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Mercer currently has submitted and/or received funding for a number of STEM grant proposals indicates a
commitment to being part of the national dialogue”.
Blinderman attended the Summer Institute with colleague Julie Drawbridge, Rider University Professor of
Biology. The two will host a meeting this fall for Mercer and Rider science faculty and staff to be held at Rider.
Dr. Rebecca Burdine, Professor of Biology, and Princeton University Summer Institute coordinator will present.
The National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education is organized by the National Research
Council's in partnership with the
Center for Teaching and Learning at Yale University.Support is provided by
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e Howard Hughes Medical Institute,the
Presidents' Committee of the National Research Council,and
Yale University.Professor Blinderman’s participation in the Institute was supported by these entities.
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