College of DuPage’s annual STEMCON event is set to take place on Saturday, April 27, with Emily Calandrelli, the host of Netflix’s “Emily’s Wonder Lab,” serving as the keynote speaker. The event will be held at COD’s Physical Education Center in Glen Ellyn and is free and open to the public. Running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitors will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities at both indoor and outdoor interactive exhibits, including model rockets, composting activities, telescopes and more.
STEMCON offers attendees an exciting opportunity to see STEM activities in action with exhibitions run by actual researchers, industry representatives and STEM educators. In addition to the interactive exhibits, Emily Calandrelli will give a keynote discussion at 12:30 p.m. in the McAninch Arts Center’s Belushi Performance Hall followed by a demonstration from Mr. Freeze of Fermilab at 3 p.m., showcasing the properties of cryogenics using liquid nitrogen on MAC stage.
Interested individuals can learn more about STEMCON by visiting cod.edu/stemcon or contacting COD STEM Outreach Coordinator Sara Spaniol at (630) 942-3021 or email stemcon@cod.edu. Don’t miss out on this exciting event celebrating science, technology, engineering and math at College of DuPage!
