Day in the Lab

History
Day in the Lab is an annual event at Hampshire College that is run by Hampshire and 5 College students and faculty. The goal of the day is to bring in middle school aged students from inner city areas (Holyoke and Springfield) to do science work in a college lab. We host around 15 labs run by students and faculty in areas from biology to social science to agriculture. Day in the Lab is free to all participants. College students helping with the event can get community service credit toward any Division.

This Year
Hampshire College's 23rd annual Day in the Lab will take place on November 21st all day in Cole Science Center.

Expected labs include: All the Way with DNA, Astronomy, Brain Alive, Bread is Alive, Colors Back and Forth, the Dancer's Body,EMT Lab, Evolution Revolution, Insects, Insects, Insects, Living the Wild Life: Biology in Action, Lotions and Potions, Math Lab, Nutrition, Sheep Brain Dissection, Slime and Superballs, Winogradski Columns, Women's Health, and a design lab called Wind Power.

The next organizational meeting will be on Thursday October 23rd at 4 pm in Cole 333. Come and get involved! We still have opportunities for students to help lead labs, to help organize, to be present and help out at the event, and to do art design.

Contact
Contacts: Akira Cespedes-Perez (ac06) or Claudia Lerner (cel05) for questions regarding labs. Contact Emily Ryan for questions regarding organization (eer06), and Jenna Gotthelf (jbg06) or Chloe Higginbotham (cah07) for information about art design.