Our annual Science and Engineering Research Challenge is March 28th. We need volunteers from our community to help judge innovative and amazing science and engineering projects. Judges can be SIUE students, faculty, and/or staff or community experts. This is a great opportunity to engage with local kids about science and learn a few new things! General…
Category: STEM News
Annual Starlab Contest
The STEM Center at SIUE is excited to announce its 2020 Astronomy Essay Contest! Once again we are offering StarLab experiences to winning elementary and middle schools for winning papers on our topic What Experiments Should Be Part of the First Human Mission to Mars? http://www.siuestemcenter.org/starlab-contest/ Winners of the contest will get a free planetarium show for their…
STEM Center in Top 100 of NSF Contest
The STEM Center recently made it into the top 100 of the National Science Foundation’s inaugural 2026 Idea Machine Contest. We asked the question, “What types of educational systems not yet imagined promote effective STEM learning in complex transitional spaces, such as learners moving across grades, disciplinary boundaries, or into the virtual?” Read more about…
Calling Archaeology Field School Directors!
Are you an archaeology field school director? Have you held a field school in the past few years and plan to hold one in the near future? Dr. Carol Colaninno, along with her partners at the Arkansas Archeological Survey and Mississippi State University, will be investigating ways to create safe and inclusive archaeological field schools.…
Opportunity for SIUE Undergraduates!
Are you a freshman or sophomore at SIUE? Interested in environmental science, geography, and/or geoscience fields? Apply for the GEOPATHS Scholars program! GEOPATHS scholars will engage in local geoscience research, visit amazing field sites, and learn valuable skills in the field. For more information and to apply visit: https://siue.academicworks.com/opportunities/9387.