Earth and Environmental Sciences (UConn Pre-College Summer)
A non-credit UConn pre-college course in which high schoolers study Earth systems, mineralogy, and the geologic history of Connecticut through lectures, lab demonstrations, and fieldwork with Department of Earth Sciences faculty at the Storrs campus.
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Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
A two-week, one-college-credit residential program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges for about 50 academically talented students entering junior or senior year, who explore environmental challenges through scientific, social, economic, and ethical lenses while documenting the Adirondack region.
Rice University Center for Environmental Studies Summer Program
A free, weeklong overnight residential program on Rice University's campus for Houston-area high schoolers, exploring environmental storytelling, climate justice, and contemporary environmental challenges through arts-based practice, faculty sessions, and field trips.
ASU Underwater Robotics Camp
A weeklong summer camp at Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus in which rising 11th and 12th graders design and enhance an underwater robot to complete a simulated mission recovering objects and removing hazardous materials, competing in the National Underwater Robotics Competition format.
Berkeley Business Academy for Youth (B-BAY)
A UC Berkeley Haas School of Business initiative offering pre-college entrepreneurship tracks for middle and high schoolers, including a residential summer program in which students research and develop a full business plan under Haas faculty, PhD candidates, and undergraduates, plus newer startup-accelerator and incubator options.
California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) - Animation
CSSSA's Animation program is a distinct discipline track (separate department and faculty from the CSSSA Film program) within California's official state summer arts school. High school students explore traditional, cutout, and digital animation techniques, producing multiple animated projects over a residential summer session with guest artists, field trips to animation studios, and figure drawing training.
Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains
Two-week campus-based pre-college program in Vermont where high schoolers study climate science and design real-world climate action projects under Columbia Climate School instructors.