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Line 1: {{short description|American scientific nonprofit organization}} {{Infobox | name = Society for Science | image = Line 9: | registration_id = | founded_date = 1921 <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = Line 18: | focus = | method = | revenue = $31.9 million <small>(2021)</small><ref name="Society for Science">[https://sspcdn.blob.core.windows.net/files/Documents/Society/Financials/2021/SocietyforScience_21_FS_Final.pdf "Society for Science"], Financial Report. | endowment = $101.3 million <small>(2021)</small><ref name="Society for Science">[https://sspcdn.blob.core.windows.net/files/Documents/Society/Financials/2021/SocietyforScience_21_FS_Final.pdf "Society for Science"], Financial Report. | num_volunteers = | num_employees = 100<ref>[https://www.societyforscience.org/people/staff/"], Society for Science. Accessed: September 13, 2023.</ref> | num_members =
| former name = Science Service | homepage = {{URL|https://www.societyforscience.org/}} Line 31 ⟶ 30: '''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 ''Science News Explores''. The organization is headquartered in the [[Dupont Circle]] neighborhood of [[Washington, D.C.]] Founded as Science Service in 1921, the Society for Science has been dedicated to expanding scientific literacy, access to STEM education and scientific research for more than 100 years.<ref name="SSP-History">{{cite web|url=https://www.societyforscience.org/mission-and-history |title=Mission & History |publisher=Society for Science. societyforscience.org |access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref> In pursuit of this goal, it publishes two magazines: ''Science News'' and ''Science News Explores'' (formerly ''Science News for Students''), and manages student science fair events including the [[International Science and Engineering Fair]], the [[Regeneron Science Talent Search]] (previously known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, the oldest and longest running science fair competition in the US), and the '''Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC)''' competition.<ref>[https://www.societyforscience.org/jic/ JIC], Society for Science.</ref> == 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 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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snexplores.org/|title=Science News Explores | News from all fields of science for readers of any age|date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> In 2008, Science Service was renamed as the Society for Science & the Public, in order to better reflect the mission of the organization to advocate for science in the public interest. 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 science competitions: *The ''' *The '''[[Regeneron Science Talent Search]]''' for US high school seniors, previously sponsored by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] and Intel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/|title=Science Talent Search|access-date=September 13, 2023|publisher=Society for Science}}</ref> *The '''Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge''' for US middle school students, previously known as the [[Broadcom MASTERS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge |url=https://www.societyforscience.org/jic/|publisher=Society for Science |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> Line 67 ⟶ 69: * [https://www.sciencenews.org/century Science News: Century of Science] {{Authority {{DEFAULTSORT:Society For Science}} [[Category:Society for Science & the Public| ]] | |||