UNCShadowAScientist

We had a great visit with 29 students from TMSA! Thank you to our science ambassadors, the teachers, and our sponsor, Rosetta Commons, for making this visit possible!

We had a great visit with 21 students from Durham Tech Community College today! Thank you to our scientist ambassadors, our Sponsor, Rosetta Commons, and Brenz pizza for generously gifting food for our event! @RosettaCommons @BrenzChapelHill

We had an amazing visit with the Honors Biology Class from Asheboro High School last Friday, December 13th! Thank you to the Asheboro High School Biology Teacher, Wendy Graham, and Vice Principal, Brittany Roberts. Also, a big thank you to all of our great ambassadors!

@hooker_alison @eastsurryhs Thank you for visiting with us!

East Surry Students thoroughly enjoyed their time at the Shadow a Scientist Program today at UNC Chapel Hill! We enjoyed our time collaborating with their Graduate Researchers and even won some door prizes! #STEM #ScienceEducation @eastsurryhs @Shadow_UNC

Meet Margaret Dedloff, a student in the @UNC_Micro_Imm department!! 😊@UNCBBSP #shadowascientist

This week we are highlighting Rachel Sharp! Rachel is a bioinformatician in Dr. Mike Love’s lab at UNC. She is also highly involved as a leader in multiple student led groups on campus. Check out her video to learn about pursuing a career in scientific communication! @RRSharp122

We had a great visit with Roxboro Community School last Wednesday! Students shadowed two scientists in their labs, had lunch with scientists, and saw two Path in Science Presentations. Thank you ambassadors, UNC administrators, Roxboro teachers, students, & our exec team!

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This week we are featuring Rafia Virk! Rafia is a 2nd year PhD student in the Nutrition Department. Rafia is in the Shaikh Lab at UNC and is also our Volunteer Coordinator. Checkout her video below (part 1/2) to see methods she uses to study nutritional biochemistry!

Congratulations to our PhDs, Odessa & Hannah! As co-founders and long-term leaders of SAS, we are so grateful for all of your contributions. Leading & running SAS during your PhD in addition to completing your research exemplifies your values for sharing science with students.

We had a fantastic time hosting students from Panther Creek High School last Friday! Thank you students, ambassadors, & the exec team for making this all possible!

Sign-up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… All UNC scientists are welcome!

Sign-up NOW to volunteer for our next in-person event!! We are especially in need of volunteers for the morning shadowing session. Each volunteer will be paired with ~3 high school students for a 2hr shadowing session. See thread for the sign-up link!

Amrita Nallathambi served as a science ambassador w/ @Shadow_UNC She is a 2nd yr PhD student & Kuhlman lab member in #BCBP & a trainee in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program. #STEM #mentoring go.unc.edu/Wm37G

Next, Aliyah discusses how she will apply her research in her community. (2/2)

This week we are featuring Aliyah Griffith! Aliyah is a 3rd year PhD student in the Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences Department. Aliyah is in the Castillo lab at UNC and studies coral reef management. Checkout her video below! (1/2) @cnidariannerd @UNCResearch

During the visit, students had two shadowing sessions with scientists, chatted with scientists during lunch, and heard an interactive "Path in Science" Presentation by JP Flores @jpflores_31.

Here is a recap of our December shadowing visit with students from Duplin County! Shoutout to the students for their enthusiasm and engagement, and big thank you to our ambassadors who made this day possible.