About the Center

Programs

Secrets of the Sequence
Videos/Lessons

Virginia Governor’s School
for Life Sciences and Medicine

Bioinformatics and
Bioengineering Summer
Institute

Summer Workshops for
Teachers

Partnerships

Maymont-VCU Discovery
Institute

Science Museum of
Virginia-VCU Mini-Med Program

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and VCU Center for Environmental Studies Summer Programs

Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens-VCU Herbaria

Life Sciences and Religion Community Forum of Central Virginia

Publications

VCU Life Sciences Surveys

Life Sciences Career Guide

The goal of the Center for Life Sciences Education is to promote science literacy locally, regionally and nationally by:
Increasing public awareness of the technical and bioethical issues surrounding the life sciences discoveries of the 21st century Educating pre-college students about the life sciences Informing and training K-12 science teachers   Click here for more information about the Center. Dr. Jacqueline McDonnough Director, Center for Life Sciences Education (804) 827-5600 jtmcdonnough@vcu.edu