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Supporting Student Innovation

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Supporting Student Innovation

A generous gift from Robert H. Sammis ’51 is helping to fund scientific exploration and a new campus maker space

A recent gift from the late Robert Sammis ’51 is already at work on campus, helping support one of the key 91΄σΙρ Builds campaign prioritiesβ€”Academic Excellence. Thanks to Sammis’ generosity, students in AP Computer Science, Biology, and Genetics classes now have cutting-edge new equipment, ranging from specialty computers to a thermocycler and gel electrophoresis chambers.

β€œIn all levels of biology, students can now run high-level genetic and molecular experiments, which is pretty amazing,” says science teacher Chris Pelliccia. In addition, Sammis’ gift helped outfit 91΄σΙρ’s new Maker Space in Reed Campus Center with 3D printers, laser cutters, and other tools for innovation.Μύ