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Science and Non-Science Outreach in Providence
The Girls Math and Science Initiative: offers intensive science
education for middle school girls at Sophia Academy. Brown volunteers
work weekly with girls in 5th through 8th grade to introduce girls to
the hard sciences (chemistry and physics) through experiential and interdiciplinary
activities. Contact:
Sarah Cabot
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (RISE): RISE is a 501(c) 3 orgaziation that provides educational
opportunities and mentoring to children of incarcerated parents. Mentoring opportunities available.
AS220 Broad Street: is a transitional arts program that employs and engages Rhode Island youth, but focuses secifically on those recently released from the state's juvenile detention facility, the Rhode Island Training School (R.I.T.S),and those under the wing of the Department of Children, Youth and Families. Their website is currentely under construction, but click here to view the BSS brochure in PDF format.
Scholarships. Internships. Summer Opportunities. Brown and Beyond
UTRA: Undergraduate Teachingand Research Awards: (Brown University Program) The program provides
opportunities for collaborative work between students and faculty members and
allows students to gain insights into the structure of academic work in a
particular field.
Sponsors for Education
Opportunity: SEO
is a non-profit organization started in 1963 that recruits, trains, and places
outstanding college students of color in a substantive 10-week long summer
internship.
The Leadership Alliance: The Leadership Alliance is
a consortium of 31 of this nation's leading research and teaching academic
institutions dedicated to improving the participation of underserved and
underrepresented students in graduate studies and Ph.D. programs and, ultimately,
research professions in the academic, public and private sectors. The
Leadership Alliance
facilitates a summer research early identification program, offers workshops
and fellowships, and hosts an annual national symposium.