UPCI Academy

01/06/2021

We will be hosting another webinar to go over program and application information today. This will be the same as our webinar in December.

Webinar 2 - January 6th @ 5:00 PM

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01/03/2021

Happy New year to all of our alumni, applicants, and partners. Thanks to all of you for working with us during these hard times and continuing to maintain and grow our program. We look forward to another year of research, learning, and discovery.

12/07/2020

Application to the 2021 Hillman Academy are now open.
https://hillmanacademy.upmc.com/apply-now/

Our apologies for the lapse in communication this year because of COVID, however we are still commited to offering an authentic research experience for students whether we are virtual or in person.

Apply today to the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Academy.

07/01/2020

Due to Covid our summer program did not go on as planned this year. we were able to take only a fraction of the students we had hoped to accept.

However we are excited to share out lectures and some materials with any students who did not make it in or are just interested on STEM and research. Visit the Hillman Academy Lecture series page for videos and more. we will be adding to this throughout the summer and hope to make it a regular part of our program.

This page is where you can go to access our online program. We will post lectures, modules, and other information here. As we create more content we will be adding them to this page so please check back if you…Read more ›

07/01/2020

Congraualtions to Kiran for her performance at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair. UGA Cellular Biology Department Award, Best in Category for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and First Honors Ribbon.
https://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/sites/default/files/gsef-2020-announcement-awards.pdf

For thos interested in how science fairs and posters are being presented during COVID, here is a video of the presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9VtQQ3Xo1o&feature=emb_title

04/15/2020

Congratulations to Taylor for her 2nd place finish at the Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair. Great to see that even in these hard times we have creative solutions to allow students to participate in STEM activities.

https://www.hawaiiacademyofscience.org/virtual-science-fair-2020

03/02/2020

Congratulations to Aria for presenting her poster at the Rust Belt Microbiome Conference last November.

https://events.mcs.cmu.edu/rbm2019/posters/

03/02/2020

Congratulations to David and Aaron for presenting their research at AMIA 2019. Keep up the great work!

https://photos.amia.org/category/annual-symposium/amia-2019/high-school-scholars/

03/02/2020

Congratulations to Taylor for winning 1st place at the HAIS Science fair and qualifying for ISEF!

https://www.hawaiiacademyofscience.org/district-fair

03/02/2020

Our application for the 2020 Summer Program is closed. We are thrilled at the volume of applications sent in and look forward to reviewing each and every one. We hope to have our decisions sent out by April if not earlier. Good luck to everyone who applied!