Eight weeks of cutting edge cancer research and STEM career preparation for high school students. SIx specialized sites provide hands-on research projects, classes on cancer biology & related fields, professional development & team-building activities, and an accelerated path to renowned college programs and competitions in STEM. Locations vary each year.
INVESTING NOW
INVESTING NOW is a year round college preparatory program created to stimulate, support and recognize the high academic performance of pre-college students from groups that are historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors and careers. Programming focuses on five areas: student support,academic enrichment, college planning, career awareness and parent involvement. INVESTING NOW promotes […]
STEM Stars—McKeesport Founders Hall
STEM Stars offers after school enrichment to middle school girls in grades 5-8 in school sites around the Pittsburgh area. Girls meet regularly once or twice a week at their school to participate in science, technology, engineering, and math activities. The girls also have the opportunity to attend monthly Saturday Academies at Chatham University and […]
STEM Stars—Propel Northside
STEM Stars offers after school enrichment to middle school girls in grades 5-8 in 11 public school sites around the Pittsburgh area. Girls meet regularly twice a week at their school to participate in science, technology, engineering, and math activities. The girls also have the opportunity to attend monthly Saturday Academies at Chatham University and […]
STEM Stars—Propel Braddock Hills
STEM Stars is a collaborative project of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and Carnegie Science Center. The purpose of STEM Stars is to improve academic achievement and increase interest in, and awareness of, STEM topics and careers among economically disadvantaged girls; and decrease opportunity gaps that negatively impact these girls’ successful matriculation through the STEM education […]
STEM Stars—Propel Homestead
STEM Stars is a collaborative project of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and Carnegie Science Center. The purpose of STEM Stars is to improve academic achievement and increase interest in, and awareness of, STEM topics and careers among economically disadvantaged girls; and decrease opportunity gaps that negatively impact these girls’ successful matriculation through the STEM education […]
STEM Stars—Propel McKeesport
STEM Stars is a collaborative project of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and Carnegie Science Center. The purpose of STEM Stars is to improve academic achievement and increase interest in, and awareness of, STEM topics and careers among economically disadvantaged girls; and decrease opportunity gaps that negatively impact these girls’ successful matriculation through the STEM education […]
STEM Stars—Wadsworth Hall
STEM Stars is a collaborative project of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and Carnegie Science Center. The purpose of STEM Stars is to improve academic achievement and increase interest in, and awareness of, STEM topics and careers among economically disadvantaged girls; and decrease opportunity gaps that negatively impact these girls’ successful matriculation through the STEM education […]
STEM Stars—Woodland Hills Intermediate
STEM Stars is a collaborative project of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and Carnegie Science Center. The purpose of STEM Stars is to improve academic achievement and increase interest in, and awareness of, STEM topics and careers among economically disadvantaged girls; and decrease opportunity gaps that negatively impact these girls’ successful matriculation through the STEM education […]
STEM Stars—Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High
STEM Stars is a collaborative project of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and Carnegie Science Center. The purpose of STEM Stars is to improve academic achievement and increase interest in, and awareness of, STEM topics and careers among economically disadvantaged girls; and decrease opportunity gaps that negatively impact these girls’ successful matriculation through the STEM education […]