Articles about STEM

Seattle-area teams blast into top 25 in national finals of American Rocketry Challenge

Three Seattle-area teams made strong showings during the national finals of the 2024 American Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest student… Read More

Ex-Seattle Storm star Sue Bird teams with Coinbase to donate $25K to nonprofit Techbridge Girls

Retired Seattle Storm star Sue Bird is teaming with cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase to donate $25,000 to Techbridge Girls, a… Read More

Amazon surprises 13 Seattle-area students with ‘Future Engineer’ college scholarships

The future is bright — and partially paid for — for 13 students from across the Seattle region after Amazon… Read More

Google giving $500K to expand robotics and AI education programs in Washington state

Google’s philanthropic arm is giving a $500,000 grant to expand access to robotics and artificial intelligence education programs across Washington… Read More

Meet the 6 women innovators featured in a new STEM exhibit at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center

Six orange statues on display at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle offer an eye-catching way to learn about the… Read More

Seattle University receives $1.5M in federal support to aid low-income STEM students

Seattle University landed $1.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation to support low-income students in STEM (Science, Technology,… Read More

High school team from Bellevue finishes second in International Rocketry Challenge

A team of students from Newport High School in Bellevue, Wash., made a strong showing at the International Rocketry Challenge… Read More

High school teams from Bellevue, Wash., take top two spots in finals of American Rocketry Challenge

Two teams from one high school in Bellevue, Wash., are flying high after a rocket-launching competition on the other side… Read More

Amazon donates $1M in STEM education collaboration with Seattle’s Pacific Science Center

Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is teaming with the Amazon Future Engineer program to deliver more science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)… Read More

Seattle-area high school senior awarded $250,000 for gravitational wave research

Christine Ye, a senior at Eastlake High School in Sammamish, Wash., has won the top award in the nation’s oldest… Read More

NASA gives a lift to 57 high-flying student experiments, including one from the Seattle area

NASA has chosen 57 winning teams — including a team from Interlake High School in Bellevue, Wash.— to receive funding… Read More

Seattle region is No. 1 in U.S. in ranking of best cities for STEM jobs

The Seattle region topped 100 U.S. metro areas in a new ranking of the best and worst places for professionals… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Mona Li empowered girls in high school and seeks similar path in college

Mona Li was already a student leader during her time at Garfield High School in Seattle, where she helped empower… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Orion Razat wrote the book on STEM jokes, and has whale of a new idea

Orion Razat is a busy kid. The newly turned 12-year-old is already an accomplished author who is working on his… Read More

Former Amazon exec aims to close the gender gap in STEM fields with new guidance startup Gotara

Seattle-startup Gotara is on a mission to get more women in STEM through a mentoring software platform aimed at boosting… Read More

Seattle-area students make strong showing in national finals of American Rocketry Challenge

Update, June 29: A handful of teams from the Seattle area and another from southeastern Washington state made a strong… Read More

Deena Pierott works hard for underrepresented youth in STEM, but funding her nonprofit isn’t easy

Deena Pierott answered the phone and remarked about how glad she was that it was Friday. “I don’t know why… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: A UW student at 16, Merrill Keating leads other girls along STEM path

At the ages of 11 and 12, Merrill Keating wrote and published three books. It turns out her story was… Read More

Seattle U names $100M Center for Science and Innovation after Costco co-founder and wife

Seattle University has attached a name to the $100 million Center for Science and Innovation that it is building as… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Archika Dogra discovers how she can use tech to make a positive impact

Back in middle school, Archika Dogra considered herself a “humanities kid” who didn’t have a lot of interest in science,… Read More

Isabella Arreola, our first ‘Junior Geek of the Month,’ has passion for STEM, cooking, wrestling and more

When she’s not competing in wrestling, whipping up recipes in cooking club or volunteering at her local library branch, Isabella… Read More

Calling all kids: Send Blue Origin a space postcard while you’re stuck at home

Are you looking for educational activities to occupy the kids while you’re cooped up due to the coronavirus outbreak? One… Read More

Kids devise a solution to stop distracted driving with project for FIRST LEGO League

Before they’re even old enough to drive a car, a team of kids competing in FIRST LEGO League robotics are… Read More

Kids on FIRST LEGO League robotics team take an idea for safer streets all the way to city officials

Each year, participants in the FIRST LEGO League robotics competition are presented with a challenge which they must take on… Read More

Kids re-enact moon landing in robot challenge at Univ. of Washington — and win trips to NASA sites

Middle and high school students from across Washington state competed in a robotics challenge last week at the University of… Read More

Geek of the Week: Researcher, writer, mom Amanda Sullivan pushes importance of STEM for young girls

As a young girl, Amanda Sullivan never met any female engineers or scientists. She was never encouraged to pursue a… Read More

Seattle and Los Angeles lead STEM job growth in the U.S.

The West Coast’s tech hubs are leading the nation in the race to grow employment in science, technology, engineering and math… Read More

Univ. of Washington’s Husky Robotics is on a roll, as Mars rover offers students a big engineering project

A team from the University of Washington just returned from a competition on Mars. Or, Utah’s version of the Red… Read More

Seattle U breaking ground on ‘new heart’ of campus with $100M Center for Science & Innovation

Seattle University prepared to break ground Thursday on what it is calling the “new heart” of its Capitol Hill campus,… Read More

6 teams of Seattle-area students competing in national finals of Team America Rocketry Challenge

Six Seattle-area teams are among the 101 finalists who will compete in this weekend’s Team America Rocketry Challenge, the aerospace… Read More