When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: bit.ly/3CghCUd

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Can you believe it's been a week since #KASMeeting2024? What have you been up to this week?

Applications are open for the American Association of University Women (AAUW) grants and fellowships programs. Deadline for Submissions is November 22. Click the link for more details! aauw.org/resources/prog…

📨Hot off the presses and packed with updates and info! Check your inbox or go to the link below to read the November KAS Newsletter: kyscience.org/v_newsletters/…

Happy Thanksgiving from KAS!

🌟This Giving Tuesday, support our 11 KJAS reps selected to present their research at the American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) in Boston, MA this February. Make your contribution at mms.kyscience.org/members/wish/d… #GivingTuesday #SupportYoungScientists #KYScience #FutureOfSTEM

Congratulations to Western Kentucky University Senior Harmony Guercio for presenting her CLIMBS research at the KY Acad of Science (KAS) Meeting early in November! Her research helps us better understand the climate system in Kentucky. KY Climate Center U.S. National Science Foundation

More student success from the KY Acad of Science Annual Meeting! This time from Morehead State University and CLIMBS Project 2, Paleo-Perspectives. Congrats to Margaret Alden, Hannah Sprinkle, Tori Reid, and Avery Wasinger, under the tutelage of Jen O'Keefe and MD Kibria.

Check out our FB and IG this week for the lineup of super smart, super talented young scholars we're sending to present their research at the 2025 American Junior Academy of Science meeting in Boston in February! #SupportYoungScientists #KJAS #KYScience #FutureOfSTEM

Sharing for our K-12 partners and participants! Nominations for math and science teachers in grades 7-12 are due February 6, 2025.

💻 Webinar! 📆 Tomorrow! AAAS Section P (Industrial Science and Technology) will host a webinar on Monday, Jan 13 from 4 to 5 pm ET on STEMM immigration policies and how to promote the retention of scientists who want to work in the US. 📨Register at: aaas.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

📰 Hot off the presses! 🧪The KAS January #newsletter is PACKED with information and opportunities for scientists of all experience levels across the Commonwealth! Check it out at kyscience.org/v_newsletters/… #KJAS #ScienceinKY #STEM

JOIN US TODAY! The science policy committee will be meeting today: Wed., Jan. 15th at 12:30pm ET on Zoom. Get involved with science policy this legislative season! Email Madison Flory ([email protected]) for the zoom link or more information.

A new legislative season means a new opportunity for advocacy! Register for our 6-week Science Advocacy Workshop series that begins TOMORROW, 1/24! Sessions meet virtually. More info at: mms.kyscience.org/members/evr/re… #KYScience #ScienceAdvocacy #KYAcademyofScience #STEM

"... I ended up being reluctant to work with undergraduate researchers at all—until a new student helped me realize what is required to mentor undergraduates, and the rewards it can bring." #NationalMentoringMonth scim.ag/3Cp5C35

Join us tomorrow for the Education and Engagement meeting at 10 am ET/ 9 am CT. This group works on science education, science literacy and community engagement. More info at mms.kyscience.org/Calendar/morei…... #kyscience #STEM #scienceeducation #scienceliteracy

Kentucky Paleontological Society hosts Director of Kentucky Geological Society at their upcoming January 31 meeting.

Follow along with our KJAS delegates at the American Junior Academy of Science meeting this weekend on Facebook - kyscience & Instagram - kentuckyscience They're experiencing so much in their first full day in Boston!