ALUMNI
Each of our competitions lasts only a brief period, but their impact lasts a lifetime — and so can your involvement with Society for Science. We are proud to offer a robust slate of resources and events to our impressive alumni community, including local networking meet-ups, Q&As with STEM luminaries, our online alumni network, and opportunities for mentorship and volunteering.
Alumni Network
Join the Society for Science Alumni Network!
Our network gives alumni the chance to connect with peers, post photos and updates, share or search for job and research opportunities, forge mentor-mentee relationships, and learn more about Society programs and initiatives. Alumni ages fourteen and older may sign up for the network using a preexisting LinkedIn, Google, or email account. All alumni using the network are advised to follow the Code of Conduct.
We also invite all Society alumni to join our LinkedIn group.
Alumni Events
Society for Science alumni events offer unique opportunities for past competition participants to connect, collaborate, and engage with fellow alumni, leading scientists, and industry leaders. Each year, we offer two Signature Events for our alumni community and friends of the Society, featuring prominent speakers in STEM fields. Additionally, regional alumni events are held regularly. Watch this space for information about upcoming alumni events.
Alumni Archives
Society for Science maintains a repository of information about past years of the International Science and Engineering Fair, Science Talent Search, and our middle school competitions. Our expansive archive chronicles over eighty years of our world-class science competitions. Visit these pages for names of finalists, lists of award recipients, press releases, photos and videos of programming, and more.
Notable Alumni & Alumni Honors
Society for Science maintains a directory of our notable alumni, with profiles organized by accolades, industry, and decade of participation in a Society competition. These profiles offer brief biographical sketches into the lives and work of some very impressive people, alongside photos from the Society’s archive, links to media coverage, and video from Society events.
Society alumni have won a range of prestigious awards, including the Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, National Medal of Science, Enrico Fermi Award, MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Breakthrough Prize, and Sloan Research Fellowship. Browse our list of award-winning alums here.
National Leadership Council
The National Leadership Council (NLC) is a diverse body of alumni leaders from the Society’s competitions. The NLC works to promote the Society’s goals, build alumni engagement with the Society, and advise on the goals, vision, and programs of the organization.
White House Photo Gallery
Visit the Society's White House Photo Gallery for photos of finalists dating back to 1942.
President Harry Truman meets with STS finalists in the Oval Office in 1947. The top winner that year, Martin Karplus (second row, fourth from right), later became a member of the Society’s Honorary Board and won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2013.
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson address the 1961 STS finalists in the White House Rose Garden. Finalist Mary Sue Coleman (front row, left) went on to become president of the University of Michigan and chairwoman of the Society’s Board of Trustees.
2012 STS finalists pose for a photo with President Barack Obama at the White House. During their visit to Washington, D.C., the students also met with members of Congress from their home states.
Contact
Tzeitel Fetter
Director of Alumni Relations