On September 26, 2009, the University of Notre Dame hosted a Mini-Medical School Experience for 44 Washington high school students. Organized by Dr. Ira Rubin, and assisted by Alex Senetar and 22 Notre Dame pre-med students, the program was a success!

Pictures and videos are in!

A meet and greet is being sponsored by the Biology Club for Patricia Olynyk, the artist of the Electron Microscope Art Exhibit. Tea and cookies to be provided. Click here for more information on Ms. Olynyk and her artwork.

If you'd like to see other examples of EM artwork, FSU has a great site dedicated to EM imagery. Click here to visit it. Also, visit the Materials Research Society Gallery for more examples.

To get an idea of what to expect, check out some of the winners from the 2009 MRS "Science as Art" Competition.

James C Weaver, University of California, Riverside

Boaz Pokroy, Harvard University

Erik Spoerke and Bonnie McKenzie, Sandia National Laboratories