Northeastern University invites high-school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors interested in engineering to attend its Fall 2014 Building Bridges program on Friday, December 5 from 9AM to 3PM at Curry Student Center.  It’s a day of hands-on, interactive activities to introduce high-school students to NEU’s College of Engineering and encourage interaction with faculty and college students.  Tentative list of activities:  Design and test a bridge, implantable biomedical devices, design and build an electronic night light, synthesize slime, streamline a sport utility vehicle, computer-aided design and manufacturing, computer chip design and fabrication, and an earthquake simulation.  Breakfast and a networking lunch are provided.  The cost is $15 and registration is required.  For more information, e-mail Claire Duggan at stem@neu.edu.