WBUR’s CitySpace will present a free, virtual panel discussion, Leveling the Playing Field in STEM, on March 23 at 6PM. On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti will lead a conversation about ways to repair disparities in education, youth enrichment programming, recruitment, and promotion that cause Black and Latinx Americans to be underrepresented in STEM. Register here. Sponsored by Olin College of Engineering. Panelists include:

• Tarika Barrett – CEO, Girls Who Code
• Nigel Jacob – co-chair, Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics
• Adrian Mims – founder and national director, The Calculus Project
• Karl Reid – senior vice provost and chief inclusion officer, Northeastern University

The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will present a free webinar, Global Warming Demystified, on April 22 at 5:30PM as the keynote of Science on State Street — Planet Earth Edition. It’s aimed at high-school students and older, but all ages are welcome. Dr. Jeffrey Bennett will speak about the science behind global warming and explain solutions that people of all political views can agree upon. His talk is based on his book, Global Warming Primer. Register here.

Tuft’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) will celebrate Engineers Week with a free, online Design Challenge for K-12 students and their families on February 22, 4PM-5PM. Register here. While students design and build at home in response to the challenge, a panel of Tufts undergraduates will talk about engineering and their own paths to studying engineering. It will help if you gather ahead of time materials such as cardboard, string/yarn, tape, paperclips, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, paper cups, scissors, plastic containers (from recycling), paper towel rolls, felt/material scraps, egg cartons, etc.

Boston’s Museum of Science will host a free webinar, Vaccination Decisions: Recruiting for Clinical Trials, the second of three virtual town halls about the COVID-19 vaccines, on February 23, 5PM-6:30PM. It will address questions such as: How do we know that the vaccines are safe? and How can we ensure that everyone is represented in clinical trials? Registration is required. After presentations by the panelists, attendees may join small-group discussions to share concerns and ask questions.

The Newton North HS STEMentors are offering a series of free, online STEM events for students in Grades K-8, and there’s still some availability for this one:  Keep Your Brain Healthy, for Grades 1-4, on February 24 at 3PM. Sign up here. More info about STEMentors is here.

“e” inc.’s annual fundraiser, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, will be virtual this year, on March 20 starting at 7PM, with . You can purchase all-access passes now, at sponsorship levels ranging from $25 to $250, to view any or all of these 11 films:

• A Walk Through the Land of 1000 Hills
• The Crown
• From Darkness to Light
• Land Without Evil
• District 15
• Nature Now
• Nigerians Fight to Protect the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal
• Tengefu
• Giants
• The Guardian Elephant Warriors of Reteti
• Words Have Power

Science Club for Girls‘ annual fundraiser, the Catalyst Awards, will be held online on April 8 to celebrate SCFG’s 26 years of offering free programs to empower girls and women in STEM. The event will begin with networking at 5:30PM, and the main event will be 6PM-7PM, honoring Beth Chandler (CEO of YW Boston) and Rana El Kaliouby (Co-founder and CEO of Affectiva). Register here for free or for a donation in the range of $50 to $1,000. Sponsorship opportunities are also available in the range of $2,500 to $25,000. For more information, contact Lucy Sweeney at lsweeney@scienceclubforgirls.org.

The Newton Free Library will offer Little Lab Coats: Deserts! on February 16 at 6PM, for ages 6-9 to virtually visit the driest regions of the earth, go on a camel ride, and explore how certain animals are able to withstand the heat and survive with little water. Space is limited. Registration is open until February 15 at 6PM. A Zoom link will be sent the day before the program.

On February 24, 7PM-8:30PM, the Blue Hill Observatory will host a webinar, Climate Solutions Workshop, featuring Dr. Tamara Shapiro Ledley, a climate and Earth Science thought leader, STEM education consultant, and Adjunct Professor at Bentley University. The webinar will be facilitated by NBC Boston meteorologist Tim Kelley. To support the nonprofit work of the observatory, a registration fee ($10 for BHO members, $15 for others) is requested but not required. Register to get sign-in credentials for the webinar and optionally make a donation.