7 April 2021
by: Andrea Korte The CASE workshop introduces undergraduate and graduate students in STEM to federal policymaking. | Anne Q. Hoy/AAAS The CASE workshop introduces undergraduate and graduate students in STEM to federal policymaking. | Anne Q. Hoy/AAAS
In the first installment in a two-part series, learn how AAAS serves undergraduates, graduate students and new Ph.D. holders – and how you can take part in AAAS programs to enhance your education or kick-start a career that draws upon your scientific expertise.
EXPLORING THE NEXUS OF SCIENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Since 2014, the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition has offered an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students in all fields to explore the connections between human rights and science, engineering and health – and to be recognized for their insights. The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Essay Competition honors outstanding analytical essays written by students on any topic at
PHOTO: MICHELLE M. MURPHY/NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
When Kelly Gilkey was in high school, she sent an email to astronaut Pamela Melroy, asking if it might be possible for a person with a hearing loss like Gilkey to become a NASA astronaut.
“Amazingly, she responded and said the sky was the limit,” Gilkey recalled. “If NASA could fly astronauts who needed glasses to see clearly, who was to say what might be possible some day?”
Gilkey got her first chance to work for NASA as a participant in Entry Point!, the American Association for the Advancement of Science s internship program for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities in science, engineering, mathematics, and computer science. As an Entry Point! intern, she worked at NASA Glenn Research Center and NASA contractor Wyle Laboratories.