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STEM Diversity: Continuing the Conversation
Our June First Friday at the Fab Lab provided some rich, thought provoking discussion, and has also inspired some productive conversation around a new collaborative project we hope to be announcing soon, as well a new collection of Equity in STEM Education Resources...
June First Friday at the Fab Lab: Five Reasons STEM Diversity Matters
Our June 5th Virtual First Friday meetup , titled Five Reasons STEM Diversity Matters - takes a timely look at how the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) equity gap starts early at the elementary level and grows as students get older. Hosted by Sheena...
AMRoC Fab Lab Update: Community Building Continues
We want to thank you to everyone who has called, texted, messaged, and emailed inquiring about the well-being of AMRoC Fab Lab over the past few days of protests in and around University Mall. We are touched by your concern and appreciative of your support. While we...
Something from Nothing: Building Community from Chaos
When COVID-19 became an undeniable reality in mid-March, there was a visible ripple in the fabric of our collective sense of "normal". Individually, the coronavirus meant different things for different people and businesses. For AMRoC Fab Lab, that meant shutting...
Celebrating our Community Partners: Meet STEMVision
One of the things that puts the fabulous in our Fab Lab is our amazing team of Community Partners. Even as COVID-19 has necessitated new ways to provide resources and programming, our great partners keep making it possible to do so. One of our newest partners is...
Presenting “Slow Your Roll” : A Deconstruction Project
Last weekend, we told you about our participation in a creative collaborative event called The Deconstruction. It was a fun and thoughtful diversion from the daily grind of social distance angst, and a great way to spend time with friends and associates to test our...
Join the AMRoC Fab Lab Mask Makers Sewing Circle Wednesdays & Fridays
We were recently introduced to Pioneer Medical Foundation by our friends at Lily Pharmacy, our neighbors at the other end of University Mall. Pioneer Medical Foundation is a nonprofit organization that serves the homeless, refugee, uninsured and underinsured adult...
Slow Your Roll: Team AMROC Deconstructs Distance
We kick off May with something completely different - The Deconstruction. The Deconstruction is a creative collaboration event typically held online and in person. AMRoC founders had participated in Deconstructions past, years ago, and are happy to return to this...
In Celebration of Our Youth Robotics Teams
One of the things we miss most at AMRoC Fab Lab right now are our youth robotics students. We miss their energy and enthusiasm, seeing them light up when their projects work, when a mechanism functions as it should, or a program delivers flawlessly. As our students'...
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