08/13/2026
🔥🔬 Igniting opportunity in the Bronx.
Einstein has opened the new IGNITE (Inspiring Growth in Next Generation Investigation, Training and Education) community teaching lab, a state-of-the-art space designed to give middle school, high school, and college students across the Bronx greater access to hands-on science education.
The first-of-its-kind lab in the Bronx will serve more than 650 students each year through Einstein’s 22 pathway programs, giving aspiring scientists, physicians, and healthcare professionals opportunities to work with laboratory equipment, learn about the research process, and explore biomedical science. The lab will also be available to students who are not participating in Einstein’s pathway programs.
“Today we are lighting a spark—a spark of discovery, of learning, of opportunity, and hope that will ignite the talents, aspirations, and determination of young people throughout the Bronx and beyond,” said Lester W. Young, Jr., Ed.D., chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Learn more about the IGNITE Lab and Einstein’s commitment to expanding access to science education: https://bit.ly/4bPoLtA
