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Webinar: Engaging in Remote STEAM & Career Readiness Activities
National Webinar discussing the “Network Science for All” Project.
Network Science for All: Positioning High Need Youth for Success in Pursuing STEM Pathways
Boston University, in partnership with Sociedad Latina, will investigate the role that a middle school network science curriculum plays as both an input and outcome of science learning. This $1.5M 4-year project funded by the National Science Foundation will focus on development of skills to investigate real-world problems that have meaningful consequences for humankind across […]
Modeling and Visualizing Science & Technology Developments
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a special issue co-edited by members of our team. For details, see the introductory/overview article Forecasting innovations in science, technology, and education. The research contained in this special issue, has implications for giving students an entry-point to understand and make meaning of science and technology (S&T) […]
Red Hat CO.LAB Retrospective & Digital Exhibit
Boston University was honored to be a partner in the Red Hat CO.LAB event. For more information, visit: Red Hat’s CO.LAB and via #RedHatCOLAB on our social media channels.
BU Today “Close Up” of Project Co.Lab
Paul Trunfio, repairing Raspberry Pi connectors for Sociedad Latina and Boston After School & Beyond students at Co.Lab.
Curriculum Lead for Red Hat CO.LAB
We are excited to be a partner in the Red Hat CO.LAB initiative, leading the curriculum for a three-day empowerment experience for 25 of Boston’s middle school girls, April 19-21, 2017. The five-year research partnership creating the Red Hat Collaboratory at BU’s Hariri Institute for Computing available at Red Hat Collaboratory @ BU is aimed […]
Roundtable on K-12 STEM Education
On May 4, 2017, we are hosting a roundtable on K-12 STEM education at Boston University. The purpose is to establish a working group that will explore ways in which we can collectively propel BU’s K-12 STEM efforts to new heights, working together to integrate varied efforts into the broader impacts mission of BU, bridge […]
Data & Network Science Festival Registration
When: Tuesday April 19, 2016 from 12 pm to 3 pm Where: Boston University, Science Center, 590 Commonwealth Avenue Data and network science aims to solve some of the most complex problems facing our society today. In this series of discussions and workshops for teens, families, educators, learn to see the world around you in […]
Network Science Workshop Training Manual Development
Since 2011, NetSci High has been developing and leading workshops for K-12 students, teachers and graduate students. Every summer we have hosted an immersive summer training “boot camp” that led to yearlong research projects for high school student teams, teachers and graduate students from partner research labs. We are now in the process of packaging […]
NetSci High Participates in NSF Roundtable on Broader Impacts
On December 3, NetSci High’s Paul Trunfio participated in a roundtable discussion on broader impacts with Dr. Pramod Khargonekar, Assistant Director, NSF Directorate for Engineering, BU Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters, and several STEM Education leaders at Boston University. Paul’s remarks, which follow, focused on the goal of NetSci High to achieve broader impacts […]