All NewsChemistry’s Taylor Leads Biofuels Workshop for Area Teachers Olivia DrakeMay 12, 20143minOn April 26, Erika Taylor, assistant professor of chemistry, assistant professor of environmental studies, led a biofuels workshop for area teachers at the Green Street Arts Center. Taylor led a presentation about her biofuel research and led an activity where the teachers made biofuel from cooking oil. The workshop was funded by a Connecticut Teacher Quality Partnership grant, which supports professional development of high school teachers in alternative energies and project-based learning. “It was a great day, the teachers really liked her presentation and said they’d be able to take the information back to their classrooms,” said Sara MacSorley, director of the GSAC and Welseyan’s PIMMS (Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science.) ChemistryErika TaylorGreen Street Teaching and Learning CenterPIMMS Related Articles All NewsArts & HumanitiesCampus News & Events November 20, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Celebrated Filmmakers, Producers Share Insight into Black Cinema at Shasha Seminar All NewsArts & HumanitiesFaculty November 20, 2024 Ziba Kashef Narratives of Fear: An Anthropologist’s Research with Asylum Seekers All NewsArts & Humanities November 19, 2024 Andrew Chatfield Glenn Ligon ’82, Hon. ’12 Talks Career, Work at Pruzan Art Center