Competition
UC Santa Cruz Science Internship Program (SIP) participants earned 4 spots among the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists as announced Wednesday, January 11. Three of these 4 students are from the Harker School, which had a record 11 Intel STS semifinalists this year.”The semifinalists received oversized $1,000 checks from Intel in a spirited school…Continue Reading 4 UC Santa Cruz "SIP" Participants are 2012 Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalists
Two high-school students mentored by UC Santa Cruz professors are finalists in the nationwide Intel Science Talent Search competition. They are both students at the Harker School in San Jose, the only school in the country to produce two finalists (out of a total of 40 nationwide)….Continue Reading UCSC Faculty Mentor 2011 Intel Science Contest Finalists