Special IssueIntroduction to Papers from the FUN 2008 Macalester Workshops Proceedings of the 2008 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Workshops atMacalester College, St. Paul, MN, July 17 to July 20, 2008By Bruce R. Johnson, Mary E. Harrington, and Eric P. WiertelakJeanne Narum: A Lifetime of Achievement By Julio J. Ramirez and Eric P. Wiertelak Sex, Gender, and the Brain: A Non-Majors Course Linking Neuroscience and Women’s Studies By Kristina S. MeadVision and Art: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Neuroscience Education By Rosa Lafer-Sousa and Bevil R. ConwayBuilding Neural Networks Within the Academy: Connecting Neuroscience to Other Disciplines By Lawrence J. WichlinskiA Self-Study Tutorial using the Allen Brain Explorer and Brain Atlas to Teach Concepts of Mammalian Neuroanatomy and Brain Function By Bruce G. JenksModular Digital Course in Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (MDCUNE): A Website Offering Free Digital Tools for Neuroscience Educators By William GrishamTeaching Neurophysiology to Undergraduates using Neurons in Action By Ann E. StuartDeveloping a Project-Oriented Introduction to Neuroscience Lab at Hope College By Leah A. Chase and Christopher C. BarneyTeaching Laboratory Neuroscience at Bowdoin: The Laboratory Instructor Perspective By Stephen Hauptman and Nancy Curtisg-PRIME: A Free, Windows Based Data Acquisition and Event Analysis Software Package for Physiology in Classrooms and Research Labs By Gus K. Lott III, Bruce R. Johnson, Robert H. Bonow, Bruce R. Land, and Ronald R. HoyTeaching Undergraduate Neuroscience in the Digital Age By Christopher A. KoreyHigher Education and the Society for Neuroscience: a website proposal that helped catalyze a change in policy. By Richard F. OlivoBrain Awareness Week and Beyond: Encouraging the Next Generation By Colleen D. McNerney, Eun-Joo Chang, and Nicholas C. SpitzerNew(er) Kids on the Block – Voices of Junior FUN Faculty By Shelly D. DickinsonSOMAS-URM: The Evolution of a Mentoring and Summer Research Program By Julio J. Ramirez and Scott TonidandelFacilities Planning for the Neuroscience Curriculum at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution: St. Olaf College’s Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences By Gary M. Muir and David G.L. Van WylenThe Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: History, Challenges, and Future Developments By Gary L. Dunbar, Barbara Lom, William Grisham, and Julio J. Ramirez Establishing a New Paradigm for Diversity: A Case for Restructuring the Academic Training Environment By Joseph A. Whittaker and Timothy A. Akers