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04/17/2026

Calling all graduating high school seniors who plan to further their STEM education!

05/12/2025

Our own Gabe Mounce and Sara Telano, who lead AFRL in New Mexico's Engagement Office, were on hand to tour Explora alongside other Kirtland Air Force Base leaders. AFRL helps sponsor Explora's teacher education programs through it's K-12 AFRL New Mexico STEM Outreach efforts.

Leaders from the 377th Air Base Wing, Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC), and Air Force Research Laboratory - AFRL recently got a behind-the-scenes look at Explora’s exciting campus expansion in downtown Albuquerque!

Thanks to state and federal funding, Explora is growing its impact with new infrastructure focused on early childhood education and a dynamic teen center with a strong STEM emphasis. These programs create valuable opportunities for military families by providing engaging, hands-on learning environments for children and teens of all ages.

04/24/2025

04/17/2025

Registration is still open for the 2025 New Mexico STEM Signing Day! Any graduating high school senior who plans to study a science, tech, engineering or math related field can apply for FREE. Every student who attends the virtual event on April 29th will be entered to win one of 5 $1000 scholarships.

Register at www.qstation.tech/stemevents

04/11/2025

Only TWO more weeks to register for New Mexico STEM Signing Day! Let the graduating senior in your life know. They could win a $1000 scholarship.

Registration & details at www.qstation.tech/stemevents

03/31/2025

Registration is now open for New Mexico 2025 STEM Signing Day!

Please share with all the graduating seniors in your life. They could win a $1000 scholarship!

Sponsored by Q Station and the Air Force Research Lab Tech Engagement Office.

03/27/2025

⏱ TIme is Running Out ⏱

STEMY Nominations are due by Friday, March 28th at Midnight.

Nominate your favorite STEM Superstar before its too late 🌟

03/21/2025

Only 7 more days to nominate someone for a 2025 New Mexico STEMY!

Only ONE week left to nominate! Help us spread the word 📣

03/08/2025

Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)
Lady Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer and is considered the world's first programmer. A woman of many talents, she demonstrated a particular leaning towards mathematics and science early on. Such challenging subjects were not standard fare for women at the time. Still, throughout her childhood she received instruction from private tutors and family friends, including Mary Somerville, a Scottish astronomer and mathematician who became one of the first women to be admitted into the Royal Astronomical Society, and Charles Babbage, a mathematician and inventor. Through Babbage, Lovelace began studying advanced mathematics with University of London professor Augustus de Morgan. Lovelace wrote the first algorithm used by Charles Babbage on his Analytical Engine, a computing machine designed to perform complex mathematical calculations. In 1843, she translated an article on Babbage's analytical engine written by an Italian engineer, Luigi Menabrea. In addition to the translation, Lovelace added extensive notes of her own, including visionary statements that expressed the potential for computers beyond mathematics, leading others to deem her a 'prophet of the computer age.' Lovelace's contributions to the field of computer science were not acknowledged until her notes were reintroduced to the world by B.V. Bowden, who republished them in Faster Than Thought: A Symposium on Digital Computing Machines in 1953. Since then, Ada has received many posthumous honors for her work. In 1980, The U.S. Department of Defense named a newly developed computer programming language, "Ada," after Lovelace. The Ada language continues to be used to create reliable, safe, and secure software.

03/05/2025

Nominate someone today for a 2025 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Award!

The 2025 STEMYS are here‼️Time to nominate a person or organization who's making a major impact in STEM here in New Mexico. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆