The University Record, April 2, 2001
Life Sciences Institute: High school students create murals for
construction site
Twenty-one Ypsilanti High
School art students have created 35 panels as part of a mural that will
adorn the fence surrounding the Life Sciences Institute construction site.
The University invited art teacher Robin Evans to have her students design
and produce the murals in time for the Life Sciences Institute kickoff
celebration on April 11.
Royce Smith (left) paints a collage of mountains, water, a wolf
and a DNA chain. José Mejia (below) works on his panel of sea creatures.
Ypsilanti High School students were asked to create the murals as part of an ongoing alliance between the University and Ypsilanti Public Schools. The two joined forces in fall 1998 for the HOPE program. The program’s goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in health care fields. It pairs interested high school students with college-prep science mentors.
Photos by Bill Wood, U-M Photo Services
