This summer the Center for STEM Education ran its 30th year of the Young Scholars’ Program. First started in 1989 (with a hiatus between 1996 and 2003), the Young Scholars’ Program is a six week summer research program for rising high school seniors in the Boston area. This summer, 32 students from 26 high schools […]
We’re now halfway through our Young Scholars’ Program for 2026, as weeks 2 and 3 have concluded. Our 32 scholars are deep into their research this summer — check out their 2026 project lineup [https://stem.northeastern.edu/summer/ysp/ysp2026/]. Week 2 Highlights: • 6/29: YSPs gave 1 minute TED talks on a variety of random topics to practice public […]
Tomorrow (April 14, 2026) is Northeastern’s annual Giving Day! This is a great opportunity to support the Center for STEM Education and help us continue providing communities with fun and exciting STEM activities to encourage a new generation of STEM thinkers. Funds raised have a direct impact on programs we run: each year, the Center […]
On Friday, March 20th, 2026, we hosted approximately 60 third and fourth graders from Perkins Elementary School in Curry McLeod Suites for a very fun STEM field trip! The day began with an engineering warm-up activity: the Paper Towers Challenge. Working individually, each student was given just a single sheet of paper and challenged to […]
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Love (20 years!) – Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Director, for the Center and Nicolas Fuchs (10 years!) – Program Manager for the Center for their many years at Northeastern! Yesterday, Jen and Nick joined many other Northeastern faculty and staff at the NEU Service Recognition Reception (~100 people in person, but […]
SWE’s Cool Women, Hot Careers – February 7th | 10am-3pm | NEU’s Boston Campus Northeastern’s affiliate chapter of SWE (the Society of Women Engineers) is hosting Cool Women, Hot Careers next week. Are you in high school? Do you love math and science? Sign up to explore engineering with female engineering students at Northeastern University! […]
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 […]
