On July 25th, the Young Scholars (along with other groups such as the REUs and ASME) took their last field trip down to Block Island in Rhode Island to take a tour of the wind farms. Wind farming is the grouping of wind turbines in an effort to generate electricity, and Rhode Island is home […]
Time flies when you’re having fun, and suddenly our two-week (June 25-29 & July 9-13) NU Summer STEM Program (NUSSP) is already over for this summer. I (Nick) had a great time with the students and I hope they had as much fun participating in the program as I did! In our first week, we […]
The 2018 edition of our GE Girls program (July 9-13) has sadly come to an end! We had a successful and exciting week with our 25 participants and 5 junior counselors. Students started the week learning about Engineering and the Engineering Design Process, designing, building and improving paper towers, paper airplanes, and paper rockets. The […]
On Thursday July 12, the Young Scholars took a field trip to MassDOT and the MBTA Command Center, where they learned about the field of transportation and what the future of transportation looks like. In the morning, the students connected with former Center for STEM program counselor and current Policy Assistant at MassDOT Dan Sullivan, […]
Tuesday July 11th – The Young Scholars Program hosted by the Center for STEM Education has just started its third week. There are twenty high-achieving rising seniors in high school participating in research in ten different engineering or pharmaceutical labs across campus. They are working diligently on their research projects and have participated in activities […]
On November 10th, 25 sixth to eighth graders from local schools came to Northeastern University for Fall Callback. All of these students had previously participated in either NUSSP or GE Girls here at the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern. In the morning the students did name games and ice breakers to get to know […]
On October 22nd we had our fall callback for middle-school aged NUSSP alumni [high school alumni took part in NEPTUN’s Splash event]. Students from the past 3 years came back for a day to see each other again, meet other alumni, and learn about disaster preparation. Colin, one of our work studies, has been working […]
With the conclusion of two weeks of educational activities, transportation engineering excursions, and college-life integration, IFTP wrapped up for 2016. Despite the fact that this was the first year that we are running this program, it was met with excellent feedback from both parents and students. Students learned about our current transportation system in Boston from […]
After two weeks of educational activities, college-life integration, and the summer sun, the NUSSP wrapped up for 2016. Despite the fact that the program had undergone a myriad of changes since last summer, our students and parents reported back with some of the most positive feedback we’ve received yet! Students learned about alternative and sustainable […]
Today, February 19th, NUSSP alumni from the last two summers attended the spring 2016 callback. The callback was taught by a variety of Northeastern students. First, Jenna Kiely led a discussion and activity on psychology and the Myer-Briggs test. Then, Phoebe Patwell, with the assistance of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) volunteers, led a two […]