Science and Society Award Recipients since 2021
Note: Institutions listed are those with which the recipients were affiliated at the time of the Award.
The Public Service Award was renamed the Science and Society Award in 2023.
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2024 2024 Science and Society Award (to a group) AdvanceKentucky Influencer ModelSheri McGuffin AdvanceKentucky STEM Coordinator Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation Eric Wooldridge Professor Somerset Community College Press Release |
"For their high-impact and accessible additive manufacturing educational training programs that have reached thousands of students in Kentucky." |
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2024 Science and Society Award (to a group) National Association of InventorsDirector and Founder, Paul Sanberg on behalf of the National Academy of Inventors Press Release |
"For its engaging and inclusive initiatives to strengthen and diversify the innovation economy and inventors." |
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2023 2023 Science and Society Award (to a group) New York Hall of SciencePress Release |
"For its innovative approach to promoting informal and equitable science and technology learning." |
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2023 Science and Society Award (to a group) EngineerGirlPress Release |
"For its engaging initiative to create a more inclusive and nurturing community for budding young female engineers." |
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2022 2022 Public Service Award (to a group) National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers(NOBCChE®, pronounced no-be-shay) Press Release |
"For encouraging diversity and accelerating the advancement of African American, Black, and other people of color in academics, professions, and entrepreneurship in chemistry, chemical engineering, and STEM fields." |
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2022 Public Service Award (to an individual) Betty Lise AndersonProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering The Ohio State University Press Release |
"For her exemplary work and unwavering devotion in enhancing the public’s understanding of science and engineering, and for fostering the next generation of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) enterprise through K-12 Engineering Outreach programs." |
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2021 2021 Public Service Award (to an individual) William S. Hammack,William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign & Creator and Host of "The Engineer Guy" on YouTube Press Release |
"For being a communications leader and pioneering uses of new media to explain science and engineering to the public." |
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2021 Public Service Award (to an individual) William M. Jackson,Distinguished Research and Emeritus Professor and Founder of National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Press Release |
"For his advocacy for the participation of minority students in the sciences by founding the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) and the uses of cutting-edge laser technology to the study of the formation of observed atoms and molecules in astronomy." |