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Catalyzing scientific communication and collaboration for research, education, and evidence-based public engagement.
The Kentucky Academy of Science is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1914.
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What a week it's been for KAS!
📄November Newsletter: www.kyscience.org/v_newsletter...
💻KAS and KY NSF EPSCoR at a panel for KY Workforce Innovation Board
🔬 KSTA presentation on Sharing Your Science: www.kyscience.org/sharing_your...
and scientist interviews on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Check out our Sharing Your Science piece Can Coal Ash be a Source of Rare Earth Metals? featuring work by the UK Center for Applied Energy Research
📄Read the write up:
www.kyscience.org/sharing_your...
📺 Watch the interview:
youtu.be/aDJFR7rbWt4?...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Register today for the #KASMeeting2025 and check Yes! you're attending our first-ever KAS Lab Crawl. It's sure to be a can't miss moment!
kyscience.org/registration...
November 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Join us at our 2025 Annual Meeting for a fascinating Keynote Address featuring Dr. Joel Brown a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago. Register at the link below to save your spot!
kyscience.org/registration....
#KASMeeting2025
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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We're excited to post our next Sharing Your Science feature, Preventing Muscle Atrophy.
📄Check out the write up by Dr. Wilson Gonzalez-Espada: www.kyscience.org/sharing_your...
📺 Don't miss our interview with the scientist on YouTube: youtu.be/WEwQurZtHXs?...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Packed with Annual Meeting meeting, Education, Policy, and Funding information and So. Much. More.
Check out our newest newsletter at kyscience.org/v_newsletter...
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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The Science Policy committee meets TOMORROW, October 8 at 12:30pm ET on Zoom. All are welcome! Email Science Policy Specialist Austin McMasters (policy@kyscience.org) for the zoom link or more information.
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your abstract for the #KASMeeting2025 at the University of Louisville! Check out details and submit your work at kyscience.org/registration....
October 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Check out all the details about #KASMeeting2025 at www.kyscience.org/annual_meeti... and submit your abstract by October 13!
September 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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We're excited to share the first of our Sharing Your Science stories, Bad News for Cockroach Haters.

📄Check out the write up: www.kyscience.org/sharing_your...

📺 Don't miss our interview with the scientists on YouTube: youtu.be/3T_rHex27p4
Like and Subscribe while you're at our channel!
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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📣Job Opening Alert!
KAS is looking for our next Science Policy Specialist. We have been gaining some good momentum with our Kentucky science policy work and we are looking forward to keeping it going! Please send us a cover letter and CV to executivedirector@kyscience.org by July 16.
July 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Mark your calendars! 🗓
Plans are underway for this to be one of our best annual meetings yet!
#KASMeeting2025 @universityoflouisville
#STEM #kyscience
June 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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We have so much to share this summer - don't miss it!
Like and follow the Kentucky Academy of Science on all of our platforms:
Facebook: Kentucky Academy of Science
Instagram: @kentuckyscience
LinkedIn: Kentucky Academy of Science
BlueSky: kyscientists
YouTube: Kentucky Academy of Science Channel
June 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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We are excited to welcome long-time KAS Member Wilson Gonzalez-Espada as a summer intern to our Science Communications team!

Head to our Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn to read Wilson's full bio!
June 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Check out the Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club initiative called The McClintock Letters and the Science Communication Workshop scheduled for tomorrow, 5/21!
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The McClintock Letters – Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club
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May 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Join us next Monday for a virtual undergraduate student panel targeted to STEM-interested high schoolers. Please share with Dual Credit and high school students in your area!

Register at: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Our latest newsletter is packed with exciting updates from the Kentucky Academy of Science: upcoming events, research opportunities, summer camp scholarships and more! 💡🔬
Check out the full edition now! 🌱
www.kyscience.org/v_newsl.../n...
#STEM #ScienceInKentucky #KAS #ResearchOpportunities
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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🚨You don't want to miss this!
Join us this Friday, March 28 for an *online* podcast training with Dave Robinson, host Bench Talk: The Week in Science - Radio Show.
No experience necessary! Join from anywhere!
Register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Join the Kentucky Organization of Field Stations and the Kentucky Society for Natural History for their annual conference co-hosted by NKU and Thomas More University Field Stations on 3/28-29. See the flyer for more info!
Register at www.jotform.com/243254635965....
March 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Do you wish more people understood what scientists really do? Would you like to share YOUR science with a wider audience?
Join us Friday, March 28 for an online podcast training with Dave Robinson, host of Bench Talk: The Week in Science - Radio Show.
Register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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3/14 It's pi day!
Without cheating....how many digits of pi can you recite? Post your attempt in the comments!
March 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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POLICY ALERT: bills we're watching like slides under a microscope 🔬
Read the KAS stance on each of these bills and pick up the phone to call YOUR Senators and Representatives.
☎️📲 1-800-372-7181.
Don't wait! The final day of the General Assembly's regular session is FRIDAY!
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Check out our March newsletter - packed with recaps from our Policy and Junior Academy groups, education and funding opportunities, and so much more!
Not subscribed? Check it out at www.kyscience.org/v_newsl.../n....
March 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Join our Policy Committee tomorrow at 12:30 pm ET on Zoom. It's a big week in the KY General Assembly so you don't want to miss this chance for updates and more!
Save the date for another Policy meeting on 3/26!
Check out our Daily Legislative Update: www.kyscience.org/daily_legisl...
March 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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🗓 SAVE THE DATES!
Thursday, March 6: Posters at the Capitol - we'll be there!
Friday, March 7: Stand Up for Science
Don't miss these opportunities to speak with our representatives about the importance and impact of science in the Commonwealth!
#ResearchInKY #STEMCommunity #ScienceInKentucky #STEM
February 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM