<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/aiche-k-12-stem-outreach.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/25/2026</pubDate><title>Engineering Students Win Outreach Competition While Inspiring Future STEM Leaders</title><description>University of New Haven students share how a hands-on pH experiment and community outreach program led to national recognition at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ K-12 STEM Outreach Competition.</description><hide-description/><author>Cassandra Collins ’28 and Jillian Carroll ’28</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 25, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2026/school.jpg" alt="hands-on chemistry activity"/></image><image-caption>Local students engage with a hands-on chemistry activity</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-engineering</tag><tag>dept-chemistry-chemical-engineering</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-ug-chemical-engineering</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>