July was a big month for outreach! This was the 3rd summer of the Eureka! program! Eureka is a collaboration between Girls, Inc. of Holyoke and UMass Amherst College of Natural Sciences. Middle school and high school aged girls from Holyoke and neighboring communities come to UMass all day through the month of July to participate […]
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Girls, Inc. Outreach Event a success!
The Spring semester has started for GWIS! On the 17th, 25 8th-9th graders who are a part of Girls, Inc. of Holyoke’s Eureka! program braved the cold on a Saturday morning to have some science fun at UMass. Our GWIS member (and Co-chair of Mentoring Committee in-training) Laura Parker designed a workshop called “Playing with […]
GWIS’s Eureka! Summer Workshops were a success!
This July marks the second summer of the Eureka! program, which is a partnership between Girls, Inc. of Holyoke and UMass’s College of Natural Sciences (CNS). Approximately 50 rising 8th and 9th graders from the Holyoke area come to UMass all day, 4 days a week, for 4 weeks. They participate in STEM workshops created […]
Extracting DNA with Urban League of Springfield!
Middle school Students from the Urban League of Springfield came to UMass on Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25 to tour the campus of UMass Amherst and participate in STEM-related activities. GWIS outreach members Arianne Bazilio, Amy Ryan, and Katherine Lownsbery had a blast working with the students using simple chemistry to extract DNA […]
