Civic Science Fellow Karen Andrade’s journey from community science to the White House to global philanthropy In 2007, a few days into her new job as a toxics reduction…

How Civic Science Fellow Kuranda Morgan cultivates space to question, reflect, and connect On a November morning in Berkeley, 40 people gathered in a room scattered with flowers. Handmade…

Civic Science Fellow Rebecca Sausville used neglected survey data to show how graduate education can be more equitable As a newly minted classics Ph.D., Rebecca Sausville was teaching at…

By Jayatri Das, Chief Bioscientist at The Franklin Institute My town has an old-school fire siren. It bellows out three long blasts whenever the fire department is needed. Some…

How Julia Minson helps people disagree better Ballroom dancing may seem an unlikely setting for lessons in psychology, but as a graduate student studying disagreement, Julia Minson drew on…

Angélica Valdés Valderrama helps community leaders transform local challenges into sustainable solutions When power or water fails at her home in Puerto Rico—a frustratingly common occurrence—Angélica Valdés Valderrama knows exactly where…

How Shannon Dosemagen is working toward systems change When the BP oil spill devastated the Gulf Coast in 2010, Shannon Dosemagen had a front-row seat to the disaster as…

Leading to Discovery: A Conversation between Francis Collins and Harvey Fineberg In December 2025, the Rita Allen Foundation hosted a fireside chat between Francis Collins and Harvey Fineberg to honor…

By Elizabeth Green, Founder and CEO of Civic News Company, the publisher of nonprofit newsrooms Chalkbeat, Votebeat, and Healthbeat.  When we launched Healthbeat last year, we…

By Emily Howell, Research and Impact Fellow, Rita Allen Foundation At the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin, Germany on November 9, I joined Civic Science Fellows …