UCLA Awarded $2 Million Grant From Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Fred Eiserling — UCLA dean of life sciences, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, and director of UCLA’s Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program — said the grant will enable UCLA to expand outreach programs that improve the science preparation of students in urban public schools, expand programs for undergraduates who are preparing to become science teachers in Los Angeles schools, expand an innovative online writing program and support outstanding Howard Hughes Undergraduate Researchers.
