Federal law prevents us from asking for age or date of birth on applications so we cannot have an age breakdown. But you can see that the lab continues to attract a steady stream of young investigators who are able to obtain funds for lab space. Partly this is because of the availability of a growing number of MBL fellowships. This summer we have been able to fund 20 investigators, in addition to the 12 Grass Fellows in neurobiology. Once again, this year we have full occupancy of summer lab space.
Youth is everywhere on our campus.
It is, of course, young people who are students in our 20 courses, and it also young scientists, primarily, who constitute the faculty. In the laboratories, in Swope dining room, even on the Stony Beach tennis courts, long the domain of senior-circuit players. This summer, throughout the laboratories, you can find more than 40 fortunate undergraduates who are part of formal programs, one supported by the NSF, or hired by individual investigators. Williams College, for example, sponsors a minority student program that allows undergraduates to work in the laboratory of Williams faculty member, Steve Zottoli. A designated Fellowship allows a Dartmouth undergraduate to work in the laboratory of George Langford.