PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Point Park University’s second Matt’s Maker Space means that there are now 40 of the colorful and vibrant STEM labs in our region.
The founder, Noelle Conover, officially opened the new lab in Academic Hall. Its name honors Noelle’s son, Matt, who passed away at the age of 12 after a battle with cancer.
“Matt himself, we think, would have been an engineer. He was that kid that loved to play with LEGOs and robots and was always building something that was something creative out of his mind,” she said of her late son.
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