About CMsci
Claremont McKenna Science (CMsci) is a student-run research organization at Claremont McKenna College, founded in 2025. Undergraduates lead real research projects with guidance from CMC faculty.
Research led by students, guided by faculty.
CMsci exists so CMC students can do research that matters before graduate school. Each team designs its own question, builds its own methods, and runs its own experiments.
Faculty advisors guide the science. Students own the work, from the first literature review to the final presentation at the CMsci Symposium.
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Student-run CMsci emphasizes integrated sciences research, career exploration
Every project follows the same pipeline
A shared, stage-gated process means the quality of the research doesn’t depend on who leads a team in a given year. Each stage ends with faculty sign-off.
Stage 1
Team formation
Managers are hired first, scope a question with the faculty advisor, then recruit analysts.
Stage 2
Literature review
The team breaks the question into parts and writes a review the advisor approves.
Stage 3
Build and test
Analysts design the experiments, build what’s needed, and collect the data.
Stage 4
CMsci Symposium
Teams write up their findings and present them to faculty and the CMC community.
Speaker series
Leaders in medicine, biotech, and science investing who have come to CMC to talk with our students.
Peter Slavin
Former President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai. Former President, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Marash ’14
Co-Founder and CEO, Machine Bio
Adrienne Jo, PhD
Principal at Palo Santo, neuroscience investor
Support student research
Gifts and partnerships pay for lab materials and bring speakers to campus. To support CMsci, reach out to our executive board.