Outreach

Outreach is a cornerstone activity at the LSI, supporting the connections between research, teaching and service to the public. As members of a public university, and participants in publicly-funded research, we view outreach to the public as inseparable from our scientific mission and from our core values.

LSI community members inspire and support future generations to pursue scientific exploration through a variety of outreach initiatives and activities:

Aspirnaut Summer Research Internship Program
Perrigo Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
Building tours for groups such as F.E.M.M.E.S. Connect, M-STEM and the U-M Association of Multicultural Scientists
Supporting, leading and participating in student groups such as F.E.M.M.E.S.
Hosting a Women in STEM Wikithon
Sponsoring the student-led educational outreach program U-MYScI

Contact the LSI Education Outreach Coordinator

LSI Outreach Awards

The LSI Outreach Awards were established in 2018 to formalize the importance and priority of scientific outreach as part of the LSI’s core values. The awards recognize the many contributions of our collective LSI community — across tenure- and research-track faculty, research staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergrads — to outreach activities.

2022 Award Recipients

Chelsey Spriggs, Ph.D., Tenure-track and tenured faculty award
Mary Zylinski, Research staff award
Amanda Erwin, Ph.D., Postdoctoral research fellow award
Lauren Hart, Graduate student award

2021 Award Recipients

Bing Ye, Ph.D., Tenure-track and tenured faculty award
Pam Schultz, Research staff award
Jennifer Schmidt, Ph.D., Postdoctoral research fellow award
Fatima Javed, Graduate student award
Gaurie Gunasekaran, Undergraduate student award

2020 Award Recipients

Ashootosh Tripathi, Ph.D., Research-track faculty award
Brittany Morgan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral research fellow award
Maribel Okiye, Graduate student award
Denise Poltavski, Graduate student award

2019 Award Recipients

Lois Weisman, Ph.D., Tenured and tenure-track faculty award
Isin Cakir, Ph.D. Research-track faculty award
Clarissa Durie, Ph.D., Postdoctoral research fellow award
Melody Sanders, Graduate student award
Colleen Hadley, Undergraduate student award

2018 Award Recipients

Alison Narayan, Ph.D., Tenured and tenure-track faculty award
Savannah Williams, Research staff award
Jonathan Nelson, Ph.D., Postdoctoral research fellow award
Oleta Johnson, Ph.D., Alumni award
Attabey Rodríguez Benítez, Graduate student award