University Partnership Program
Connecting our students to college professors
At Friends School, students don't have to wait until they graduate to work with collegiate-level researchers.
Our University Partnership Program (UPP) connects students and teachers with thought leaders from major research institutions across the country.
The Program, which launched in 2011 as the first of its kind in the Baltimore metro area, partners students with professors, researchers, and others in colleges and universities around the country, in subjects ranging from neuroscience and engineering to urban renewal, political science, the arts, and more.
Highlights of the program include a history/English elective in which juniors and seniors assist professors at Duke University with ongoing research on enslavement and an infectious disease project for which 6th Grade Science students diagnose and present “patients” in front of visiting physicians.
We believe that collaboration of this kind — applying classroom skills and knowledge to real-world problem-solving — inspires students to think deeply and act in new and exciting ways, and prepares them for success tomorrow. It also fosters in our children an enduring passion for learning, which is critically important to their development as students and as people.
List of Past and Present Partnerships
UPP Collaborations
University/College | Subject Area | Type of Collaboration |
American University | Sociology/Public Health | Public Health class |
Duke University | Haitian Studies | Teacher training in North Carolina |
Duke University | Haitian Studies | Marronage research |
Franklin & Marshall | Writer's House/English | Writer's House collaboration |
GBMC/Hopkins faculty | Internist | STEM |
George Mason | Environmental Anthropology | Speaker |
George Washington | Science | Speaking Series to promote females in science (endowed) |
Goucher College | Astronomy | Classroom visits and MS speaking series |
Goucher College | Psychology | Goucher Student Research and class observation |
Goucher College | English | Haitian Studies/creative writing seminar/writers house |
Goucher College | English Composition Class | Class visit |
Goucher College | Urban Forest Elective | Service work together between two schools |
Goucher College | Spanish Literature | Classroom visits and office visits |
Goucher College | Russian | Maryland Olympiada of Spoken Russian |
Goucher College | Economics | Guest speaker on Economics/Finance Seminar |
Goucher College | President Speaking Series Symposium | Guest Speaker |
Goucher/JHU | Russian/Social injustice | Comprehensive course collaboration |
Harvard | Public Health | Stanford partnership |
Hopkins | Otolaryngology | STEM talk |
Hopkins | Electrical Engineering | |
JHSPH | Center for Liberal Future | Environmental Policy |
JHSPH | Statistics | STEM |
JHSPH | Immigration | Guest Speaker December PLUSS Day |
JHSPH | PhD Student | Public Health elective guest speaker |
JHSPH | Inner City Asthma/Epidemiology | Public Health Seminar |
JHSPH | French/Peace Corps Work | STEM |
JHSPH | Epidemiology | ECP internships/stem speaker |
JHSPH | Aquaponics Project | Field Trip for 9th graders |
JHSPH | Epidemiology, Type 2 Diabetes | Public Health Seminar/contacts for future speakers |
JHSPH | Co-teacher | Public Health Class |
JHSPH | Infectious Disease | 9th grade science |
JHSPH | Seatbelt Safety Research | Public Health Elective |
JHSPH | Center for Drug Safety | Guest Speaker on Prescription Drug Abuse |
JHSPH | Department of Health and Behavioral Science/CFAR | Public Health Speaking Series and Elective |
JHSPH | Center for a Livable Future | Aquaponics |
JHSPH | Molecular Microbiology (Entomology) | Internships for ECP |
JHSPH | Nutrition | Guest speaker, interns |
JHSPH | International Health | guest speaker, interns |
JHSPH | Health Policy | Guest Speaker |
JHSPH | Malaria | Guest speaker |
JHSPH | Center for a Livable Future |
Environmental Science Elective Collaboration on FoodSpan |
JHSPH | Seatbelt Safety Research | Long term research with public health class |
JHSPH | Cardiovascular Disease | STEM talk |
JHSPH | Center for Liberal Future | GROW |
JHSPH | Young Drivers Research | Students needed for research study |
JHSPH | Global Nutrition | STEM Speaker Series |
JHSPH | Epidemiology | Internships |
JHSPH | Health, Behavior and Society | PNSJ Speaker on violence |
JHSPH | Center for Immunization | Website creation and maintenance |
JHSPH/JHU Medicine | Refugee/emergency medicine | Infectious Disease Unit for 6th grade |
JHU | Lab of Computation and Sensory Robotics | STEM |
JHU | Robotics | JHU Robo Challenge |
JHU | Primary Source Access | Research Paper for US History |
JHU | Earth and Planetary Science | Student research assistants |
JHU | Chemistry | Advanced Chemistry Students |
JHU | Foreign Affairs | Foreign Affairs Symposium |
JHU | Anthropology | Classroom visits - Comm & Solitude |
JHU | Zebrafish Research/Neurology | STEM research |
JHU | Biochemistry (proteins) | STEM research |
JHU | Judaic Studies | Senior Elective |
JHU | Public Safety Division | Social Sciences Speaking Series |
JHU | Egyptian Studies | 4th grade collaborates with grad students at Hopkins |
JHU | Robotics | MS Speaking Series |
JHU | Astronomy | Middle school speaking series |
JHU | Judaic Studies/English | Grant/senior elective |
JHU Medicine | Oncology | Internships |
JHU Medicine | Neurology | STEM |
JHU Medicine | Cell biology | STEM |
JHU Medicine | Sleep Studies | STEM |
JHU Medicine | Cardiology | STEM |
JHU Medicine | Autoimmune Disease | Advance Biology |
JHU Medicine | Pediatric Oncology | Middle School Speaking Series |
JHU/JHSPH | Vitamin studies | STEM//internships/middle school |
Johns Hopkins | Art History | French Class |
Johns Hopkins | BME Design Studio | Faculty Collaboration and more |
Johns Hopkins | Applied Physics Lab | Guest speakers, student interns |
Johns Hopkins | Art History | Class guest speaker |
Johns Hopkins | Linguistics and Iranian Culture | Spoke to 8th |
Johns Hopkins | Social Innovation Lab | Faculty Collaboration and more |
Johns Hopkins | anesthesiologist | STEM Speaker |
Johns Hopkins | Orthopedic Trauma | guest speaker, interns |
Johns Hopkins | Archeology Museum at Johns Hopkins | Grad students touring 4th grade through museum |
Johns Hopkins | Robotics | MS Speaker Series, robotics club? |
Johns Hopkins | LGBT | student and faculty education |
Johns Hopkins | Infectious Disease | 6th grade infectious disease unit/guest speaker/interns |
Johns Hopkins | OBGYN | MS Speaker Series |
Johns Hopkins | Stocks in the Future | Club with JHU dept of education |
Johns Hopkins | Neuroscience | Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute |
Johns Hopkins | North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad | Competition |
Johns Hopkins | Social Innovation Lab | Innovation Hub |
Johns Hopkins | Electrical Engineering | Robotics mentoring/MS speaker Series |
Johns Hopkins | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Robotics mentoring |
Johns Hopkins | Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience | Engineering mentor |
Johns Hopkins | Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum | Egyptian Unit - visit to museum |
Johns Hopkins | Athletics | Women in Sports |
Johns Hopkins | Agora | INSPIRED |
Johns Hopkins Medicine | A Women's Journey | Help get guest speakers |
Johns Hopkins/ Cambridge University | Computer Science | Guest Speaker/Young Alums |
Loyola | Engineering/Steam/Play, Passion & Purpose | Grant proposal |
Loyola | Sleep/Psychology | Middle School Sleep Study |
Loyola University | Camp Fellows | tutoring |
Loyola University | Vice President | Loyola Scholars Program |
Loyola University | Faculty professional development | Brainstorming ideas for professional development |
Loyola University | sustainability | Green Club |
Loyola University | sustainability | 7th grade partnership/GROW |
Loyola University | English/History | senior elective on women's studies/interns |
Loyola University | Haitian Studies | Haitian Studies research |
Loyola University | Alcohol & Drug Support Services | Healthy Choices Event |
Loyola University | English | Shakespeare potential Collaboration |
Loyola University | English | Narrative of Suspense |
Loyola University | MAT program | Student teaching assistants for all divisions |
Loyola University | Center for Disability Support Services | Internships |
Loyola University | School of Education | Teaching Assistants |
Loyola University | Center for Innovation in Urban Education | UNITE Club |
Loyola University | Electronics | STEM |
Loyola University | Social Justice | Frederick Douglas Symposium |
Maryland | Sea Grant | Aquaponics |
MICA | Politics | Guest Speaker and Internships |
MICA | Visual Art Department | Still Life Painting |
Michigan | Poetry | Visit to campus to discuss poetry |
Morgan State | History/environment/urban issues | Urban Forest collaborator |
Morgan State | Health and Policy | Meeting pending |
Morgan State | Communications | Interns, guest speaker, faculty professional development |
Morgan State | Social Work |
Interns, guest speaker, faculty professional development |
Morgan State | Accounting | Contacts at Morgan |
Naval Academy | Model Maker | Maker Space |
Northeastern University | Climate change/Biochemistry | Guest Speaker, Class collaboration? |
Notre Dame | Humanistic Spirit and Liberal Arts | Teaching Assistants |
Notre Dame | Gothic Fiction/English | Course Collaboration |
Notre Dame | Various Subjects | Classroom visits |
Notre Dame | Subject of our choosing | Course creation at Notre Dame |
Notre Dame | History/Events | Ongoing |
Notre Dame | Biology | Advanced Biology - Attend Speaking Seminar |
Notre Dame | Chemistry | Potential advanced Chemistry lab visits |
Notre Dame | Visual Arts/Gallery Director | Visits to talks at gallery |
Notre Dame | Athletics | |
Notre Dame | Dean of Education/Interim provost | Joint classes/Notre Dame Scholars |
Peabody | Implement Program | student collaboration |
Space Telescope Science Institute | James Webb Space Telescope | Guest Speaker |
Stanford University | Center for Deliberative Democracy | Student Conference |
Stanford University/Harvard University | Public Health | Student Research Program |
Stevenson University | Immigration | film screening and presentation |
Stevenson University | Fashion Design | Middle School Speaking Series? |
Stevenson University | Medical Laboratory Science | Advanced Biology Case Study |
Trinity College (DC) | President Speaking Series Symposium | Guest Speaker |
Towson University | Neuropsychology | STEM |
Towson University | Integrated Homeland Security | disasTer Relief Project |
Towson University | Primary Source Access | Research Paper for US History |
Towson University | Math in art, music and science | STEM |
Towson University | English/Drama | Towson students working with our 9th graders |
Towson University | Archives | Senior Elective |
Towson University | Hussman Center for Adults with Autism | Faculty professional development |
Towson University | Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship | ECP collaboration |
Towson University | AID to Animals | Documentary creation |
Towson University | School Leadership | Mentoring |
Towson University | Microaggressions and Cultural Competency | Conference at Towson |
UMBC | PhD candidate/HIV research | STEM |
UMBC | English | Guest speaker |
UMBC | Music | Female Composer archives/digital press |
UMBC | Middle School Speaking Series | Guest Speaker/ECP Internships |
UMBC | Biology | Lower School Speaking Series |
UMBC | Urban Forest Preservation | Research in Stony Run |
UMBC | President Speaking Series Symposium | Guest Speaker |
UMBC | Eco-Modernist | |
UMBC | Forest Preservation | Senior Elective/ECP internships |
UMBC | Vice Provost/career counseling | Samuel Reddy guest speaker |
UMCES | Marine Biology | STEM |
UNCW | Writing | Distance teaching from grad students |
University of Maryland | Infectious Disease/Public Health | 6th grade infectious disease unit/public elective speaker |
University of Baltimore | service | Real Food Farm/guest speaker |
University of Baltimore | Experiential Learning | Speaking Series |
University of Baltimore | Special Collections - LGBT archives | Student access to collection for research |
University of Baltimore | Entrepreneurship |
Partner with new elective, ECP certificate and event invitations |
University of Delaware | English/Environmental Issues | Multiple Partnerships |
University of Maryland | School of Social Work | Service |
University of Maryland | Math | Math Competition |
University of Maryland | Clark School of Engineering | Engineering Your Future (EYF) |
University of Maryland | School of Social Work/Family Connections | Service/Giving Tree |
University of Maryland | Educational Research | STEM |
University of Maryland | Malaria | Infectious Disease Unit for 6th grade |
University of Maryland | Department of Geographical Sciences | student interns on computer mapping |
University of Maryland | Guest Speakers | |
University of Wisconsin - Madison | Russian | Summer Institute |
UVA | Sustainability | ECP Skype speaker |
UVA | English | 6th grade Skype guest speaker |
Warren Wilson College | Resilient Agriculture | internships |
Wofford College | Women's Lacrosse | Middle School Speaking Series |