Author name: Aleksandra Kuznetsova

FEMMES is an organization at the University of Michigan targeting middle school aged girls for early science intervention. The organization hosts a capstone event each semester where young girls are bused in from several school districts all over Southeast Michigan to spend a Saturday visiting different science and math based activities. I have volunteered for […]

I became involved with the Science Communication Fellows program at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History in the fall of the 2017. The program helped me develop and prototype demonstrations and activities about star formation, which I now present at a variety of UMMNH “Scientist Spotlight” events aimed at local families. I’ve also

  I am the co-founder of Astronomy on Tap Ann Arbor, a small chapter of a larger nationwide organization. Astronomy on Tap is an event open to public, setting science talks in a more laid back atmosphere. The talks are usually given by UM astronomers and space scientists, accompanied by trivia, raffles, and Q&A with