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Registration is open for BU’s Biotechnology SummerLab

Summer

Boston University’s School of Medicine is offering two separate tracks for SummerLab, its summer biotechnology laboratory program for students currently in Grades 9-12:

  • DNA, Genes, and Drug Production (July 10-14 or July 24-28) focuses on the central concepts and skills of recombinant DNA technology as they apply to biotechnology — focusing on the processes of gene expression, cell lysis, and protein purification.
  • Let’s Get Physio! (July 17-21) allows students to explore the relationships among body movements, power generation, biomechanics and muscle physiology — focusing on sports and exercise science and an introduction to data science.

Both programs meet 9AM-3PM daily. The cost is $1000 for one week or $1500 for two consecutive weeks, and scholarships of 50% are available for students who qualify for free/reduced price lunch program and children of full-time BU faculty and staff. Registration is now open. For more information, email sumlab@bu.edu.

HMSC Summer Science Weeks for Grades 1-8

Summer

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will offer Summer Science Weeks for students entering Grades 1-8. Each program runs for one week, 9:30AM-noon.

  • Earth Explorers: July 17-21, Grades 1-2
  • Ancient World Adventures: July 17-21, Grades 3-5
  • Budding Botanists: July 24-28, Grades 1-2
  • Ins and Outs of Skeletons: July 24-28, Grades 4-6
  • Amazing Animals: July 31-August 4, Grades 1-3
  • Super Scientists: August 7-11, Grades 2-4
  • Tools of a Scientist: August 7-11, Grades 6-8
  • Spineless Wonders: August 14-18, Grades 1-3
  • Nature’s Designs: August 14-18, Grades 4-6

Massachusetts Girls STEM Summit, June 11

Events

Jr. Tech will sponsor a Girls STEM Summit at Wentworth Institute of Technology (550 Huntington Ave, Boston) on June 11, 8AM-4PM.  It’s aimed at all persons who identify as female, non-binary, or other gender identity or expression in Grades 8-12 who love STEM and would like to learn about emerging STEM careers. Sponsors include NationalGrid, enel North America, and Liberty Mutual Insurance. The cost is $75 and includes lunch. Register online for individuals or groups of students. For more information, email achel@juniortech.org.

MITES seeks instructors and mentors for transformational STEM programs

Events, Opportunities

MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) is seeking instructors and mentors for its free, transformative STEM programs for students in Grades 7-12 from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds. Applicants may be undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals who are energetic, thoughtful, and motivated by the MITES mission. There are both paid and volunteer positions available.

For nearly 50 years, MITES (formerly the MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs) has changed thousands of lives, advancing equity and access in STEM fields. MITES runs three programs:

  • MITES Semester: Hybrid STEM program for rising high school seniors, June–December (formerly MOSTEC).
  • MITES Summer: Six-week, residential STEM program for rising high school seniors (formerly MITES).
  • MITES Saturdays: Multi-year STEM academy for students in Grades 7-12 in Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence, MA public schools (formerly SEED Academy).

An equal opportunity employer, MITES encourage those from backgrounds historically underrepresented in STEM to apply — to help students see people like themselves as successful professionals, leaders, and guides in STEM. Openings may be for remote, in-person, or residential programs; part-time or full-time; for summer or academic year; and as instructor or mentor. See FAQs for prospective staff and email staffapp@mit.edu for more information.

MITES will host its Saturdays Symposium on May 6, 10AM-4PM, at MIT’s Stata Center (32 Vassar Street, Cambridge), to celebrate the achievements of more than 100 MITES Saturdays scholars from Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence as they present their final projects. It’s a good opportunity for anyone interested in supporting and/or working for MITES.

Empow Studios: Save $100 on STEM Summer Camp, through Apr. 30

Summer

Empow Studios is celebrating World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21) — and a few days following — by offering a $100 discount on any of its STEM Summer Camps through April 30 if you use code INNOVATION. Empow’s award-winning camps include Minecraft, Roblox, Coding, and STEM Survey. Its risk-free registration policy offers refunds up until 14 days before camp begins. Empow now has locations in Newton Upper Falls and Newton Centre, as well as Natick, Lexington, Cambridge, Boston, and Milton.

Olin College Spring Expo, May 9

Accomplishments, Events

Olin College of Engineering will hold its Spring Expo on May 9, 10AM-Noon, when students will share their favorite projects, research experiences, and other pursuits at tables lining the hallways of the Miller Academic Center, in some classrooms, and outside. Community members and student family members are invited, but the school is not able to accommodate any additional groups of Grades K-12 students this year. No pre-registration is required, but please sign in upon arrival at the Miller Academic Center.

PATHwayS Camp to design living space on Mars, July 24-28

Summer

The PATHwayS Camp is a free, one-week (July 24-28) NASA camp for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students 18 and older to work in teams to respond to this challenge: “Design a fictional self-enclosed system that could be used to support human life on Mars for 1 year. How can you ensure thriving in addition to just surviving? Consider the various aspects of living: health, communications, community, water, food, or energy systems.” The camp will include field trips and presentations that will help guide students to design the life support system. This camp is free for the 15 students who are accepted. Applications are due April 30. For more information, email Aimee.Bonanno@umb.edu.

PATHS is a new coalition of two minority serving institutions, UMASS Boston and Bunker Hill Community College, with funding from NASA, working to increase diversity in engineering in Massachusetts. The group supports students to explore STEM activities, persist through the barriers by finding a path that works for them, and change the status quo.

Science Friday Climate Fair at WBUR CitySpace, Apr. 18

Events

WBUR’s Science Friday will host a free event, the Science Friday Climate Fair, at WBUR’s CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston) on April 18 at 4PM-8PM for kids of all ages to explore the ways scientists, educators and engineers are inventing solutions to climate change, creating sustainable systems and learning from the natural world. (Interactive stations are best suited for Grades 6-8.) Exhibitors include: