This May, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is commemorating its 75th anniversary with a series of NSF STEM Day events across the country. Since 1950, the NSF has invested in ideas and innovations across all fields of science and engineering. Many of the discoveries and innovations that we use every day – including GIS technologies, the internet, AI and Duolingo – are the result of NSF investments in STEM.

You're invited to join us as we celebrate NSF STEM Day with a unique opportunity to get hands-on with cutting-edge research happening at CU Boulder.

This free community event will showcase some of the STEM research projects, education initiatives, and public science communication efforts that the NSF has funded on the CU Boulder and CU Anschutz campuses. Everyone is welcome to attend; hands-on activities and scientist demonstrations will be ideal for students in grades 4-12 as well as adults. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from Stinger's Café.

Activity stations will include:

• Accessible games and design activities with the Build a Better Book project
• Art-science exhibits exploring the climate's impact on birds with Side by Side
• Technology-integrated paper crafts with the Craft Technology Lab
• EV MicroKarts with the ASPIRE Engineering Research Center
• Biomedical science demonstrations with researchers and students from the CU Anschutz Medical Campus
• Insect-inspired robots with the Animal Inspired Movement & Robotics Lab
• Hands-on topographic mapping with our new AR Sandbox (STROBE)
• ... and plenty more!