Repurposed Equipment Boosts Hawaii Public School Science Programs

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Hawaii public classrooms are receiving an influx of donated science equipment, thanks to a repurposing program devised by a professor at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).

The initiative was started by Assistant Professor Dr. Rachel Boulay and is headed by the medical school’s Center for Cardiovascular Research. The partnership allows for the donation of thousands of dollars worth of “gently used” science equipment from the medical school to 13 public schools on four islands.

Dr. Boulay states in the press release that as the demand for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) professions increase, so does the demand for equipment at a high school level. However, as Baldwin High School teacher Amy Ancheta notes about donated microscopes, the public schools “could probably never afford” such equipment on their own.

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Photo credit: UH Medical School on Flickr. Check out more photos from the program here.

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