We at WCS wish you and your family and friends an enjoyable season and a Happy New Year!
Whales and Windfarms
WCS scientist Howard Rosenbaum is featured in this report on how the development of massive wind farms in the New York Bight—a stretch of seascape running from Cape May, NJ to Montauk, Long Island—might affect marine life. Read more and listen to radio report HERE.
Kwasi Boadi-Boateng first started working at WCS as an Associate at the Bronx Zoo Admissions Department in 2013. In 2017, he was promoted to a Team Leader and in 2018, he became a Temporary Supervisor. In October of 2018, Kwasi was promoted into the full-time role of Unit Manager for the Admissions Department at the Central Park Zoo where he is responsible for hiring and supervising a team of Associates. We're so excited for Kwasi and can't wait to see him continue to succeed in his role.
WCS Youth J.I.V.E (Job, Internship, and Volunteering, Expo)
Event for all youth! Join us for the Job, Internship, and Volunteering Expo (J.I.V.E) at the Bronx Zoo to learn more about the many jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities for youth at the WCS NYC zoos and aquarium! At J.I.V.E, you will meet zoo staff and hiring managers. You can also chose to attend professional development workshops and learn valuable skills. Registration Required.
Join us at our first College Fair to explore the STEM programs and opportunities that some of New York’s amazing schools have to offer. During this event we’ll also dive into the application process, financial aid, scholarships, and other resources to support you through this next step in your academic lives.
Get into the holiday spirit with fun for the whole family! Christmas in the Garden returns to Queens Botanical Garden with live musical performances, photos with Santa (fee required), tree lighting, holiday crafts, face painting (fee required), and blowout sales at QBG Shop!
Artlab is a free workshop program that connects teens ages 13-18yrs old with the Museum's Artists-in-Residence. Join Artist-in-Residence Heechan Kim and explore Hempcrete, a new sustainable building material created with hemp! Participants will create a pencil holder out of Hempcrete.
Friday, December 13, 2019
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
RSVP required
Join NYC Audubon, Urban Park Rangers, and the Central Park Conservancy for this large-scale bio blitz as we count birds in every section of Central Park.
This annual event began in 1900 as a conservation effort to protect wild birds. To this day, it continues throughout the country each year.
Passionate about wildlife and conservation? Interested in marine biology? Enjoy working and volunteering in your community to make it a better place? Care deeply about making meaningful contributions to important causes? If you answered yes to these questions, we are looking for you to become an advocate for wildlife and the environment!
This is a academic opportunity for high school juniors. LEDA hosts their students for a completely free seven-week Summer Institute on the campus of Princeton University where they receive academic preparation, leadership development, SAT/ACT prep, and intensive college guidance counseling.
A free STEM program available to students enrolled in a NYC high school (9th-12th grade). Taught by Cooper Union undergraduates and graduate students, students learn engineering design and rapid prototyping skills, including 3D drawing and printing, laser cutting, fabrication with hand tools, and programming microcontrollers.
This is a unpaid after-school and summer science research experience for high school students. This program aims to jumpstart the development of research skills and exposure to laboratory culture through small-group training and an immersive mentored research experience.
Across the globe, youth voices are demanding action on climate. Climate Speaks presents an opportunity for you to join in and use your voice to make a difference. Climate Speaks is FREE and open to all high school students living in the New York City metropolitan area.
Recess is an unpaid week long, intensive internship program at the Museum of Arts and Design. As a Recess Intern, you will learn about art and art history with other teens from around New York City, go behind the scenes to develop your own tours, learn a bit about how museums work, and conduct peer-to-peer tours at MAD.
The WiTNY Career Readiness Program (CaRe) is a 6-week workshop series for CUNY undergrads. Participants will receive hands-on guidance in furthering their career in tech and gain exposure to industry professionals.
CUNY Tutor Corps is searching for STEM majors who maintain a 3.0 GPA or better to serve as tutors in NYC public middle and high school math and computer science classes. This is apaid position for full time CUNY undergrads and graduates.
Early Learning Educators present outreach programs in Preschool and Daycare centers, focusing on Universal Pre-kindergarten classes. These educators also present programming in the Children’s Library Discovery Center for families with young children.
Girls Who Code is seeking full time seasonal enthusiastic computer science instructors for our 2020 Summer Immersion Program. The curriculum is designed to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue academics and careers in the technology and engineering sectors, as well as build bravery and confidence.
Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
This is a paid summer research fellowship for college sophomores and juniors. The program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduates to conduct laboratory research and work with scientists in a broad range of sciences.
This is an unpaid internship at El Museo del Barrio. Each spring, summer, and fall El Museo del Barrio offers internship opportunities to promising undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates and career changers who are considering careers in the arts, education, non-profits and museum professions.
This is an unpaid internship at the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. The GCC Environmental Education Intern will assist with the Urban Ecology Program for schools. Interns will work with small groups of K-5 students from April – June.
Ecology Education Program Lead | Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies
This is a full-time position for a talented educator to bring cutting edge ecology to K-12 students and educators and help advance the field of ecology education. This is a full-time, ongoing position for someone with a degree in one of the natural sciences, or in education (advanced degree preferred), starting no later than April 2020. The Institute’s education programs
CUNY Tutor Corps is searching for STEM majors who maintain a 3.0 GPA or better to serve as tutors in NYC public middle and high school math and computer science classes. This is apaid position for full time CUNY undergrads and graduates.
Extended Day Group Leader, South Bronx Early College Academy
This part-time paid position. WHEDco is looking for a group leader to join our team at the extended day program at the South Bronx Early College Academy. The group leader will co-supervise a group of middle school students as they participate in academic and enrichment after school program activities.
