The College of Science reaches out to younger students, to educators and to the general public with a 
wide range of activities and programs from the Research Experience for Teachers during the summer to presentations in the Digital Visualization Theater during the Christmas season. Many of our outreach programs result from collaborations with our partners, including the global effort to fight disease.
Through our educational outreach activities, we serve as the Midwest regional host to the annual Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, one of the nation’s premier competitions in the field of science. We inspire and reward K-12 students who conduct scientific investigations through the annual Northern Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA) conducts several outreach events including the Sensing Our World summer camp. Through these events and numerous others throughout the year, we seek to whet young student’s interest in science, recognizing that the kindergartener and high school students of today are the graduate students of the future.
In addition to taking science to younger students, we reach out to K-12 teachers with programs and activities that bridge the gap between our research and their classrooms. The Notre Dame extended Research Community (NDeRC), JINA, QuarkNet and RET@ND provide opportunities for area teachers to work with our faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students in the College of Science. Sometimes the teachers come to campus for summer learning, and sometimes the college takes activities into their classrooms through programs such as BioEYES.
Our outreach places the benefits of Notre Dame education and research into the hands of our local community members.
