Thank you to everyone who engaged with our programming or collaborated with us in 2024! We are excited for what’s to come in 2025.
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Building Bridges Fall 20...
On Friday, December 6th we held our semi-annual Building Bridges. This event provides high school students with the opportunity to explore and learn more about the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. Students were able to participate in a full day of programming which included: an informative, introductory talk on the College of Engineering; a variety […]
Fall 2024 UPLIFT Semina...
First-year College of Engineering students have the opportunity to engage with research via Undergraduate Program for Leaders In Future Transformation (UPLIFT). In the fall semester, this engagement takes the form of biweekly seminars presented by faculty members across various engineering disciplines. Current UPLIFT participant and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) first-year, Eric Chao, says of […]
SPARK: UP’s Day of STEM Explorati...
On Friday, October 25th, staff and undergraduate volunteers from the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education had the opportunity to participate in this year’s SPARK: UP’s Day of STEM Exploration. This event, organized by the UP Education Network, seeks to “bring hands-on immersive STEM experiences to [their] students to spark […]
Reflecting on our Impa...
Interested in learning more about what we do at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education? Our mission statement is to seek to build and support a community of educators, researchers, and students, with the collective goal of strengthening the K-20 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and […]
REU-PATHWAYS 20...
The Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education is pleased to announce that last week we officially welcomed our 2024 cohort of REU-PATHWAYS students to campus! This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program (NSF #2150417, P.I. Ibrahim Zeid, Co-P.I. Claire Duggan) provides pathways for local community college students to enrich their education […]
Dever Elementary – STEM Field Trips (10.6.202...
Last Friday (10.6) marked our second field trip of the 2023-2024 academic year! 50 students from Dever Elementary School in Boston came to Northeastern to participate in STEM activities. The day started with a presentation on the Engineering Design Process and the fundamentals of bioengineering. The first activity the students completed was a reverse egg […]
UP Academy’s Spark: A Day of STEM Exploration (10.20.202...
On Friday, October 20th, Center for STEM Education staff participated in UP Academy Dorchester’s inaugural Spark: A Day of STEM Exploration! Over 600 middle schoolers from the Boston area came to UP Academy to join in hands-on activities to help them engage with and think about STEM concepts. We brought paper rockets as our activity! […]
EXP Grand Opening (10.16.202...
On Monday, October 16th, the Center for STEM Education was able to participate in the grand opening of the new EXP building! After the showcase, 30 high school junior and senior students from the O’Bryant School joined us in one of the EXP classrooms for the a short talk by Associate Dean Richard Harris, followed […]
Massachusetts Teacher STEM Fair (09.30.202...
On September 30th, staff and volunteers at the Center for STEM Education attended the Massachusetts Teacher STEM Fair at Gillette Stadium. The goal of this event was to “empower, inspire, transform, and unleash the power of STEM education!” We brought the Hexbugs activity and the Paper Rockets activity to provide Massachusetts educators and their families […]
