Science Rising is a nationwide mobilization effort taking place throughout 2018 in the run-up to the midterm elections. It is not a one-day march—it is a series of local activities, events, and actions organized by many different groups.
Our shared goal is to ensure that science is front-and-center in the decision-making processes that affect us all—and to fight back against efforts that sideline science from its crucial role in our democracy.
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September 2018
BioBlitz 2018: Understanding the Diversity and Interconnection of Life
BioBlitz pairs scientists and expert naturalists together with people of all ages to study the wildlife, plants and biodiversity at the Catskill Center’s Thorn Preserve, a beautiful 60-acre preserve containing a stream, pond, wetlands, forest, and open meadow. The annual event is free and open to all ages, allowing participation in any one of the many hourly walks that will occur over the two-day schedule. No special expertise required. Come for your favorite walk or for the entire time. One will…
Find out more »(South) Florida Student Voter Summit
Join us for a day of of learning and planning with peer institutions as well as visiting experts about how to engage students in voter-friendly practices.
Find out more »(Central/North) Florida Student Voter Summit
Join us for a day of of learning and planning with peer institutions as well as visiting experts about how to engage students in voter-friendly practices.
Find out more »#ScienceRising Twitter Chat: The Public Has a Right to Know
ScIQ and Science Rising invite you to the fifth in a series of Twitter Chats on the principles of #ScienceRising and the science advocacy movement. Taxpayers have a right to access the methodology and results of public research, and to privately funded scientific information that can help keep us safe. The public has a right to access scientific information, especially when the information has implications for public health and safety. Use the hashtag #ScienceRising and follow @ScIQ_tyt to join the conversation on Twitter.
Find out more »We Are the Asteroid II, 2018—Art for Science Rising Installation in Chicago
We Are the Asteroid II, 2018 is a provocative public artwork communicating the urgency of the climate change crisis going up this month at Chicago's Navy Pier as part of EXPO Chicago.
Find out more »October 2018
HIV: The Three Epidemics
Three Epidemics uses a mix of science and theatrical multimedia to explore the history of HIV, how lack of access to healthcare and mistaken public perception may be helping the disease spread, and how we can use tools of advocacy and awareness to win the fight against AIDS.
Find out more »2018 SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference
A unique intersection of cutting-edge science, familia, motivation, and opportunity for students and scientists at all levels, 2018 SACNAS will be 3 full days of cutting-edge science, professional development, a Graduate School and Career Expo, motivational keynote
speakers, and cultural celebrations.
Tennessee STEAM Festival
The inaugural Tennessee STEAM Festival inaugurated in 2017, and is coming back in 2018 even bigger than before.
Find out more »Science-a-thon 2018
Science-a-thon is a five day celebration of science and scientists - from the lab to the field, from learning to teaching, from routine tasks to major discoveries!
Find out more »Environmental Justice: Running Dry
Our lives depend on having access to clean, safe water, but forces from climate change to politics to human activity are leading to water crises around the world. Join an exploration of the history of and solutions to this critical issue.
Find out more »Diversity Challenge 2018, Making Race and Culture Work in the STEM Era: Bringing All People to the Forefront
Join an interdisciplinary forum in which researchers, practitioners, educators, government officials, and social activists explore a variety of perspectives and issues and interact with each other while addressing mutual concerns related to race, ethnic culture, and STEM defined in various ways.
Find out more »November 2018
Women in Science & Entrepreneurship (WISE) St. Louis
The 2018 WISE Statewide Conference is an ambitious event with three panel discussions and featuring twenty women leaders succeeding in science, medicine, business, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Find out more »2nd Annual Science Policy Symposium
The National Science Policy Network and the student group Science and Education Policy Association are hosting the annual NSPN science policy symposium, a daylong event focused on bringing together early career scientists with an interest science policy, advocacy and diplomacy.
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