WSAS Newsletter: Summer 2022
July 15, 2022 WSAS has published our Summer 2022 Newsletter – Pandemic Children, Skagit Water Resilience, Transportation, and more
New WSAS Officers and Board Members Elected
July 15, 2022Click Here to View this Press Release as a PDF: 2022 New Board Press ReleaseThe Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) is pleased to announce the results of its annual election. WSAS Members re-elected a Treasurer who will serve a second two-year term, and elected three new Directors who will serve three-year terms. The [...]
25 New Members Elected to WSAS
July 15, 2022 Click Here to View this Press Release as a PDF: 2022 New Member Press Release The Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) is pleased to announce 25 new members, recognizing their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available [...]
WSAS Newsletter: Spring 2022
May 26, 2022 WSAS has published our Spring 2022 Newsletter – Bigger Budget for Greater Service
WSAS Executive Director featured in weekly science podcast
Donna Gerardi Riordan, executive director of the Washington State Academy of Sciences, was featured on today’s episode of “When Science Speaks.” This weekly podcast, hosted by Mark Bayer, takes deep dives into communications, science policy, and career issues affecting everyone from graduate students to executives to senior scientists. This episode spotlights the role of science [...]
2020 AJAS Fellow Christine Ye wins top prize at 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search
Christine Ye, one of the 2020 Washington state delegates for the American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS), received the top prize at the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation's oldest and most prestigious research based science competition for high school seniors. Ye won first place and a $250,000 prize for her analysis of [...]
WSAS Newsletter: Winter 2022
February 18, 2022 WSAS has published our Winter 2022 Newsletter – Positioning for the Future
Program Finance Manager
WSAS is seeking applicants for a Program Finance Manager position. This is now a full-time position. The office is based in Seattle, but there is the option for remote work within the state of Washington. The full job posting and instructions for applying can be found here. The Program Finance Manager is responsible for managing [...]
Notice of Public Meeting – January 25, 2022
Notice of Public Meeting The Washington State Academy of Sciences will host a presentation about the project on Net Ecological Gain on January 25, 2022, from 10am-11am Pacific Time. All participants must register in advance for this meeting at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tfu6grTMqE9OMHtn4UcJH8FZjaKVnJA0W The presentation will include context from the Washington Department of Fish and [...]
WSAS Member David Baker receives the Breakthrough of the Year Award
WSAS Member, Dr. David Baker, and his team at the UW Institute for Protein Design received the Breakthrough of the Year Award from Science Magazine. They were recognized, alongside British AI Company DeepMind Technologies, for their work on selected artificial intelligence algorithms that predict the three-dimensional shapes of proteins and revealed thousands of protein structures. [...]