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Berkeley Lab’s A-LIFT Office is thrilled to share exciting summer program opportunities coming your way! These programs provide unique chances for students to dive into cutting-edge research and make meaningful contributions to impactful initiatives. Applications for Experiences In Research (EinR), Berkeley Lab Directors Apprenticeship Program (BLDAP- IPMLDS), and QCaMP (Quantum, Computing, Mathematics, and Physics) are…

Join Kids Teach Tech on Saturday, February 21st and 28th for a Build Your Own Drone class from 10 AM to 3 PM. Students will design, build and fly their own drones. No prior experience is required. Learn more and apply on the event page.

Join Scientific Adventures for Girls’s STEM Scholar Club and the Mecha Mantises robotics team for a fun, interactive session exploring the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) National Robotics Program! Learn what FTC is, how robotics teams work, and how you can get involved in building, coding, and competing. Perfect for teens who are interested in STEM,…

Announcing the 2026 Teen Wellness Summit on Mental Health, a free daylong gathering for 150 Bay Area teens to gain knowledge, learn new skills, reduce stigma around mental health, get helpful resources, and have fun! Learn more and register at https://sep.ucsf.edu/programs/high-school-students/wellness-summit-mental-health/. The Summit is a culmination of the Teen Wellness Connection, a program of The…

If you learned about this blog from our recent emails, we’re glad you made the move with us. Changes to our email platform have prompted us to shift to a blog to ensure we can continue communicating with our growing audience. What to expect: Instead of a periodic newsletter, we will now be posting opportunities…

The UCSF Program for the Investigation and Training in Careers in Health (PITCH) is an immersive three-week summer program designed to inspire and empower first-generation and low-income students interested in exploring health and medical sciences careers. Learn more and apply at http://cseo.ucsf.edu/PITCH Through hands-on learning and mentorship, PITCH participants will: Program dates: July 6 –…

On Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 at 7 pm (PST), Dr. Robert Kirshner (Thirty-Meter Telescope Obs.) will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled:   “Discovering Dark Energy and New Developments in our Understanding” in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, in Los Altos (see directions below) The talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, now in…