Yale Pathways to Science

Pathways Scholars leveled up their creativity at the TechArts & Crafts: Game On event!🎮🎨

The Duke Lab and members of Lin Zhong's research group guided Pathways Scholars through a hands-on adventure combining gaming, programming, and technology, participants explored how to create their own game! From creating controllers with playdough through the Makey Makey kit and designing their own game through Scratch programming, the scholars had a fun time!

Thank you to everyone who participated at this fun-filled event!💻✨

Pathways Scholars explored the mysteries of the heart at the first Art & The Heart event!🎨❤️🩺

Through guidance from scientists and doctors from the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, students learned all about the circulatory system, hearts, and blood through a variety of activities, including an art project and a board game! While combining arts and sciences together, the event was a blast!

Thank you to the participants for joining us and the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center for putting on this event!

Have you ever wondered how our bodies defend against infections and disease? 🦠

Throwback to the Day of Immunology from April, where students explored the secrets of the immune system—from how it fights infections to what happens when things go wrong. Through interactive workshops and activities, scholars learned how our bodies respond to parasites and gained insight into the science behind staying healthy! 🔬

Local students and families had a thrilling time at the Yale Physics’ Haunted Hallway and Spooky Demo Show!🎃✨

With hands-on demos led by physicists, participants were able to explore giant pendulums, mysterious sounds, electricity, the mysteries of levitation, and even witness safe explosions!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an unforgettable night of spooky science, and a huge thank you to the Yale Physics Department! 👻

Rewinding to last spring, Yale Funbotics hosted a six-session workshop where students built robots in teams guided by undergraduate mentors!

The series taught core engineering skills, team building, critical thinking, and problem-solving while having FUN! At the end of the program, students and their robots faced off in a cone-stacking competition while their peers and parents cheered them on 🤖🏅

Stay tuned for our recap of this semester's Funbotics camp, which has its competition on November 17th!

Throwback to the STEM Mentors College Essay Workshop from earlier this semester!📖✏️ 

Although writing college essays can be a daunting task, the Yale Graduate Student volunteers helped make the process easier by looking over essay drafts through one-on-one workshopping and supporting the incredible effort that goes into crafting a college essay!

Tuning into a past event about the Science of Sound, Girls’ Science Investigations from Spring 2024 is still echoing in our memories!🔊🗣️

We learned all about the properties of sound through activities incorporating every day items— rubber bands, salt, and even slinkies! From diving into the complexities of sound in space to learning about how sound travels through different materials before reaching our ears, we had a blast!

Thank you for keeping up with our throwbacks!

Last month, over 300 of our newest Pathways Scholars gathered in Woolsey Hall so we could welcome them as the newest members of Yale's scientific community🌟🎉🔬🧪

They learned about the STEM opportunities available to them on campus with four Yale scientists who shared their own pathway to science and current research📚📝

Stay on the lookout for more posts highlighting our amazing students, instructors, and volunteers!

Flashback to Science Cafe from April 2024!🔬🧪

Organized by OpenLabs, the event included hands-on science demonstrations and presentations led by Yale graduate students who taught local students about their groundbreaking research📝

Students and their families had the opportunity to meet with scientists in various fields, enjoy snacks and hot chocolate, and even win prizes!🏆

Thank you for keeping up with our throwbacks!

✨ Pathways Summer Scholars Recap!✨

We’ll close our recap by highlighting the closing ceremonies. 🥳

At the closing ceremonies, families gathered to celebrate their scholars’ accomplishments. Staff and students shared reflections, the closing ceremony videos were unveiled, and we gave special recognition to the seniors.

Thank you to everyone for an awesome summer and thank YOU for keeping up with our recap. Who knows? You might be featured in our next one! 👀❤️

✨ Pathways Summer Scholars Recap!✨
Thank you to our staff Staff!

It takes so many people to make Summer Scholars possible and Pathways staff plays a huge role! 🎉

From creating name tags to walking students to their workshops, our staff, teaching assistants, and residential assistants make it so Scholars can have the best experience!

We hope you all had as much fun as we did!

Stay tuned in for the wrap-up of our recap!

Week 1 has wrapped up and Week 2 is officially underway! ✨We have had a great time and can’t believe that we are already halfway there. Let’s take a look at some of our highlights👨‍🔬👩‍🔬🧫🌿🌱