2018 Society Annual Report

Society for Science & the Public 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

Letter  2 Overview and Top Ten  4 Competitions  6 Regeneron Science Talent Search  8 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair  10 BroadcomMASTERS  12 Alumni  14 Science News Media Group  16 Science News 18 SN 10  20 Science News for Students 22 Outreach & Equity  24 Science News in High Schools  26 Advocate Program  28 Research Teachers Conference  30 STEMResearch Grants  32 STEMAction Grants  34 Financials  36 Giving  38 Leadership  46

SCIENCE NEWS | JULY 21, 2018 In August, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe roared off for a close encounter with the sun; it’s the first spacecraft to explore that star’s corona, a rolling inferno of plasma heated to several million degrees Celsius. The spacecraft is already sending data back to Earth and will make 24 orbits before spiraling into the sun. COVER: NASA’S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; OPPOSITE PAGE: NASA/BILL INGALLS