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Dr. Dieuwertje Kast is the Director of STEM Education Programs for the University of Southern California’s Joint Educational Project. Through her efforts, she has provided STEM instruction to over 26,000 underrepresented minority students, 600 educators, 25 school principals, and countless community members. She coordinates supplemental science programs in Los Angeles for low income elementary school students of color across a gamut of schools through the Wonderkids, Young Scientists Program,...

The big idea After taking part in hands-on STEM lab experiments as part of a youth science program I coordinate, Latino and Black students were more likely to picture scientists as people who look like them – and not stereotypical white men in lab coats. The Young Scientists Program at the Joint Educational Project of the University of Southern California offers specialized science, technology, engineering and math instruction in local elementary schools that have mostly Latino and Black stud...

January programs at the Millbury Public Library The Millbury-Sutton Chronicle Community-wide reading challenge MILLBURY — The Millbury Public Library is participating in a community-wide reading challenge and invites residents of all ages to take part. From Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, the Millbury Public Library will participate in Beanstack’s Fourth Annual Winter Reading Challenge, “Books Like Us,” sponsored by Simon and Schuster (S&S). Thousands of libraries and schools across the nation wi...