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FYI Robert A. Washington-Allen Assistant Professor of Geography Environmental Tomography Laboratory Department of Geography University of Tennessee 304 Burchfiel Geography Building 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way Knoxville, TN 37996-0925 Cell: 979-571-4330 e-mail: washingtonra@<mailto:[log in to unmask]>utk.edu<http://utk.edu/> website: http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-robert-washington-allen/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- "God has chosen the world that is the most perfect,that is to say, the one that is at the same time the simplest in hypotheses and the richest in phenomena." — Leibniz "I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people." --- Isaac Newton From: ABS Program <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of "Lacher Jr, Thomas E" <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "Lacher Jr, Thomas E" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, November 18, 2016 at 11:26 AM To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [ABS-Program] FW: Science Ambassador Scholarship for top undergraduates Please Share! Applications are open for a full-ride college scholarship for women interested in pursuing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Deadline is December 11th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cards Against Humanity Re-Opens Applications for Full Ride Scholarship CHICAGO, IL - Comedy card game Cards Against Humanity announced today that applications are now open for their Science Ambassador Scholarship, a full ride scholarship for women studying science, technology, engineering, or math. The recipient of the award will receive full tuition coverage for up to four years. The growing $950,000 scholarship trust is funded by sales of Cards Against Humanity’s “Science Pack,” co-authored with Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’s Zach Weinersmith and Bad Astronomy’s Phil Plait. The pack is available now for $10 at CardsAgainstHumanity.com. “I’m so excited that we’re able to offer another scholarship for a woman studying STEM. A lot of us at Cards Against Humanity have backgrounds in science and tech, and the underrepresentation of women in these fields is staggering,” said Jenn Bane, the Cards Against Humanity community director. “Ask a kid to draw a scientist, they’ll draw a man in a lab coat, because science and math are historically male-dominated fields. Cards Against Humanity has a large audience, so with the Science Ambassador Scholarship we hope to help change the public perception of what a scientist looks like.” The scholarship applications will be judged by a board of over sixty women who work professionally in science, including representatives from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as well as TED, NSF, Huxley, and Hubble fellows. College and high school students are both eligible. To apply, students should submit a three minute video explaining a scientific topic they’re passionate about. Board member Veronica Berns, postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Education at Northwestern University, said, “We’re accepting video applications because we want to raise visibility of women in science. Production value isn’t a factor in these videos. We’re looking for passionate, creative students who can break down a complicated scientific topic.” Last spring, the board awarded the scholarship to Sona Dadhania, a sophomore at University of Pennsylvania studying Materials Science and Engineering. “I was so shocked and unprepared to hear that I won,” said Sona, who submitted a video explaining nanotechnology. “When I first heard, I was walking back into my TA's office hours with a super big grin, and a couple of my friends noticed how excited I seemed, so I ended up blurting out what happened to everyone in the room. I hope that as Science Ambassador, I can inspire a passion and love for science in someone else.” Students can watch Sona’s winning video and apply at ScienceAmbassadorScholarship.org. The deadline is December 11th, 2016. ------------------ For press inquires, please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. To learn more and to apply, visit ScienceAmbassadorScholarship.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iara Lacher, PhD • Landscape Ecologist Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 1500 Remount Rd, Front Royal VA 22630 p: 540.635.0039 | email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>