ARC - Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education - CUNY

The Gateway Program provided me with the tools and
opportunities to build myself as a person and develop my
interest in the sciences and medicine, which is now my
professional focus.
Uthman Olagoke
Port Richmond, Class of 2007
Dartmouth, Class of 2011
Boston and Beyond
In August 2007, the first Gateway program
outside of New York City officially launched at the
John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and
Science in Boston. The O'Bryant Gateway is a
partnership between the O'Bryant School and
multiple institutions in the Longwood Medical and
Academic Area. The first fifty students have
completed their ninth-grade year with strong
academic results—42% achieved honor roll
recognition, as compared to 16% of students in
the regular O'Bryant ninth-grade program.
Approximately 20 Gateway students will
participate in summer internship programs at
partner institutions, including Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, Children's Hospital of
Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard
School of Public Health, Massachusetts College
of Art and Simmons College.
In May, Don Berwick, President of Institute for
Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and Howard Hiatt
of Harvard Medical School convened a
conference in Boston chaired by Tom Payzant,
former San Diego and Boston school
Superintendent. CEO's from affiliated hospital
networks around the country, along with their
school superintendents, met to discuss possible
Gateway replications in their cities. IHI, whose
members represent a consortium of more that
4000 healthcare providers, is an independent
organization helping to lead the improvement of
health care throughout the world.
Sherman Fairchild Funds Curriculum at Brooklyn Tech
With funding from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Gateway is
supporting the development of two advanced science courses at
Brooklyn Tech: a comprehensive anatomy and medical problem-solving
course and an integrated one-year biology and chemistry course.
Working with math and chemistry teacher, Dr. Philip Jeffery, a Harvard
Medical School graduate, 66 students have completed the requirements
for both Science Regents exams in the first year. Gateway students will
also participate in a summer seminar series at Mount Sinai Medical
School. As a measure of Gateway’s success, the course enrollment will
triple next year.
Looking ahead, new initiatives at the school will include a science
projects lab where students will conduct independent investigations
under faculty supervision, space for a medical library to support a new
research advisory curriculum, and a new Gateway office.
Gateway will expand its
student enrollment to 200 for
participation in a new
curriculum that incorporates
medical imaging and clinical
problem solving.
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