AAAS congratulates the 43rd class of AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows!
North Carolina State University, Fiber and Polymer Science
Assignment: LA Times
Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
University of California, Berkeley, Chemistry
Assignment: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sponsor: American Chemical Society
Universidad del Turabo, Environmental Science
Assignment: Univisión
Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
MIT, Media Lab (MAS)/ Material Science
Assignment: NOVA
Sponsor: IEEE-USA
University of Colorado, Boulder, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Assignment: PBS NewsHour
Sponsor: AAAS and individual donors
Carnegie Mellon, Computer Science
Assignment: Scientific American
Jeremy Frieling
University of South Florida/Moffitt Cancer Center, Cancer Biology
Assignment: Raleigh News & Observer
Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Science
Assignment: Smithsonian
Sponsor: AAAS and individual donors
UC Davis, Molecular Bio
Assignment: Washington Post
Sponsor: American Society of Plant Biologists
University of Iowa, Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research
Assignment: CNN Español
Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
UC San Diego, Neurosciences
Assignment: National Public Radio
Sponsor: AAAS and individual donors
Vanderbilt University, Biochemistry
Assignment: Univision Salud
Sponsor: Univision, AAAS, and individual donors
McGill University, Natural Resource Sciences
Assignment: KQED Science
Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
Richard Gilder Graduate School/American Museum of Natural History, Comparative Biology
Assignment: National Geographic
Sponsor: American Geophysical Union
Vanderbilt University, Physics and Astronomy
Assignment: Discover
Sponsor: American Physical Society
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Applied Math
Assignment: Slate
Sponsor: American Statistical Association
Boston University, Mathematics
Assignment: Voice of America
Sponsor: American Mathematical Society
UC Santa Barbara, Mechanical Engineering
Assignment: WIRED
Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
Northwestern University, Environmental Engineering
Assignment: Sacramento Bee
Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
2017 AAAS Pitts Family Minority Science Writer Internship Program
We also extend our congratulations to the winners of the 2017 AAAS Minority Science Writer Internship Program!
Zahra Ahmad
Central Michigan University
Journalism, News Editorial, Biology Minor
Assignment: Science magazine
Kai Sinclair
Howard University
Journalism and Chemistry
Assignment: Science magazine
We also would like to thank the internship's sole sponsor the Pitts Family Foundation.