Outreach & Community Engagement Programs

Open Days

Open Days is a one-day event geared towards connecting Reed College's biology, chemistry, and physics departments to the greater Portland community. Open Days visitors will have the opportunity to interact with Reed’s science departments, drop in to Reed’s campus, engage with science faculty, and participate in lab experiments.

We invite you to our campus to explore the sciences on Saturday, November 4, 2023!

2023 Program

Drop in for:

  • Research Reactor Tours
  • Microscopy and Fly Husbandry
  • 3D Printing and Laser Cutting Demonstrations
  • Microscopy and Zebrafish
  • Metals Around Us
  • All About Trees
  • Microscopy of Materials

Schedule

Check-In Opens

 

 

9:30 a.m.

Biology/Physics Breezeway

 

Welcome

 

 

9:50 a.m.

Biology/Physics Breezeway

 

Metals Around Us

Dr. Danielle Cass & Dr. Shivani Ahuja

 

10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Chemistry 308

 

Tour of Reed's Research Reactor

Jerry Newhouse

 

10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Chemistry Lobby

 

3D Printer and Laser Cutter Demonstration

Jay Ewing

 

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Physics 004

 

Microscopy and Zebrafish

Dr. Kara Cerveny

 

11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Biology 207 and 222

 

Microscopy and Fly Husbandry

Dr. Derek Applewhite

 

11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Biology 136

 

Microscopy of Materials

Dr. Jennifer Heath

 

12:10 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Physics 123

 

All About Trees

Dr. Aaron Ramirez

 

12:10 p.m. – 1 p.m.

 

Parking

 Information regarding parking can be found here