Rice University Center for STEM Engagement

🔬✨ Back at it again for Day 2 of the Innovate, Inspire, Impact: STEM Teaching Summit!

We're ready to dive into hands-on breakout sessions, explore emerging technologies, share ideas during our Voices from the Field panel, and discover new strategies to bring learning to life in their classrooms.

Today, we honor Juneteenth and commemorate the enduring journey toward freedom, equality, and opportunity for all. As we reflect on this important day, we remain committed to empowering learners and creating pathways that help shape a brighter future. ❤️💚🖤

At Rice University, sports aren’t just games—they’re gateways to discovery. STEM-Letics turns soccer, robotics, and team challenges into real engineering insight, echoing the innovation and global collaboration celebrated at the FIFA World Cup. Students are learning, staying active, and having a blast at Rice this summer!

Read more in Rice News: https://bit.ly/4ewPA6h

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Rice STEM-Letics camp turns sports into gateway for engineering STEM-Letics, a summer camp hosted by Rice’s Center for STEM Engagement and Rice Athletics, introduces students in grades three through five to science, technology, engineering and math through sports and hands-on activities.

Brittany Templeton echoed inspiring words: "Talent exists everywhere; it just needs opportunity." That's exactly what the Young Scholars Invent program at Rice University is creating — a bridge between Houston's youth and the future of medicine and technology.

🔗 Read the full story: https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/young-scholars-invent-introduces-houston-students-digital-health-innovation-rice

National Science Foundation (NSF), Houston Methodist

📢 Registration is now open for the 2026 Rice Research & Exploration Symposium! Join K-12 educators, administrators, and professionals for a day of research presentations, engaging breakout sessions, networking, and classroom-ready ideas.

📅 July 21, 2026
REGISTER: bit.ly/RRESxRSTEM

🚨Deadline Extended! Applications for AMP! and REMSL are now open through June 15th!

Join a community of educators committed to innovative, inquiry-based STEM teaching, leadership development, and classroom impact. Don't miss this opportunity to grow your practice, connect with fellow educators, and bring new experiences to your students.

REMSL: bit.ly/REMSLxRSTEM
AMP: bit.ly/AMPxRSTEM

Experience inspiring keynote speakers, engaging breakout sessions, and innovative ideas to bring learning to life at the i3 STEM Teaching Summit.

LAST CALL TO REGISTER: bit.ly/i3STEMSUMMITxRSTEM

LAST CALL for the Launch_MS 3-day hybrid workshop for middle school educators (June 3–5, 2026)! Integrate coding, cybersecurity, and AI integration into core content through hands-on, classroom-ready training. Free PD with ready-to-use resources included. Hosted in Humble Independent School District!

📅 Apply by June 1st: bit.ly/LAUNCHMSxRSTEM

Innovation, collaboration, and creativity on full display at Young Scholars Invent! 🚀 Students tackled real-world challenges through hands-on design, teamwork, research, and presentation development while building connections with peers from across Houston.

This was funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), Houston Methodist - Rice Digital Health Institute.

Shoutout to our amazing sponsors and partners for the 2nd Annual i3 STEM Summit! Thank you for your support in 🤝

Register today: bit.ly/i3STEMSUMMITxRSTEM