The PME hosts up to 25 students from the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) each summer for a three-week, intensive introduction to Molecular Engineering, exploring three thematic research areas: Immuno-engineering, Quantum Engineering, and Materials for Sustainability.
The course, designed to open pathways for more City Colleges students to transfer into four-year STEM degree programs, has been part of PME’s mission since the school’s 2019 launch with a $100 million commitment from the Pritzker Foundation. “Some of our first conversations were about how we could show our commitment to the city by broadening the pipeline of underrepresented Chicago students into STEM majors and professions,” said Matthew Tirrell, dean of Pritzker Molecular Engineering and the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor. “As the nation’s first school of molecular engineering, PME is uniquely positioned to introduce students to this emerging field.”
Read more about the program and past participants - summer 2024, summer 2023, summer 2021, and summer 2020
The Program
Contact
For information about how to join the PME-CCC Summer program or how to host a PME-CCC participant in a laboratory, contact Rovana Popoff rpopoff@uchicago.edu.
