STEM Week Overview
The Healey-Driscoll Administration is excited to sponsor and host Massachusetts’ annual STEM Week, focused on encouraging our students to “See Yourself in STEM.” With the 2023 STEM Week, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll and Secretary of Education Dr. Patrick Tutwiler, the co-chairs of the administration’s STEM Advisory Council, are highlighting the importance of STEM education in our fight against the global climate crisis. The Healey-Driscoll Administration wants to remind students that YOUR stem future is OUR stem future—we all depend on future STEM leaders and innovators to deliver the progress and sustainable solutions that will make Massachusetts a world leader in combating the climate crisis.
Massachusetts STEM Week is an annual statewide event that takes place on the third week of October, organized by the Executive Office of Education and the STEM Advisory Council in partnership with the state’s Nine Regional STEM Networks. STEM Week is a statewide effort to boost the interest, awareness and ability of all students to see themselves in STEM opportunities. Young women, students of color, English language learners, and students with disabilities continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields yet make up a larger percentage of the overall workforce. We need more young people to see themselves in STEM and as a important part of our climate solution.
This year STEM Week festivities will kick off on Monday, October 16th. Find events in your region.
STEM Week 2023 Featured Events
Name of Event: Stem Week Kick-Off Event and Young Scientist Exhibition
Time of Event: Monday, October 16, 2023, at 8:30 am (doors open 8:00 a.m.)
Location of Event: Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 17th floor, 665 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Description: Official kick-off event for STEM week with Lt. Governor Driscoll that will include a K-12 and higher education STEM student work showcase with a focus on climate, sustainability, and clean energy.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Project Lead the Way Fall Conference
Time of Event: Monday, October 16, 2023, 8:00 am to 3:00pm
Location of Event: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Description: Organized by the One8 Applied Learning Hub, Mass Learning Project, and WPI, this conference is a day for PLTW educators, leaders, and master teachers to learn, share, and grow together as a community. This year’s theme is building authentic skills students need to solve meaningful problems.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Grand Opening of Northeastern’s EXP Complex
Time of Event: Monday, October 16, 2023, 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location of Event: Northeastern University EXP, 815 Columbus Ave., Boston, MA 02120
Description: Government and industry leaders, and members of the Northeastern community to celebrate the opening of the EXP research center. Located on Northeastern’s Boston campus, the new state-of-the-art complex features a makerspace, research labs, and other leading-edge facilities that will advance the boundaries of discovery and innovation.
Open to public
Name of Event: STEM Week at Suffolk: Careers in Construction
Time of Event: Monday, October 16, 2023, 11:00am to 1:30pm
Location of Event: Suffolk HQ, 65 Allerton St. Boston, MA 02119
Description: Suffolk construction will host various Boston Public Schools high school students where they will learn about sustainable building projects and engage in discussion and Q+A with Suffolk employees. Students will also receive a tour that highlights the latest technology in construction.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Chelsea Public Schools/Museum of Science Engineering Curriculum Classroom Visit
Time of Event: Monday, October 16, 2023 12:45pm
Location of Event: Frank M. Sokolowski Elementary School, 300 Cresent Ave Chelsea, MA 02150
Description: Visit to 2nd grade classroom that uses the Museum of Science’s Engineering is Elementary (EiE) curriculum; students will also receive Try-It! hand pollinator kits funded by National Grid.
Closed to public
Name of Event: MassMakes Innovation Challenge at the Basketball Hall of Fame
Time of Event: Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 10:00 am
Location of Event: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue, Springfield, MA 01105
Description: Organized by the Center for Advanced Manufacturing at MassTech, this event will include hundreds of high school students, many of whom are enrolled in Innovation Career Pathway programs, engage in engineering design challenge, tech titan challenge, and Q+A discussion with industry experts.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Celebrating Scholarship for Community College Nursing Students
Time of Event: Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 12:00 pm
Location of Event: Holyoke Community College, Center for Health Education & Simulation, 404 Jarvis Avenue, Holyoke, MA 01040
Description: Celebrate FY24 budget investment in scholarships for community college nursing students and tour simulated nursing facility.
Open to public
Name of Event: MassCyberCenter Student Range Challenge
Time of Event: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 1:00 pm
Location of Event: MassBay Community College 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue Wellesley, MA 01105
Description: Organized by the MassCyberCenter, this event will include MassBay students who will participate in a cyber simulation highlighting the newly developed MassBay Cyber Range. CyberTrust instructors will simulate hacker surveillance activities and allow students to acquire skills and share observations on their experience.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Artificial Intelligence Policy Debate
Time of Event: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9 am
Location of Event: Edward M Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, 210 William T Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA
Description: Organized by i2 Learning and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, students attending this event will engage in a legislative debate on legislation related to artificial intelligence. They will have the opportunity to play the role of Senators as they engage in a debate on the opportunities and complexities posed by AI, which they have been learning about in the classroom.
Closed to public
Name of Event: STEM Internship Announcement
Time of Event: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 2:30 pm
Location of Event: Dassault Systemès North American Headquarters, 175 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451
Description: Youth STEM Internship announcement by the Executive Office of Education and Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development and tour of Dessault HQ with high school students.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy Back to School & STEM Night
Time of Event: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 5 pm
Location of Event: North Shore Community College, Gymnasium, 300 Broad Street, Lynn, MA 01901
Description: 7th to 12th grade students, including students enrolled in Lynn Public will learn about opportunities in STEM and participate in fun, hands-on STEM activities such as: building a catapult and seeing how far you can make a ball fly; watching a 3D printer in action; viewing a critter under a microscope and more. In conjunction, Back to School Night for Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy is a community building event providing an opportunity for students and their families to participate in the above activities and to engage and foster relationships with their high school faculty and staff.
Open to public
Name of Event: Innovation Career Pathways Announcement
Time of Event: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 9:30 am
Location of Event: Revere CityLabs High School, 15 Everard Street, Revere MA 02151
Description: Announcement of clean energy innovation pathway at Revere CityLabs High School and visit to highlight the school’s existing innovation pathway and planning for new clean energy innovation pathway program.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Project LEARN AT&T Career Fair, Digital Equity Workshop
Time of Event: Thursday, October 19, 2023 12 pm
Location of Event: Middlesex Community College, Cowan Center Building, Lower and Upper Café 33 Kearney Square Lowell, MA 01852
Description: Project LEARN is a Lowell based non-profit focused on college and career-readiness programming for young people. They are partnering with AT&T to host a career fair and digital literacy workshop for 100 Lowell High School students.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Uniquely Abled Academy
Time of Event: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Location of Event: South Shore Vocational Technical School, 476 Webster St. Hanover, MA 02339
Description: Highlighting the partnership between Bridgewater State University, South Shore Vocational Technical School, and AccuRounds to create training and employment opportunities in advanced manufacturing for college-age youth with disabilities.
Closed to public
Name of Event: Climate-Palooza with the Healey & Brown Schools Time of Event: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
Location: Healey School, 5 Meacham St. Somerville, MA
Description: Event highlighting Somerville Public Schools and the City of Somerville’s efforts to revamp their climate curriculum with climate-related activities for elementary school students and families in partnership with partner organizations focused on climate, clean energy, and sustainability.
Open to public
Name of Event: Celebrating Women Astrophysicists & History of Cosmic Discovery
Time of Event: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
Location of Event: Harvard College Observatory Plate Stacks, 47 Concord Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138
Description: An evening celebrating remarkable women in astronomy from across the galaxy. Enjoy a dynamic lecture on exciting applications of astronomy, explore a captivating exhibition in the Great Refractor, engage in family-friendly STEM activities, and cap off the night with fall refreshments and stargazing. The event will also feature remarks by Lt. Governor Driscoll. Eventbrite: IN-PERSON: Celebrating Women Astrophysicists & History of Cosmic Discovery Tickets, Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
Open to public
Name of Event: Eastie Farm Youth Climate Corps Visit
Time of Event: Friday, October 20, 2023, 3:00pm-4:00pm
Location of Event: 6 Chelsea Terrace, East Boston, MA 02128
Description: Tour of geothermal green house and other sustainability initiatives led by Eastie Farm Youth Climate Corps Members.
Closed to public