Category Archives: Opportunities

Highland Street Foundation: Free Fun Fridays at Museums This Summer

Posted on June 18, 2017 by newtonstem in Events, Opportunities

The Highland Street Foundation is bringing back Free Fun Fridays, during which it provides support for 85 selected museums and cultural venues open to everyone for free on specified Fridays. Here are the STEM-oriented Free Fun Fridays on the schedule this summer:

New ‘Wicked Smart’ Exhibit at Museum of Science Highlights Local Innovation

Posted on June 18, 2017 by newtonstem in Opportunities

Last week, Boston’s Museum of Science unveiled a new permanent exhibit, Wicked Smart, to showcase innovations developed in Massachusetts.  It’s in the Blue Wing and is included in regular admission to the museum.  On display are:  Particle Mirror interactive special effects, RoboBees flying micro-robots, Freedom Chair off-road wheelchair, Daktari CD4 blood cell counter for HIV/AIDS patients, G3PD 3-D printed glass, and Cheetah 2 autonomous running and jumping robot.

Babson College Seeks Part-Time Physics Teacher

Posted on June 18, 2017 by newtonstem in Opportunities

Babson College in Wellesley seeks a part-time faculty member with a master’s or doctoral degree to teach two sections of a Physics course focused on semiconductor physics as applied to consumer electronics and managing electricity-delivery grids. The courses will meet Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:15-2:50PM and 3:00-4:35PM. Contact Chuck Winrich at cwinrich@babson.edu or 781-239-5583.

WPI STEM Center Seeks Post-Doctoral Fellow for Research in Pre-K STEM Education

Posted on June 18, 2017 by newtonstem in Opportunities

Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s STEM Education Center seeks a post-doctoral fellow in STEM education to participate its Seeds of STEM program to develop and promote an innovative STEM curriculum for pre-kindergartners. For more information, contact Dr. Mia Dubosarsky at mdubosarsky@wpi.edu.

LigerBots Intro Night for Students & Their Parents, June 12

Posted on June 11, 2017 by newtonstem in Events, Opportunities

The LigerBots — Newton’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team spanning both high schools — will host Intro Night on June 12, 6:30-8:30PM at Newton South HS (in the Wood Shop, Room 9170, to the right of the auditorium) for prospective team members and their parents to learn about FRC and the engineering, business, and community outreach activities of the team. Attendees can drive the LigerBots robot, use design software and power tools, make marketing materials, participate in engineering-challenge games, and eat dessert!

Thomas Edison Invention Challenge, Due June 19

Posted on June 11, 2017 by newtonstem in Events, Opportunities

The Edison Innovation Foundation is sponsoring an Invention Challenge, with entries due June 19. Use any or all of the following to create something new and unique:  a fork, 10 inches of string, a small bar of soap, a corkscrew, a plastic drinking cup, and/or any small, portable kitchen item of your choosing.  Email a drawing or photo of your invention, with a few words of description, to info@thomasedison.org by June 19. Four winners will receive gift cards of $100, $75, $50, and $25.

Register for Destination Imagination 2017-18

Posted on June 11, 2017 by newtonstem in Opportunities

Registration is now open for Newton’s Destination Imagination program for the 2017-18 school year.  It’s a volunteer-run STEAM program for Grades K-12. Teams of 2-7 students form in September and address various design challenges (see preview) throughout the year in preparation for regional tournaments in the early spring and potentially state and global competitions in May. Details are in this webinar. The registration fee of $135 is reduced to $95 for those volunteering to co-manage a team.

Jr. Tech STEM Programs on Cape Cod This Summer

Posted on June 11, 2017 by newtonstem in Opportunities

Jr.Tech will offer these STEM co-ed camps on Cape Code this summer:

Register by June 19 for MIT’s HSSP — Sundays in Summer for Grades 7-12+

Posted on June 4, 2017 by newtonstem in Opportunities, Summer

MIT’s Summer HSSP is a weekend academic program (July 9-August 13) for students entering Grades 7-12 (plus those who just graduated high school).  Courses are run by volunteers on Sundays at various times between 12PM and 4PM.  Registration is now open until June 19 on a lottery basis, with equal consideration given to all applicants registering by that deadline.  The cost is $40 regardless of the number of courses taken, and generous financial aid is available.  For more information, email summer-hssp@mit.edu.  The course catalog contains these 23 STEM courses:

  • Arithmetic with Shapes and Other Things
  • Making Games with Gameblox
  • Practical Calculus: A Crash Course
  • Reasoning Through Games of Chance
  • Intro to Real and Complex Analysis
  • Relational Databases Before There Were Such Things
  • Topics in the History of Mathematics
  • Introduction to probability and inference: AP Statistics and MORE
  • Fun With Paradoxes
  • Introduction to Organic Chemistry
  • Introduction to Modern Physics
  • Introduction to Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, and Laboratory Techniques
  • Quantitative Biology
  • Mind Control and Other Cool Topics in Neuroscience
  • Fundamentals of Chemistry without All the Cr*p: The Structure of Matter
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology: How the Body Works
  • Earth’s Systems and Society
  • Secrets of the Adaptive Immune System
  • Quantitative Chemistry and Regenerative Biology
  • Applied Chemical Thermodynamics
  • Drugs and the Brain
  • History of Physics
  • Animal Behavior: Evolution and Genetics

Jane Street ‘Women in STEM’ NYC Recruiting Event, July 30-Aug. 1

Posted on June 4, 2017 by newtonstem in Opportunities

Jane Street Capital — a quantitative trading firm — will host its fifth annual Women in STEM event  July 30-August 1, inviting selected women between senior year of high-school and freshman year of college to learn about the firm and how it uses math, computer science, and probability in its business.  Travel, hotel, and meals will be paid by the company.  Apply by July 5 , including your resume and a statement (up to 250 words) about yourself and why you’d like to attend.  Email womeninstem@janestreet.com if you have questions.