Project Updates

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 28, 2023) — University of Kentucky freshman Lordina Mensah recently became the university’s first student to be accepted into the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, a nationally competitive aerospace fellowship program. Mensah is a dual major in the… [More]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 26, 2022) — The STEM Through Authentic Research and Training (START) program at the University of Kentucky is creating a unique pipeline to increase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) literacy and promote STEM careers for traditionally underrepresented populations — people… [More]

Kids getting their COVID-19 vaccine or booster at the Tippecanoe County Health Department vaccination site and at Riggs Community Health Center in Lafayette, Ind., will get a special Vaccine SuperPower Pack while supplies last thanks to a partnership between the… [More]

Earlier this month, children getting their COVID-19 vaccine or booster at two health departments in Lafayette, Indiana, received a special Vaccine SuperPower Pack, courtesy of the League of VetaHumanz, a program supported by a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) through… [More]

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Drexel’s School of Education recently received a $1.35 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) grant from the National Institutes of Health to support early childhood STEM education throughout Philadelphia. The grant,… [More]

The STEM Through Authentic Research and Training (START) program at the University of Kentucky is creating a unique pipeline to increase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) literacy and promote STEM careers for traditionally underrepresented populations (people of color, individuals… [More]

All spring, Tufts CSE fielded increasingly desperate pleas from teachers for lesson plans easily adapted to online learning, but sadly we had nothing for this space. Our student material is solidly classroom-based, and our online courses are part of the… [More]

The Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (National Institutes of Health) has made 14 grant awards to project representing institutions in 12 different states. The SEPA program supports PK-12 and informal science… [More]

The University of Washington Newsroom reported on the work being done by the Genes, the Environment, and Me: Health and STEM Network (GEMNET) SEPA project. The article features insights from high school biology students who took part in a series… [More]

The SKC STEM Academy welcomed 15 new students from four high schools on the Flathead Indian Reservation to campus during our fall Bridge program in August. We are excited to have them join our three second-year students at the Academy!… [More]