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WISE FAQs

When is the WISE Program?

  • The summer WISE programs will run weekdays beginning Monday through Friday for two weeks. Tentatively, there will be two WISE sessions: June-26 WISE (6/22/26-7/2/26) will meet 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day and August-26 WISE- (7/27/26-8/7/26) and will meet 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day.  
  • Note: These are non-residential programs. No housing for students will be available.
  • The vWISE program will run weekdays beginning Monday through Friday for two weeks. Tentatively, there will be one vWISE session: Aug-26 WISE (8/10/26-8/21/26) and will meet from 9:00-10:30 AM and 1:00-2:30 PM, EDT.
  • Students are expected to attend and participate fully each day of the session.  Students who are in school during 8/10/26-8/21/2should not participate in the program. 
  • In between the on-line sessions, students are expected to go over the material through online videos and lecture notes, followed by a series of quizzes and bioinformatic assignments.  

Students will need a good internet connection and be able to run Firefox or Safari on a PC or Mac.  Chromebooks and Chrome are not compatible with the DNA sequence analysis programs that students will need to use to perform their analyses on the DNA sequences.