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Summer STEM Offerings

Choose from 2-week intensive or 6-week, semester-long STEM opportunities at Tufts? Dive right in with our programs with focuses in medicine, scientific research, engineering design, coding, and more.

Mini Med School: Advanced Topics in Medicine

Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
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This summer intensive provides driven students who are interested in medical school (or in other health professions) the opportunity to study virtually with one of the nation's leading medical schools - Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Coding Academy

Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
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Enables students of all levels to establish a strong foundation in coding to solve real world problems.

Mini Med School: Clinical Experiences

Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
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This summer intensive provides driven students who are interested in medical school (or in other health professions) the opportunity to study with one of the nation's leading medical schools - Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Engineering Design Lab

Session 1: Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
Session 2: Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
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Explore the foundations of engineering design with hands-on experience in our state-of-the art maker space.

Mini Med School: Careers in Medicine

Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
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This summer intensive provides driven students who are interested in medical school (or in other health professions) the opportunity to study with one of the nation's leading medical schools - Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Engineering Investigations

Session 1: Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
Session 2: Summer 2024 Dates Coming Soon!
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This program provides students with an overview of the different disciplines within engineering to broaden their understanding of the field and highlight the multiple ways engineers work and impact the world.

Meet our Program Leads


 

Merredith Portsmore, Program Director

School of Engineering

Merredith Portsmore is the Director of the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, as well as a Research Associate Professor. She has the unique honor of being a “Quadruple Jumbo,” having received all her four of her degrees from Tufts University (B.A. in English, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.A. in Education, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education). Portsmore's research interests focus on how children engage in constructing solutions to engineering design problems. Her outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering education in the classroom. She is the founder of STOMP, LEGO Engineering.com, and the online Teacher Engineering Education Program.

 

Berri Jacque, Director

School of Medicine

Dr. Berri Jacque is an Associate Professor of Medical Education and teaches immunology in a number of professional programs (medical, dental, PA, and MBA) at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM). He directs The Center for Science Education at TUSM which aims to bring biomedical learning to high school classrooms, with the goal of broadening participation in science. Using a collaborative approach with high-school educators, his research focuses on understanding approaches that build interest in science and increase health literacy to prepare a diverse, engaged STEM workforce.

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Tufts Summer Accelerator


 

This program is designed to provide students with a chance to immerse themselves in the Undergraduate experience, allowing highly motivated students to engage in their own academic interests and develop their own ideas. Students enroll in 2 college-level seminars per 2-week session, designed specifically for high school students. These seminars are small (15-20 student), discussion based, interactive sessions in subject areas from across the University. 

Choose from a variety of seminar topics including Social Psychology of Prejudice, Discrimination, and RacismRussia's war on Ukraine: why, why now, and what's next...Introduction to Children's MediaArt, Truth, and Misinformation, and many more. 

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