Spark is the day of STEM at UP Academies, hosted at one of UP’s schools in Dorchester. Students across UP academies spend the day learning about STEM subjects and careers. The goal is to bring hands-on immersive STEM experiences to the students to spark joy, excitement and wonder for STEM learning and career pathways. CUA provided...

Jonah Peter (Yelin Group) taught a lecture at MIT BWSI summer school to 38 high school students about quantum computing/quantum machine learning. The MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) is a challenging and prestigious STEM program designed for high-achieving students entering their senior year of high school. This intensive four-week program focuses on STEM skill...

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) welcomes 100 top achieving U.S. high school and international scholars to CEE’s forty-first annual Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). “The Research Science Institute offers top academic math and science students the opportunity to experience graduate-level research and camaraderie with...

Oriol Rubies Bigorda (Yelin Group) assisted in online tutoring for Cambridge schools in the 2023-2024 academic year as part of the “Cambridge School Volunteers”, targeting low-income, social-minority background students.

The Cambridge Science Festival returns in-person, and CUA is pleased to be participating again! Our workshop will kick off with a brief talk by Professor Zwierlein on the nature of cold. CUA members from MIT and Harvard will present an ion trap, tornado machine, make-your-own-hologram station, and a demonstration with liquid nitrogen. Cambridge Science Festival...