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A STEM Challenge Winner Shares Her Passion for Game Design with Students

by Olivia Thomas
October 23, 2017
Olivia Thomas was one of the winners of the National STEM Video Game Challenge (2015-16). Now studying computer science and games, interactive media, and mobile development at Boise State University,
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STEM Challenge Inspires Young Game Makers

by Mark German
August 30, 2017
The National STEM Video Game Challenge has motivated interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in nearly 20,000 middle and high school students since launching in 2011 by harnessing
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National STEM Video Game Challenge Inspires a Winner’s College Studies

by Olivia Thomas
August 3, 2017
Olivia Thomas was one of the winners of the National STEM Video Game Challenge (2015-16). Now studying computer science and games, interactive media, and mobile development at Boise State University,
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The STEM Challenge Inspires a New Career Path

by Sloane Grinspoon
May 22, 2017
Last summer, I had the pleasure of interning with the team behind the National STEM Video Game Challenge. While working with the Cooney Center, I helped create and publish online content
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Meet the Winners: Caleb Koo

by Katy Svehaug
November 14, 2016
“I’ve always been interested in crafting stories,” says Caleb Koo, a 15-year-old from Galena, Ohio. “And telling stories through a video game is very easy.” Caleb designed Conquering the Underworld,
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Meet the Winners: Elisha Azaria

by Katy Svehaug
November 14, 2016
Aspiring programmer Elisha Azaria, 13, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania learned about the National STEM Video Game Challenge from his father — whose work with artificial intelligence helped to inspire Elisha’s winning game
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Meet the Winners: Kimberly Do

by Katy Svehaug
November 14, 2016
Kimberly Do, 16, has a deep fascination with outer space. An avid member of her school’s NASA Student Astronaut Challenge team, the Plant City, Florida native used cosmological interest to
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Meet the Winners: Zane Godil

by Katy Svehaug
November 14, 2016
Zane Godil, age 12, learned about the National STEM Video Game Challenge from friends in his community of Beaverton, Oregon who had entered in previous years. “It was interesting and
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Meet the Winners: Puja Chopade

by Katy Svehaug
November 14, 2016
For 10-year-old Puja Chopade of Madison, Alabama, major world problems like global warming served as inspiration for her video game design. Puja’s original game, Save the World!, won the Middle
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Meet the Winners: Calvin Khiddee-Wu and Jagdeep Bhatia

by Katy Svehaug
November 14, 2016
Teammates Calvin Khiddee-Wu, 14, and Jagdeep Bhatia, 14, of Green Brook, New Jersey knew from the start that they wanted to design a video game with an apocalyptic setting, and
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