Outreach News Archive
Recently, undergraduate students from the Marshall University Astronomy Club (MUAC) and the Marshall University chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) visited kindergarten and second-grade classes at Our Lady of Fatima Parish School here in Huntington, WV. The students in the classes got the chance to observe terrestrial objects through a telescope and witness
Join Physics and the College of Science for High School Science Day on April 7th, 2025, from 10am to 1:30pm! This is a FREE event and lunch will be provided. RSVP your spot with Dr. Sean P. McBride (mcbrides@marshall.edu). Students will experience numerous exciting and engaging 10-minute STEM demonstrations, taste the phase changes of liquid
Two stellar events are being held this month at the Huntington Museum of Art! NASA Solar System Ambassador and Marshall University Grad Student Ellie White will be speaking and having a Q & A session afterwards about NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission and the search for life in the Solar System. Ellie’s talk will be followed
Sarah, our new Director of Stakeholder Engagement had a great time representing Marshall University College of Engineering and Computer Sciences and the College of Science at the Tri-State STEM+M college and career fair in South Point yesterday! It was inspiring to meet so many talented students eager to explore new paths in STEM. She is
Congratulations to Dr. Holly Cyphert and Dr. Sean McBride for being awarded funding from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium to host NASA Day events. STEM Biology Summer Day Camp Dr. Holly Cyphert will run a one-day STEM immersion camp aimed at exposing area children from 4th to 8th grade to biology and related
Fourth and fifth grade students at Altizer Elementary in Huntington had a great time experiencing the portable planetarium with Dr. Sachiko McBride!
Thank you once again Huntington Middle School and Ms. Sowards for inviting Dr. McBride, advisor of the Society of Physics Students and Associate Professor in the Mathematics and Physics Department, along with his previous College Physics students Madison Corey and Haylea Castle, to help with this year’s pumpkin drop! Fun was had by all! Dr.
Registration is now open for the 2025 West Virginia Science Olympiad, which will take place at Marshall University on March 1, 2025. Middle school and high school teams can register online. Science Olympiad, established in 1984, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of science education through hands-on, competitive learning experiences. Open
Does mathematics scare you? Don’t be frightened! Students from Pi Mu Epsilon and the Thundering Nerds Math Club have created a math puzzle for display at the Kenova Pumpkin House. They volunteered at the Pumpkin House by carving pumpkins and assembling a puzzle as well as completing the puzzle. The puzzle will be on display
Chemistry faculty and student members of the Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Fraternity organized hands-on science activities for the Fall Festival at Heritage Farm. Children made shadow art prints using cyanotype paper and ultraviolet light from the sun. They also tried diffraction glasses to view a rainbow of colors emitted from a neon lamp and a