Connect2STEM 2017

Connect2STEM is BACK!

2017 is BIGGER, BETTER & NERDIER

The University of Arizona, in partnership with Cox Communications, presents the 3rd annual Connect2STEM —a family-friendly event celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Math—and Medicine. In 2016, the event drew more than 5,000 children and families! Watch video.

STEM enthusiasts can interact with 100+ tables of hands-on science activities including:

• The Physics Bus!
• New: Wildcat Play Hospital!
• New: Da Vinci surgery robot!
  • Watch Dr. Jennifer Preston perform LIVE on the da Vinci surgical robot! Dr. Preston is a general surgeon from Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and is an assistant professor of surgery at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix.
• Cow eyeball dissections!
• Hop aboard the Wildcat Water Lab!
• Touch real space equipment from OSIRIS Rex, the mission to bring back pieces of the asteroid "Bennu" to earth!
• List of featured exhibitors (PDF)

• Large Event Map (PDF)

Activity Zones for Age 4-16

• Bioscience Zone
• Nature Zone
• Outer Space/ Technology Zone
• COX Gig Zone
• Wildcat Spirit Zone

Career Zone for High School Students 14-18

CONNECT2Careers: Meet with a heart surgeon, medical students, Intel engineers and scientists. And the best part is: You can ask them anything.

• Schedule (PDF)

*Thanks to our generous sponsors, The Boyer Company and Standard Parking, all attendees who register will receive $5 parking ($7 off) in the Phoenix Biomedical Campus Garage. Parking will be $12 without registration. Registration for the event is free. Parking Map (PDF)

Thank You to Our Partners:

• City of Phoenix Public Works
• The Boyer Company
• Standard Parking
• Southwest Airlines
• Arizona Community Foundation
• APS
• DPR Construction • Sundt Construction, Inc.

Become a Sponsor or an Exhibitor: Both host their very own hands-on station at Connect2STEM. Sponsors receive advertising and media benefits. For requirements and deadlines contact Tess Calle.

Spread the Word:

• Download our event poster for your K-8 school;
• Download our Connect2Careers poster for your high school;
• And follow @UAMEDPHX on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

*Questions? Contact: Aaron Sheets-Freburger at 602-827-2453.