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Line 1: {{short description|American scientific nonprofit organization}} {{Infobox | name = Society for Science | image = Line 6: | founder = {{ubl|[[Edward W. Scripps]]|[[William Emerson Ritter]]}} | type = [[501(c)(3)]] [[Non-profit organization|Non-profit]] | tax_id = 53-0196483<ref>[ | registration_id = | founded_date = 1921 <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = | key_people = {{ubl|[[Maya Ajmera]] (President & CEO)|[[Mary Sue Coleman]] (Chair of the Board)}} | area_served = | products = ''[[Science News]]''<br />''[https:// | services = | focus = | method = | revenue = $ | endowment = $ | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members =
| former name = Science Service | homepage = {{URL| | footnotes = }} '''Society for Science''', formerly known as '''Science Service''' and later '''Society for Science and the Public''', is a [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] [[non-profit organization]] dedicated to the promotion of science, through its [[science education]] programs and [[science communication|publications]], including the bi-weekly ''[[Science News]]'' magazine and The organization == History == ===20th century=== [[File:Emma Reh (1896-1982).jpg Society for Science was founded in 1921 by journalist [[Edward W. Scripps]] and zoologist [[William Emerson Ritter]], under the name "Science Service", with the goal of informing the public of the latest scientific discoveries and achievements.<ref name="Tobey">Tobey, Ronald C. (1971). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QTpaQgQVj9AC&pg=PA66 The American Ideology of National Science, 1919-1930]''. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. {{ISBN|9780822975946}}. pp. 66-70.</ref><ref name="SSP-History"/> The Science Service emerged from a reorganization of a group that Scripps and Ritter had originally founded in 1919 as the American Society for the Dissemination of Science.<ref name="Tobey"/> Line 40: Scripps and Ritter accomplished their goal by distributing the latest science research to the public through a news service for reporters. In 1922, due to interest from non-journalists, Science Service started distributing ''[[Science News-Letter]]'', which became a magazine in 1926. It quickly became a prime source of science news for libraries, schools, and individuals. In 1942, Science Service launched the first of its prestigious education competitions, the [[Westinghouse Science Talent Search]]. Between In 2008, Science Service was renamed as the Society for Science & the Public (SSP), in order to better reflect the mission of the organization to advocate for science in the public interest.<ref name=":0" />▼ ▲Between the World Wars, Science Service sponsored [[Science Clubs of America]], founded by [[Watson Davis]]. It was a national organization to popularize science among amateur scientists. High school science clubs were encouraged to join.<ref>{{cite journal|title=News and Views: Science Clubs of America|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |date=15 November 1941|volume=148|issue=3759|page=590|doi=10.1038/148590a0|doi-access=free}}</ref> From 1940 through 1989, Science Service sponsored the [[Things of Science]] Club. Subscribers received a monthly box containing some kind or material or artifact, along with an pamphlet describing experiments that could be done with it. Sometimes the kits contained parts that could be assembled into a scientific instrument.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1hwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4985,4298460&dq=things-of-science&hl=en|title=Thing-of-the-Month Club will provide remarkable objects|last=Othman|first=Frederick C.|date=October 7, 1947|work=San Jose Evening News|access-date=1 November 2013}}</ref> ===21st century=== Beginning in 2003, it published ''Science News for Kids'', an online magazine aimed at students, teachers and parents. This became ''Science News for Students''. In 2022, with the publication of a new magazine of the same name, SNS was rebranded as ''Science News Explores''.<ref> ▲In 2008, Science Service was renamed as the Society for Science & the Public In 2021, the organization announced it had shortened its name from Society for Science & the Public to Society for Science.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-06|title=Society for Science & the Public Shortens Name to Society for Science {{!}} Society for Science|url=https://www.societyforscience.org/press-release/society-for-science-the-public-shortens-name/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Society for Science {{!}}|language=en-US}}</ref> == See also == The Society for Science administers three *The *The '''[[Regeneron Science Talent Search]]''' for US high school seniors, previously sponsored by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] and *The ==References== Line 59 ⟶ 61: ==External links== * [https://centennial.societyforscience.org/ Society for Science: 100 Years of Impact] * [http://www.sciencenews.org/ Science News] * [https://www.snexplores.org/ Science News Explores] * [http://www.societyforscience.org Science Service, now Society for Science]. * [https:// * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/sets/72157624349863362/ Selected images from Science Service files] at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] Archives * [https://www.sciencenews.org/century Science News: Century of Science] {{Authority ▲{{Authority Control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Society For Science}} [[Category:Society for Science & the Public| ]] | |||