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This week’s Scientist Spotlight features Cassandra Lee, a research associate in Hong Kong, China. Our Scientist Spotlight series features STEM professionals who volunteer in our pen pal program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. Cassandra is a Research Assistant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shatin, Hong Kong, China. In her work, Cassandra uses robots to …
by Jenelle Whitman 
Letters to a Pre-Scientist is grateful for the support of our sponsors! The following story about fundraising was contributed by Mahal Bugay from the Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society at Agnes Scott College. I am the co-president of the chemical-biochemical society on my campus, and I was introduced to Letters to a Pre-Scientist …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
LPS leadership and scientist volunteers had a blast participating in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Family Science Days in DC over President’s Day weekend! Every year, AAAS puts on a two-day free event for families to engage with and learn about science and take part in various fun activities. The event …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
It’s fair to say that I wouldn’t be in grad school if not for all the fee waivers I received. How many people didn’t pursue PhD simply because they couldn’t afford applications? Too many, I’m sure. — christine liu ? two photon art (@christineliuart) February 2, 2019 How much does it cost to apply to …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
With the Letters to a Pre-Scientist network growing every year, it’s exciting to see where our pre-scientists and scientists are coming from! This year, we had nearly 2500 scientists sign up for the program, 1625 of whom completed scientist training and were eligible to be pen pals. We then matched 815 pre-scientists with scientist pen pals. The …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Hello! My name is Amanda Haney and I have the unique opportunity to teach a class of gifted 5th graders in Euclid, OH. My students are fun and quirky, and each have their own set of gifts and talents that make me smile every day! My goal each year is to provide my students with …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Steph Sharuga is a pen pal and Outreach Officer extraordinaire, who earlier in the school year helped connect several Letters to a Pre-Scientist classrooms with marine biology researchers working on a ship off the coast of New Zealand! Steph and her pen pal even got to meet each other over video chat! They were both …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
by Amy Nusbaum As a 17-year-old college freshman away from home for the first time, I was about as wide-eyed as they come. By some stroke of luck, I found myself in a unique research lab (https://www.hhmi.org/developing-scientists/science-education-alliance), designed to engage underclassmen in the research process. I was in awe. But, I also had an intense …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
In this Scientist Spotlight post, welcome to Amy Nusbaum, an LPS pen pal for the past two years! In addition to this Spotlight, she’s written a guest blog post for us that will be posted in early March, so keep an eye out for even more about Amy’s unique perspective on the importance of LPS. …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
It’s our first Scientist Spotlight of this school year, and we’re excited to highlight 3rd-time pen pal Rachel Toczydlowski, a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin. Tell us about yourself! I live in Madison, WI and I am a PhD student in the UW Botany Department. I am interested in how wild plant populations …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Louisa Savereide, one of our Classroom Coordinators, went above and beyond to give the pre-scientists in Bridget Heneghan’s classroom the opportunity to see science in action – and practice being scientists themselves! – through a field trip to Northwestern University. Last winter, on one of the coldest days in Chicago, I put on about 7 …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Registration is now open for scientists and teachers to participate in LPS in 2017-18! We have a variety of participation options available: Teachers, click here to register your classroom; deadline is August 4th. Scientists interested in volunteering with the program, click here; deadline is August 4th. Scientists interested in being pen pals, click here; deadline to be …
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