About Genetic Update Conferences (GUC)
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Sam Rhine has crossed the country for 30+ years presenting the latest genetic information for high school students and their teachers. He has also spoken to audiences in Toronto, Montreal, Tokyo, Vienna, Prague, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Nairobi, Kenya.
The student participants at these conferences generally come from Biology and A.P. Biology classes, but many students who have completed their Life Science classes also attend. Students who are college bound, who are in pre-professional tracts or who are Science Olympiads will find the conference to be especially significant. Many teachers bring Honors and Gifted and Talented junior high school students. Every presentation begins with a review of the ‘basics’ so younger students need not worry about being lost all day.
School administrators recognize the day as an educational field trip or a career opportunity day. Students have a unique chance to hear one of the top educators in the country present the most recent genetic information. These conferences attract the most motivated students, and many of those students attend the conference in successive years because the topics change from year to year.
