#Maker2025

2025 HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase Day Three Plenary, Saturday, Sept. 27. The promo features two headshots, each with names and titles underneath. The pictured people are: Dr. Travis York, director, Center for STEM Education and Workforce-AAAS; and Carleitta Paige-Anderson, program lead, HBCU-UP, NSF

Meet our #Maker2025 speakers! The AAAS HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase! Plenary three closes out the weekend with featured remarks from Showcase leadership before concluding with the anticipated Pitch Competition results. We can't wait for you to join us!

2025 HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase Day Two Plenary, Friday, Sept. 26. The promo contains five headshot photos, each with names and titles underneath. The pictured people are: Sudip Parikh, CEO-AAAS and Executive Publisher, Science Magazine; Dr. Kendra Sharp Deas, strategy development director, UMCF Institute for Capacity Building; Dr. Carleitta Paige-Anderson, program lead, HBCU-UP, NSF; Dr. Erin Lynch, president, Quality Education Minorities Network (QEM); Dr. Ron Williams, interim dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research - Coppin State

Meet our #Maker2025 speakers! The @aaas.org HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase, supported by National Science Foundation and VentureWell, starts in exactly ONE week! Day two's plenary features 5 STEM leaders, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with this year's Maker cohort. Don't miss it!

2025 HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase Day One Plenary, Thursday, Sept. 25, The promo contains seven headshot photos, each with names and titles underneath. The pictured people are: Dr. Iris R. Wagstaff, STEM program director-AAAS and NSF PI; Dr. Travis York, director, Center for STEM Education and Workforce-AAAS; Dr. Monya Ruffin, deputy divisional director (DRL)-NSF; Ms. Rycal Blount, sample lab technician-Mother Murphy Flavors; Ms. Demetria Gallagher, vice president, higher education innovation ecosystems, Venturewell; Mr. Luke Lawal Jr., founder and CEO-HBCU Buzz; Dr. Mike Brizek, director, higher education ecosystems-Venturewell

Meet our #Maker2025 speakers! The @aaas.org HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase, supported by the National Science Foundation and VentureWell, starts next Thursday! Our opening plenary kicks off with seven members of our community of practice, ready to set the stage for the Maker students & faculty.