Partner Organizations
Private Industry Partners: Vertex is committed to inspiring and equipping under-resourced students to become the next generation of scientific leaders. We have developed strong relationships with local education leaders, schools in our neighborhoods and students across our communities to help provide young people with a pathway to success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers.
The Thomas M. Menino Learning Lab is a 3,000-square-foot classroom and laboratory space and is the home of our on-site programs that provide hands-on STEM opportunities to Boston Public School students, specifically focusing on our partner high schools.
The Thomas M. Menino Learning Lab is a 3,000-square-foot classroom and laboratory space and is the home of our on-site programs that provide hands-on STEM opportunities to Boston Public School students, specifically focusing on our partner high schools.
- Pfizer
- Novartis
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
University Partners:
drawing heavily from his specialization: developing tangible interactive systems for making and learning.
He develops technology and community platforms to facilitate learners becoming empowered
to make and make a difference in their neighborhoods.
and career exploration program for public school students from Boston, Cambridge and Lawrence, Massachusetts
who have a strong academic record and interest in science and engineering.
- MIT
- K-12 Outreach Programs https://due.mit.edu/initiatives/k-12-outreach
- Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching https://woodrowacademy.org/
- Teaching Systems Lab https://tsl.mit.edu/
- D. Fox Harrell MIT CSAIL https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/d-fox-harrell
- Amon Millner, PhD-Olin CS http://www.olin.edu/faculty/profile/amon-millner/
drawing heavily from his specialization: developing tangible interactive systems for making and learning.
He develops technology and community platforms to facilitate learners becoming empowered
to make and make a difference in their neighborhoods.
- BoSTEM Scholars Academy https://bostem.mit.edu/
- RPI- Culturally Situated Design Tools https://csdt.rpi.edu/culture/cornrowcurves/index.html
- Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science http://oeop.mit.edu/programs/mites
- Saturday Engineering and Enrichment Discovery Academy http://oeop.mit.edu/programs/seed/program-details
and career exploration program for public school students from Boston, Cambridge and Lawrence, Massachusetts
who have a strong academic record and interest in science and engineering.
Community Resources:
- South End Technology Center https://www.fablabs.io/labs/southendtechnologycenter
- Learn2teach, Teach2Learn http://www.tech-center-enlightentcity.tv/
- Urban Farming Institute https://urbanfarminginstitute.org/
- Innovation in Urban Science Education http://iuse.bc.edu/
- Roxbury Innovation Center http://roxburyinnovationcenter.org/
- MBadika.org http://mbadika.org/
- Resilient Coders http://www.resilientcoders.org/
- Team We Thrive http://teamwethrive.org/
- BPS Makers https://sites.google.com/bostonpublicschools.org/bpsmakers/home
- Tech Goes Home https://www.techgoeshome.org/schoolandcommunity
- National Society of Black Engineers http://www.nsbe.org/home.aspx
- Makers of Color- Video Playlist