April 2024 Member Update

MEMBER UPDATE | APRIL 2024

SPOTLIGHTS | NEWS & UPDATES | MEMBER COMMUNITY | OPPORTUNITIES & AWARDS

In this issue, we continue our Women’s History Month celebration of women in STEMM. We’re excited to welcome President-elect Theresa Maldonado and to honor Monique Mills, winner of the Helen F. Holt Award for Early Career Women in Science.

Coming up, be sure to *Save the Date* for our Earth Day Live Q&A on April 22 with Anja Brandon, Associate Director of U.S. Plastics Policy at Ocean Conservancy. It will be on Member Community — watch your email for details! And be sure to attend the AAAS Sea Change webinar on April 11 to learn how to to scale up your institutional excellence initiatives: register here today.

Kat Song, Editor, Member Update

AAAS Election Results: President-elect Theresa Maldonado; Board of Directors; Section leaders

AAAS Members elected Theresa Maldonado, vice president for research and innovation at the University of California, as president-elect; re-elected Morton Ann Gernsbacher and Juan S. Ramírez Lugo as Directors; and, a roster of new AAAS Section leaders. Congratulations!

Advancing health science and policy for women, Monique Mills wins Holt award

Named after pioneering scientist Helen Frolelich Holt, who broke through barriers in an era when women in STEMM fields were less common, Mills was especially honored to receive the Holt award. She is a first-generation university student raised in rural Maine.

Five early career scholars distinguish themselves at the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting
A look back at March (federal budget) Madness: Analysis by the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy program
Congrats to NC State, UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz: Winners of the SEA Change Bronze Award!
Using science to see the human in the other: Tareq Abu Hamed, Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy honoree

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Women's History Month: Name 1 woman in STEM who's your hero!
60+ replies and counting – add yours now: 2024 Introductions Thread: Introduce yourself
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital

OPPORTUNITIES, AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Science and Technology at the world bank webinar

Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecturer
on pressing issues in agriculture and society
Nominate by April 22

Do you hire staff?
Your expertise can improve the STEMM talent pipeline
Take our survey by May 15

Become a FutureGen Scholar!
Supported by AAAS-Andrew M. Sessler Fund, etc.
Apply by May 31

Groups of three AAAS Fellows are invited to nominate AAAS Members for election as Fellows.
Nominate by April 17

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April 2024 Member Update

MEMBER UPDATE | APRIL 2024

AAAS Election Results: President-elect Theresa Maldonado; Board of Directors; Section leaders

Advancing health science and policy for women, Monique Mills wins Holt award

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