With funding from the National Institutes of health (NIH) and other generous private donations, the SPURS program was able to accommodate 36 fellows: 24 females and 12 males. This year, we had students attending schools including: Columbia University, University of Connecticut, Portland State University, Harvard College, CUNY Hunter College, CUNY City College, Bates College, Yale University, Boston University, Middlebury College, Cornell University, University of Washington, Georgetown University, Princeton University, University of Washington-Seattle, University of Utah, Macalester College, Vassar College, Johns Hopkins University, Binghamton University, Bowdoin College, The College of Wooster, University of California-Berkeley, Tulane University, and SUNY Stony Brook University.