The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is facilitating and funding year-round, paid internships for Massachusetts college students and recent graduates through its Internship Challenge, creating over 550 opportunities each year in life sciences companies and academic research. There is no application deadline but students are encouraged to apply between February and April for the best chance at a summer placement. Employers do the interviewing and selection, then provide a mentor and a hands-on learning experience. Employers sign up here and applicants sign up here. For more information, email internship@masslifesciences.com.
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Broad Institute: Count Me In — How Engaging Patients Can Accelerate Cancer Research, Feb. 15
The Broad Institute‘s Science for All Seasons program will present a virtual event, Count Me In — How Engaging Patients Can Accelerate Cancer Research, February 15, 5PM-6PM. Register here for the webinar. Count Me In is a project that engages patients anywhere in the US and Canada who are diagnosed with any kind of cancer, and enables them to accelerate cancer research by sharing their samples, their clinical information, and their voices. The project started in 2015 focused on metastatic breast cancer, expanded to various other cancers, and last fall was opened to patients with any type of cancer.
Coding Butterfly: In-Person Crypto-Art Coding Camp, Feb. 22-24
Coding Butterfly will host a three-day, in-person Crypto Art coding camp, February 22-24, 9AM-3PM daily, for ages 10-13 at 50 Kearny Road in Needham. This vacation camp is dedicated to personal creativity and learning new skills in crypto art, crypto currency, and computer programming. No previous experience is required. For more information, call 617-420-2828 or email info@codingbutterfly.com.
LLRISE: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Summer Radar Program for Rising High-School Seniors
MIT Lincoln Laboratory offers the Lincoln Laboratory Radar Introduction for Student Engineers (LLRISE), a two-week summer workshop for 18 rising high-school seniors to build small radar systems. It’s free and will be held June 29 – July 17. MIT expects to return to in-person activities in 2022 but this is subject to change due to Covid. Students from a wide range of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Apply online by 9PM on March 11, including uploading of transcripts, standardized test scores, and two teacher recommendations. For more information, contact LLRISE@LL.mit.edu.
CSRecitations: Annual In-Person Coding Competitions, Ages 8-18
CSRecititations (5 Michigan Drive in Natick) will again host the following live, in-person coding competitions for all students, whether or not enrolled in CSRecitations courses. Registration is free for CSR students and alumni, and $25 for others. There will be a $50 cash prize for the winner in each age group in each competition. Register here for:
- JavaScript Using KAREL: March 4, 3:30PM or 5PM. Students in two age categories (Junior: up through Grade 7, Senior: Grades 8-12) are challenged in a 50-minute session with a series of fun and clever — and increasingly difficult — coding problems in KAREL JavaScript. About four weeks prior to the competitions, participants will have access to online practice materials, a coding environment, and official rules.
- Python 3: March 11, 3:30PM or 5PM. Students in Grades 8-12 are challenged in a 50-minute session with problems regarding functions, control structures, and data structures. About two weeks prior to the competitions, participants will have access to online practice materials, a coding environment, and official rules.
N.E. Sci-Tech: Winter Vacation Workshops, Feb. 22-25
The New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center (16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick) offers Winter School Break Workshops for students in Grades 4-10, February 22-25, 9AM-Noon and Noon-3PM with early drop-off and late pickup available.
STEM Podcasts on HMSC Connects!
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture produces the HMSC Connects! podcast, available at that site, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The series contains these STEM-related episodes:
- Forgotten Scientific Histories of Many Mexicos
- A Lifetime of Natural History
- A Walk in the Woods
- Visualizing Science From Black Holes to the Future
- Exploring Animal Behavior through Storytelling
- Narcissism, Freud, & the Future of Psychotherapy
- Unraveling the Mysteries of Planet Formation
- Lizards, Snakes, and Frogs…Oh Yeah!
- A Fascinating World of Viruses
- Unlocking the Secrets of Regeneration
- Challenge & Change for Women of Color in Science
- Historic Challenges for Harvard Women of Science
- Navigating by Nature
- What Can Sharks Teach Us?
- Uncovering Earthquakes
- Pondering Distant Suns
- Diving Deep for Ocean’s Week
- Instruments of Technology & Science
Tufts Pre-College Summer STEM Programs
Tufts University offers these pre-college summer STEM programs for high-school students on-campus (except as noted):
- Engineering Design Lab: July 10-22 or July 25-August 5
- Engineering Investigations: July 10-22
- Coding 101: July 24-August 5
- Mini-Med School: July 10-23 on campus or July 11-22 virtual
- Tufts Summer Research Experience: July 5-August 12 on campus or virtual
For more information, register for the webinar on January 31 at 6PM, or email precollege@tufts.edu, or call 617-627-2926, or chat online with the program administrators.
Girls Who Code: Two Free, Virtual Summer Programs
Girls Who Code is offering two free, virtual programs this summer for U.S. students in Grades 9-11 who identify as girls or non-binary:
- Summer Immersion Program is a live, virtual, 2-week introductory computer science course in which participants learn web development and explore the tech industry via company partners. Students who complete the additional Student Grant Application and qualify may receive tech support and grants of up to $500.
- Self-Paced Program is a 6-week flexible computer science course for those who prefer not to adhere to a set schedule. It’s offered in two levels: beginner (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and intermediate (Python for cybersecurity) and includes opportunities for weekly live advisory sessions and Girls Who Code activities.
You can apply for either or both with one application, but you can attend only one. Apply by February 16 for early decision or by March 18 for regular decision. For more information, see the video, read the FAQs, join a webinar, or email summer@girlswhocode.com.
MIT Summer Engineering Design Workshop, for Groups of 4-5 Students
MIT Edgerton Center’s summer Engineering Design Workshop, for students entering Grades 9-12, will not meet at MIT this summer but will instead run remotely through small groups of 4-5 students meeting in their own locations and supported by a responsible adult. For more information, email mayerc@mit.edu.