A 10-Year Review of the Food Science Summer Scholars Program: A Model for Research Training and for Recruiting Undergraduate Students into Graduate Programs and Careers in Food Science

Journal of Food Science Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 98-105

  Roberts, Angela J ^a,b   Robbins, Janette ^a,b   McLandsborough, Lynne ^c   Wiedmann, Martin ^a,b  

^a TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 77957118502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4329.2010.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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