Spring Into STEM with BoSTEM!
Preparing Youth to Succeed
United Way’s BoSTEM has been busy in the lab, thinking up new ways to provide career-inspiring STEAM opportunities to youth and families, and we’re excited to share some of our…
Meet Rapid 7: A BoSTEM Corporate Partner
Preparing Youth to Succeed
One of the most important aspects of our work at BoSTEM would not be possible without the work of our outstanding corporate partners. Today we want to highlight our partnership with Rapid 7,…
STEM Week 2021
Supporting Young Children
In October, we celebrated Mass STEM Week – a statewide initiative to help inspire students to see themselves in STEAM careers and create a more equitable STEAM career pipeline for our region. The theme of…
STEM Week
United Way’s BoSTEM, in partnership with Boston Public Schools, the Boston Private Industry Council, the State of Massachusetts and many others, is excited to celebrate Massachusetts STEM Week throughout the city of Boston! Together, we’re boosting the…
Meet SySTEMic Flow: A BoSTEM Partner
Preparing Youth to Succeed
BoSTEM’s work to help provide meaningful STEAM experiences and resources to the students of Boston would not be possible without our support and collaboration from our fantastic partners. Today we…
5 STEM Activities To Try At Home
Over the last few months, the BoSTEM team has hosted multiple Movie, Make + Meet events for students in collaboration with several of our partners. These events take place virtually…
Top 5 STEM Chats For Kids To Watch At Home
One of the most important aspects of our work at BoSTEM is encouraging students to pursue careers in STEM by introducing them to people working all across the various STEM…
Pushing the Right Buttons: Encouraging Students to be Future Robotocists with MassRobotics for National Robotics Week
By Alexa Rose, Maker Fellow Americorps Vista at United Way BoSTEM and Edited by Kyle Bray United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley’s BoSTEM initiative funds an innovative AP Computer…
Teacher Externships show educators how to deal with the next generation of health and cybersecurity threats
Preparing Youth to Succeed
During our Teacher Externship, educators from Boston Public Schools across all levels of education listened to and engaged with employees from several STEM-based companies. The event itself was split into…
BoSTEM Partner Spotlight: Harvard Medical School MEDScience
Preparing Youth to Succeed
The purpose of BoSTEM’s Partner Spotlight series is to reveal the ways STEM Out-of-School Time (OST) programs throughout the city of Boston are rethinking education, and engaging with students. In this blog, we explore with HMS MEDscience their…