SCIENCE OUTREACH

June 2023

Volume 7

Connecting and Enhancing Community Engagement

Science Outreach will facilitate mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between Princeton University Science educators and researchers. Science Outreach serves as a nexus connecting faculty, students, and postdocs with youth, schoolteachers, nonprofit organizations, and the broader community with the goal of increasing engagement, participation, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. Science Outreach supports Astrophysical Sciences, Center for Statistics and Machine Learning, Chemistry, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geosciences, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Physics, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and Psychology.

You are invited to attend a

poster session!

A Biochemistry Literacy Summer Camp will visit the Chemistry Department Thursday, July 6. The students would like to share their research with you.

Come inspire and influence future scientists. Over 30 middle school students from around the globe will share their research posters.

All are welcome to attend. Please come to the Frick Chemistry Atrium from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm (July 6). Refreshments will be served.

Bring a friend!

Welcome to Science Outreach, Jules!

Jules Boyle is a summer internship student in the Aspiring Scholars and Professionals (ASAP) program sponsored by the Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity. Jules is a junior Psychology major and Fine Arts minor student in the Honors Program at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Jules has been involved in research over the past year at TCNJ and recently presented her research at a conference. In addition to gaining valuable leadership skills from the ASAP program this summer, Jules is working on a mentoring project for Science Outreach and a diversity and inclusion project in the Office of the Provost.

Jules Boyle, summer internship student for Science Outreach

Graduate Students in the News!

Dali Davis, a Chemistry graduate student and Science Outreach volunteer recently received the Arthur A. Patchett ’51 Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry. This fellowship is granted to a senior graduate student who studies organic chemistry and has excelled at Princeton. Dali is currently planning a Biochemistry Literacy Camp visit to the Chemistry department on July 6.

Congratulations to Calvin Spolar for receiving a Teaching Award presented by the Graduate School in recognition of his outstanding abilities as a teacher. Calvin is a third-year graduate student in Chemistry, and was a preceptor in General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II. Calvin is passionate about teaching and goes out of his way to find extra opportunities to teach and support students. Calvin is a volunteer for Science Outreach.

Science Outreach is in the news!

Read about Spring Into Science

Touching Science

Outreach Fellows

We Are Recruiting

Science Outreach Fellows

Science Outreach has a new fellows program. Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Outreach fellows will receive training on best practices to enter community spaces, mentoring, and how to design and lead hands-on, engaging opportunities for K-12 students in schools and community programs. Students in Astrophysical Sciences, Center for Statistics and Machine Learning, Chemistry, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geosciences, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Physics, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and Psychology are encouraged to participate. Please scan the QR code or click the button to receive an application. Please contact Paryn Wallace at parynw@princeton.edu for more information. Selected students will receive a stipend.

Let's TRACK Your Science

Science Outreach would information about your outreach opportunities from this academic year. If you, your lab or your department participated in an outreach opportunity, please complete the tracking form and upload a photo from your event. Thank you for sharing!

Science Outreah Tracking