The Sci-Tech Society, or STS for short, is the Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering graduate student organization.

STS strives to improve faculty-student interactions, promote the discussion of topics within the student body, and provide a friendly atmosphere for the graduate students in Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. STS, formally known as CBE-GSA (Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Student Association), was founded in 2002 by a group of graduate students led by the founding president Tim Harrah. Ever since, STS has been strongly supported by both departments as well as GSC. Last year, CBE-GSA was renamed STS in order to represent all the graduate students in the building.

STS holds monthly social events, bi-weekly student research seminars, weekly sports activities as well as some other special holiday activities.

Our social and sports events are set to provide opportunities for graduate students to interact with one another on topics of interest, but our society is not just a social organization. As part of an academic institution, we are determined to culture scientific discussion and inspire new ideas. This is accomplished by our bi-weekly seminar series. In these seminars, graduate students present their work in a non-competitive, casual manner. These seminars will benefit those who want to know about the research taking place in Sci-Tech and those who need to practice a presentation before a meeting or a thesis defense. These seminars provide a great opportunity for students to present their research, accumulate their presentation skills and improve their communication with peers.

For more information, please contact William Wang at Yongzhong.Wang@tufts.edu.