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Live From NYCEDC Next Top Makers Bronx Pop Up at Bronx Business Incubator!
Greg T. Spielberg November 13, 2014
"Last night we hosted the NYCEDC Next Top Makers Bronx Pop Up at Bronx Business Incubator in Hunts Point. Makers and manufacturers showcased to an incredibly enthusiastic uptown crowd and showed the greater entrepreneurial community what next-gen industry is all about. Participating makers and manufacturers hailed from the Bronx and Harlem and included..."
HYPOTHEkids See the Light!
Holly Evarts September 16, 2014
"Twenty-five NYC high school students were introduced this summer to engineering design and entrepreneurship through a new six-week program—the HYPOTHEkids (Hk) Maker Lab—in the School’s Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Led by BME Lecturer Aaron Kyle, the students utilized their newfound engineering design skills to devise innovative solutions to global health technology needs. Hk Maker Lab is the result of a collaborative effort between BME and HYPOTHEkids, a K-12 STEM education initiative of Harlem Biospace, a co-working lab space for NYC biotech startups that was founded by Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Sam Sia and Christine Kovich and developed in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)...."
Harlem BioSpace is putting learning in the lab
Ruth Reader August 29, 2014
"Tucked into one of Columbia University’s bioengineering labs, 25 high school students are vigilantly poring over salad spinners, pipe cleaners, circuit boards, and solar panels. They are trying to build solutions to some of the many problems plaguing under-resourced communities around the world, such as lack of lighting, contaminated water, and even dangerous childbirth...."
Harlem Students Trade Summer Sun and Fun for Labs and Apps
Gustavos Solis August 25, 2014
"Instead of spending the summer at the pool, Arif Mahmud, 17, spent his time working in a lab.
Mahmud was one of 25 high schoolers in the Harlem-based science incubatorHarlem Biospace's inaugural summer program, HK Maker Lab, which recruited students to spend four days a week for six weeks at Columbia University in order to learn about biomedical engineering...."
High-schoolers get taste of STEM-related careers during summer 'HYPOTHEkids' program
Jan Ransom August 24, 2014
"Program by touted tech incubator Harlem Biospace encourages teens to envision life in sciences, engineering and tech sector by developing concepts to tackle global health problems...."
Making the Next Generation of Scientists
NYCEDC August 22, 2014
"Dr. Aaron Kyle initially went into engineering because he preferred working with machines over people. But a few years into his grad program at Purdue University, Dr. Kyle started teaching undergraduate courses and found that he actually loved working with students...."