Updated for the summer of 2024. More will be added as opportunities become available!
AI Powered Camp
The 2nd Summer School on AI-Powered Medical Imaging Informatics aims to provide a stimulating and unique opportunity for students in grades 11 and 12 to dive into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence (AI) and its application in medical imaging informatics. This summer school will be held between June 24 and June 28, 2024, at the University of Pittsburgh, organized by the Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE) within the School of Medicine, plus the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and IEEE Computer Society in Pittsburgh.
Overview:
Computer vision as a subfield of AI has been around for several years dealing with how computers can understand from digital images and video sequences. This summer school will teach AI-powered computer vision techniques for object detection and localization in medical images. Through hands-on practices and Python programming, participants will learn from scratch, gaining practical skills to address this task. The program includes lectures and collaborative project assignments.
July 25-27
Created for rising high school juniors and seniors, RxPLORE is a professional summer camp that provides exposure to the critical role pharmacists play within healthcare. If you already have a passion for pharmacy or are just starting to explore career options within the healthcare field, RxPLORE is right for you! Form valuable connections with faculty and current pharmacy students while you explore some of the many career options available for a PharmD!
Summer Health Career Academy July 15-19, 2024
To apply, students should be current 9th or 10th grade students who reside in one of our seven counties - Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Greene, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland.
Program Information: The Health Career Academy will take place for five days, July 15-19, 2024 on the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The academy is designed for current ninth and tenth grade students who are interested in learning more about opportunities in various health careers and the academic preparation necessary for these careers. Students will meet and talk to practicing health care professionals, engage in health career activities, learn to monitor vital signs, engage in hands on medical procedures, learn basic medical terminology, and receive training in leadership skills. The program brings 50 students together to learn about health careers.
Cost: $250 (payable upon acceptance; scholarship available based on need).
More information can be found on our
website (www.southwestahec.org/hca).
Application DEADLINE: May 3, 2024 Student grade: Rising 10th and 11th Graders
Theme: Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering is one of the more recent disciplines of engineering. Through academic presentations and interactive project work, students will learn about the intricacies and considerations that go into solving medical issues by applying engineering principles to biology and medicine, exploring interdisciplinary engineering concepts such as biomechanics, bioinstrumentation systems, circuit elements, stem cell and tissue engineering, robotics and 3-D bioprinting.
Residential housing is NOT available during SEE. For this reason, we encourage applications from students who live within daily commuting distance of CMU’s campus. If your child is interested in submitting and application and you do not live in the area, please be aware that if your child is accepted, you are responsible for providing all housing accommodations and daily travel arrangements. All applicants must be able to commit to attending every day of the program from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Deadline to apply is April 10th.
If you love playing games, building interactive experiences, and are interested in the most rewarding Summer Apprenticeship experience you may ever have, read on. This program is a Registered Pre-apprenticeship in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - meaning it's recognized at a state level for its unique combination of classroom training and on-the-job training in game design and development.
We are seeking Summer Apprentices to build game prototypes this summer as employees of Simcoach Games' Game Studio. You will PRACTICE PRODUCING (scheduling, team leader, organizing), STORYTELLING (business, marketing, game design), ART (2d/3d art, animation, concepting, performance), GAME DESIGN (goals, rules design, what content is translated to interactivity within a game framework) and DEVELOPING (coding) as part of a team. Maybe you could play more than one of those roles. In other words we are encouraging all different types of interests, skill sets and doers.
High School Summer Film academies- explore this growing Pittsburgh industry!
July 7-July 19, 2024
Actor. Producer. Director. Take on every role as you and your colleagues craft your own cinematic masterpieces.
This course is an introduction to the basic principles and practices of cinema production. Students will learn the fundamentals of single-camera production including the basic aesthetic and technical aspects of producing, directing, editing and cinematography. Lectures, screenings and in-class exercises will focus on giving students the skills they need to write, produce and edit their own short films. In addition, each student will function in key crew positions on several of their classmates’ projects.
Daily classes, workshops and labs give students the basics skills in writing, directing, cinematography and editing that they need to make their own movie using HD digital video cameras and Adobe Premiere CC editing software. The class culminates in a premiere screening to which students can invite friends and family.
WQED Film Academy
June 24-August 1
Join WQED Film Academy—in-person or virtually—to learn how to become a digital storyteller.
WQED Film Academy draws on its partnership with teaching artists and professional mentors to teach a curriculum of the basics of digital media arts – what we call SCALE: storytelling, camera, audio, lighting, and editing. The curriculum is more than 100 hours of hands-on and collaborative learning and uses the latest digital media technology. Each class produces their own short film by the end of the session.
There are three sessions per year: Summer, Fall and Spring. Scholarships are available.
Upon successful completion of WQED Film Academy, students can apply to the Teen Film Crew. The Teen Film Crew gets paid while they continue to build their skills creating promotional videos for clients. The teaching artists work with the students as a team – just as they would in a professional agency.
Lebanon Valley College Actuarial Science Camp
Our Actuarial Science Summer Camps are week-long intensive programs for rising high school seniors designed to help them decide if they’re interested in actuarial careers.
LVC has had a successful Actuarial Science Program for more than 50 years, and we’ve run this summer camp for more than three decades. Leveraging industry connections and alumni suggestions, we’ve forged an authentic experience that features interaction with actuaries and an introduction to relevant software and content.
In the summer of 2024, we will have two one-week long camps:
- June 23–28, 2024
- July 7–12, 2024
Girls Who Code offers two programs in the summer: the virtual Summer Immersion Program and the Self-Paced Program. Applicants can apply for BOTH programs, if eligible, using this application. However, students can only participate in one summer program.
WHAT IS THE SUMMER IMMERSION PROGRAM?
In the 2-week Summer Immersion Program (SIP), high school students attend live, virtual classes sponsored by industry-leading companies like MetLife, Bank of America, Logitech and Synchrony. SIP students will dive into the tech world and game design, covering beginner to intermediate CS concepts, the step-by-step design process, and the basics of UX design.
WHAT IS THE SELF-PACED PROGRAM?
In the Self-Paced Program, high school students can explore web development, cyber security, data science, and artificial intelligence. Participants work at their own pace to learn coding languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python, and have the opportunity to build community through live events.
June 19-July 31
Completely online (no scheduled lectures) but you must be willing to "chip away" at course material 4-6 hours/week
The Joy of Coding is an online course specially created for anyone who wants to experience first-hand the power and thrill of coding computers to do amazing things. Created with high school students in mind, it is a great way for
anyone to step into the wondrous world of coding. Using Python, students will learn how coding powers apps
such as Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and Siri, and even learn how to code their own versions of Snapchat lenses.
Point Park University - Lots of summer opportunities!
Business (9th - 12th grade)
Accelerated Career (Accounting) Awareness - June 23-28
Cinema Arts (9th-12th grade)
2D Animation Intensive - July 7-19
Screenwriting - July 7-12
Dance & Theater
Choreography Collective - July 7-13 and July 14-20
International Summer Dance - 3 sessions in June or July
Summer Dance Workshop - July 22-26
Arts & Sciences
Creative Writing - July 22-26
Dungeons and Dragons - June 17-21
The week-long camp included immersive instruction, balanced between lectures and hands-on labs. The week concluded with a cyber defense competition with students detecting and defending against cybersecurity intrusions, as well as a Careers in Technology panel featuring cybersecurity professionals.
This is FREE. The application opens on April 22. The camp is from June 24-28 from 9am-1pm on the main campus of Pitt.