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 […]
The first week of this year’s Young Scholars Program has concluded; the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education is delighted to welcome our 2026 cohort of scholars to campus! The Young Scholars Program (YSP) is a free program that aims to provide rising high school seniors with the opportunity to […]
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 […]
On Friday, February 20, 2026, the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education celebrated National Engineers Week by hosting our annual Engineering for Everyone Expo in the Curry Student Center Indoor Quad! This free, family-friendly event brought together many student-led engineering clubs from across campus to showcase hands-on activities and demonstrations […]
On Friday, February 6th, 2026, the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education hosted 12th graders from Boston Latin School and 9th graders from the John O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science for a special STEM field trip on our Boston campus to support Boston Public Schools’ STEM education initiatives. We […]
On Friday January 23, 2026, the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education hosted 40 fourth grade Boston Public School students from the Henry Grew School in Hyde Park for another successful STEM field trip! Several Northeastern student volunteers helped teach and facilitate activities throughout the day. The Grew students first […]
