Marianna Burks spent a good chunk of her summer building a community with future Huskers.
Burks, a science learning specialist with TRIO Programs and instructor in biological sciences, worked with colleagues to develop a summer research internship program for incoming first-year students already enrolled in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Upward Bound Math-Science program. Upward Bound works with marginalized high school students to discover and cultivate their STEM skills and encourage the pursuit of a college degree. The new research internship program, which was a partnership of Upward Bound, TRIO and the School of Biological Sciences, specifically worked with first-generation and underrepresented students.
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