The Next Civic Science Fellows

The fourth cohort of the Civic Science Fellows program launches in September, and the 2026–28 host partners are now accepting…
Rebecca Seal: Uncovering How Pain Signals Travel Through the Nervous System

Rebecca Seal was majoring in chemistry and psychology at the University of Oregon and planning to go to medical school…
Sreekanth Chalasani: Novel Breakthroughs for the Complex Brain

2012 Rita Allen Scholar Sreekanth Chalasani first became interested in science as a child growing up…

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