WVON: The Talk of Chicago! – Tracie Screven
Tracie Screven is the Site Director for SMASH at Illinois Institute of Technology. She joins WVON to talk about the partnership SMASH has with the... Read More
SIU partners with SMASH Academy to bring STEM opportunities to high school students
Meera Komarraju, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic affairs, said the program is not only focused on science technology, engineering or math, but also helps... Read More
Illinois Schools and Kapor Center Launch All Expenses Paid Illinois SMASH Academy STEM Tech Camp for Teens from Underrepresented Groups
The Kapor Center has already established SMASH academies in California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. According to the center’s data, every SMASH student graduates high school... Read More
SMASH STEM Program launched in Illinois
SMASH, the signature STEM education program of the Kapor Center, announces SMASH Illinois, its first statewide initiative program partnership with Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois... Read More
Illinois College to Mentor Top Minority Students in Technology
Southern Illinois University Carbondale has teamed up with tech mogul Mitch Kapor to place 70 underprivileged high school students in an all-expense paid STEM camp... Read More
SIUC to mentor Illinois’ top minority students in tech
Southern Illinois University Carbondale leaders stood alongside a Californian tech mogul and Illinois’ new lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton, in downtown Chicago to announce a program... Read More
SMASH STEM Program Launching in Illinois in Partnership with Illinois Tech, SIU Carbondale and CPASS Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2019 Contact: Kim Bardakian, 510.499.5723, kim@kaporcenter.org First State-Wide Program Model for Free World-Class STEM Program for Students from Underrepresented Communities... Read More
Wake Up With WURD – LaToya Tufts
LaToya Tufts is the SMASH Wharton Site Director. She joins Wake Up With WURD to talk about the partnership that SMASH has with the Wharton... Read More
Google officially opens new office in Detroit
Tech company grows presence, commitment to Motor City, Michigan; commemorates occasion with $1 million in grants to increase access to STEM education opportunities for underrepresented,... Read More
Houston conference empowers women of color in STEM fields
Late’jah Whittaker has always loved science. She started making robots in the fourth grade. In the fifth grade, she attended her first computer science-based program,... Read More