TheScientist.com - Magazine of the Life Sciences, Every Day, Online
  Please Login or Register
  • Home
  • Community
  • Current Issue
  • Browse Archive
  • Careers
  • Video & Multimedia
  • Subscribe

Front Cover
Front Cover
Survey Series
  • Best Places to Work
  • $alary $urvey
  • Lab Web Site and
    Video Awards

The Scientist Daily
  • Science headlines delivered daily.
    Register today.

For Advertisers
  • Advertise with Us
  • Contact Ad Team
  • 2008 Media Kit




By Steven Farber

Making Outreach Work

How a take-your-child-to-work day helped launch a $200,000 education initiative.


In 2000, I came to Philadelphia's Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) to start a research laboratory and a zebrafish core facility. Like many places, TJU had a "Take Your Child To Work" day. The department that organized this university-wide effort had the idea of sending the kids to the new, state-of-the-art zebrafish facility on campus. They thought it was the closest available aquarium. Shortly thereafter, I began leading a number of group tours through the facility, giving faculty and students direct, hands-on experience with zebrafish.



(continued >>)

To continue reading this full article, you must be a subscriber to The Scientist.

You are only a few minutes away from unlimited access.

If you already have an online subscription, please Log-In Now.
New to The Scientist? Register to get access to a selection of our content, interactive features and useful tools free without a subscription.

Subscribe to The Scientist to get unlimited access to our premium content

Get unlimited access to this article and over 20 years of The Scientist archives. You won’t miss a word – all for as little as $4.95.  Subscribe now.

The Scientist offers site licenses to institutions and organizations. Recommend us to your librarian and get online access through your place or work or study.




About TS | Contact | Advertise | Editorial Advisory Board | Privacy Policy
© 1986-2008 The Scientist