This summer, we will be running our annual YSP (Young Scholars’ Program) – now in it’s 30th year. YSP offers future scientists and engineers a unique opportunity for a hands-on research experience while still in high school. This 6-week summer research program will run from June 22 to July 30th, 2026 and will involve research […]
Dr. Silevitch’s latest gift ensures sustainability of transformative K-12 STEM programs at Northeastern University Dr. Michael B. Silevitch’s unwavering commitment to nurturing the next generation of scientists and engineers has taken another significant step forward. His recent generous donation to Northeastern University will bolster the sustainability of The Center for STEM Education’s vital programming, ensuring […]
Unfortunately this blog post just missed National Giving Day – which was yesterday – but you can still donate to the Center for STEM Education! Funds raised have a direct impact on programs we run: we are specifically looking for funding to help keep our Young Scholar’s Program free for all participants. Please consider donating […]
On Friday, November 21st we had our last STEM field trip of the Fall 2025 semester: this semester we had 6 field trips with a total of 311 students. This day St. Agatha School from Milton came with 62 middle school students to learn about engineering and the design process. Northeaster’s chapter of the Society […]
On Friday, October 31st (Halloween!) the Rafael Hernandez Dual-Language (Spanish) school came with 45 x 4th graders to campus for a day on engineering and to do hands-on engineering activities related to what they’re learning in science in school: forces and motion. Students used what they learned about forces in two ways: designing devices to prevent […]
In lieu of a field trip on Friday, November 14th, we hosted a second volunteer training day of the semester. This time we partnered with Northeastern’s chapter of SWE (Society of Women Engineers) [NEU Link] – and so their volunteers had a chance to practice some of the activities we do with students: specifically reverse […]
Northeastern’s NEPTUN (Northeastern Program for Teaching by Undergraduates) is again hosting the Fall edition of SPLASH, wherein high school students (grades 8-12) take fun and informative workshops offered by Northeastern undergraduates. This day-long event is entirely free, running from 9:00am – 5:10pm on Saturday, November 8th at Northeastern University’s Boston Campus (located in Ryder Hall). […]
On Friday, October 24th, Northeastern participated for the third consecutive year in UP Academy Dorchester‘s SPARK STEM event, in which all 4th-6th grade students from the UP Academy system come to the Dorchester school for a day of hands-on STEM activities. As part of this event, the Center for STEM Education ran two 20-minute tabletop activities: […]
The week of Oct 20-24 was Massachusetts STEM Week 2025 (mass.gov link). This year’s focuses on “STEM starts now”: at any age you can learn about STEM, from our youngest learners to adult learners, and STEM educational opportunities and jobs are here at this very moment in Massachusetts. As part of this week, we wanted […]
On Friday, October 17th, the Center for STEM Education had their fourth STEM Field trip of the semester, in which 69 x 6th grade students from the McKay K-8 School came to campus for a day all about Civil & Environmental Engineering and City Planning. The day started off right away with a Do-Now Activity […]