A message from Elizabeth Christopherson and Angela Bednarek for the November issue of the Civic Science Series: Dear Civic Science Community,This fall, the United States reached…

Catherine Devine (CSF 2024-25) shares reflections from the 2024 Media Impact JFunders annual meeting in San Francisco: My first encounter with journalism was with my town’s Hometown Weekly—a modest paper…

To open the October issue of the Civic Science Series, we invited Jylana Sheats (CSF 2021-23), Associate Director of the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program, to share insights…

As Civic Science Fellows, Clio Heslop and Melanie Brown were hosted by the US–UK Fulbright Commission in partnership with organizations in the United States—Clio (as part of…

By Elizabeth Christopherson and Stefanie Murray When it rains hard, people living in parts of Lafayette Parish and downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, brace themselves.  As water pounds the earth and the…

The pioneering Civic Science Fellows program—designed to catalyze progress toward a future where all people can shape science to expand its benefits and horizons—welcomes more than 40 new and returning partner…

By Elizabeth Christopherson and Louis J. Muglia From Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical explorations, to Albert Einstein’s breakthroughs while playing violin and piano, to Maryam…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Fanuel Muindi carries many identities—he is a neuroscientist, a social entrepreneur, and a self-described “civic science scholar–journalist.” Underlying each of these roles is a deep curiosity…

By Elizabeth Good Christopherson and Caroline Montojo As a revolutionary treatment for sickle cell disease becomes the first CRISPR-based therapy approved for humans, we continue to be energized by one…

Greetings Civic Science Community, In a season of gratitude and reflection, we are immensely grateful for you and a community of leaders across sectors and fields. When we look at the photo…