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Middle school Robotics teams compete in the Robot Games while a referee stands by

CINSAM hosted the Kentucky FIRST^® LEGO^® League Championship Tournament at NKU on February 4, 2023.

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Diverse students proudly present their summer research poster.

CINSAM receives a HUGE grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award scholarships to underrepresented and transfer students in STEM.

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The Mathemalchemy art display on NKU's campus

This traveling installation art piece found it's way to NKU thanks to Dr. Andy Long. See this work of art in person in the Mathematics, Education, and Psycholology (MEP) building, in the 4th floor atrium. Learn all about this project at www.mathemalchemy.org. - February 12, 2024

Screenshot of KentuckyLiving.com's slideshow of planetarium images

NKU's Haile Digital Planetarium featured by KentuckyLiving - January 2, 2024

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2023

Screenshot of The Northerner's YouTube video for the story

STEM Pizza Suppers featured by The Northerner - December 11, 2023

NKU students and faculty talk to library patrons about their project

Dr. Nicholas Caporusso's honors class project featured by The Northerner - November 2, 2023

Screenshot of WLWT5's TV coverage of NKU's Yingying Xie

NKU's Biological Sciences faculty member, Dr. Yingying Xie featured by WLWT5 - October 27, 2023

Screenshot of Fox19Now's TV news coverage of NKU's GenCyber Teacher Camp

NKU's School of Computing and Analytics' GenCyber Teacher Camp featured by Fox19 Now - July 20, 2023

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2020

CINSAM released the first edition of their newsletter, CINSAM Synergies, on October 30, 2020.

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Screenshot of Fox 19 News coverage on CINSAM's virtual summer camps

CINSAM launches virtual STEM summer camps to keep kids active, curious, and learning over the summer (in lieu of cancelled in-person camps due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

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Screenshot of Fox 19 News coverage of STEM at Home

CINSAM launches STEM at Home to support online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WATCH FOX 19 NEWS SPOT

CINSAM's Ellen Hokkanen presenting her team's Innovation Challenge proposal to hundreds of NKU colleagues

Ellen Hokkanen (CINSAM'S Director of Recruitment and Retention) presents the "Building Belongingness Through Peer Mentors in STEM" proposal at NKU's 2020 Innovation Challenge. Ellen and CINSAM's Associate Director, Ashley Vaughn collaborated on the proposal and were awarded funding for this exciting initiative.
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2019

The Northerner's article on the Next Generation STEM Classroom Project. Read More

2018

STEM+H Day Keynote Speaker talks to hundreds of high school students.

Northern Kentucky University partnered with the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Kentucky Science Center to host the Inaugural High School STEM+H Day.

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CINSAM's Director and Outreach team proudly pose with their KAEE Community Partner Award.

Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics (CINSAM) received the Community Partner Award from the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE).

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Screenshot of Channel 9 News' coverage of Next Generation STEM Classroom

Next Generation STEM Classroom (ngSC) Fellows on TV: Our 2018-19 ngSC Fellows share what they learned in the 2018 ngSC Summer Institute.

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Representatives from the Duke Energy Foundation and members of CINSAM pose for a group picture with a large check from Duke Energy Foundation.

Duke Energy Foundation Award: The Duke Energy Foundation has now invested $200,000 in the Next Generation STEM Classroom project. Here, Rhonda Whitaker and Kim Vogelgesang from Duke Energy present the check to CINSAM’s Outreach Team and our awesome second cohort of ngSC STEM Fellows!

Group photo of NKU's Cybersecurity Defense Team

Cybersecurity Defense Team: NKU's Cybersecurity Defense Team wins at state and advances to Midwest regionals. They competed from our brand new JRG Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab.

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School-aged child having a great learning moment with a teacher.

CINSAM received a grant from Toyota USA Foundation to help further scale the program. Next Generation STEM Classroom has been funded in the past by Toyota & Duke Energy and we are honored to get further support from Toyota this year.

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2017

NKU launches Next Generation STEM Classroom Project 2.0 and receives grant from Toyota USA Foundation to help further scale the program. Read more

WCPO's article about the First Lego League State Championship and video interview with our very own Beth Koch! Read more

WLWT's article and video of the First Lego League State Championship at NKU. read more

WCPO's article on the Next Generation STEM Classroom Project. read more

2016

Duke Energy Foundation awards $75K to CINSAM's teacher training program. read more

WCPO's article on how CINSAM summer camps expand opportunities for children. read more