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Ukrainian Brain Bee

November 20, 2021

Source: Ukrainian Brain Bee/Facebook. In the Fall of 2019, the Medicine and Biology Section of the Shevchenko Scientific Society gave a $2,000 grant to the Ukrainian Brain Bee (UBB), a neuroscience competition for high school students. The grant supported grassroots efforts of Ukrainian neuroscientists who volunteered ... Continue reading

Member of the Month: Laada Bilaniuk

November 20, 2021

Hometown: Seattle, WA Current Position: Professor of Anthropology, the University of Washington, Seattle Professional Interests: linguistic anthropology, language politics, popular culture, identity and nation-building in Ukraine Why did you decide to join the Shevchenko Scientific Society? The activities of the Shevchenko Scientific Society were frequently discussed in my home when ... Continue reading

Nominating Committee Announcement

November 15, 2021

The Shevchenko Scientific Society in the USA will hold a general election for the presidency and board of the organization. After several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the General Meeting will take place in person at the Society’s headquarters in New York City on December 18, 2021. All members ... Continue reading

Letter from the President

October 28, 2021

To: Full and Corresponding Members of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US Dear Colleagues, It was with great disappointment that I read the letter circulated privately by Shevchenko Scientific Society member Bohdan Vitvitsky, full of accusations leveled against me personally and innuendo about academic projects central to our Society’s ... Continue reading

Archival Research on Ukrainian Artists in Germany and the USA

October 26, 2021

As a doctoral student at the Faculty of Culture and Arts of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, I am preparing a comparative study on post-war Ukrainian diasporan art in Germany and North America, based on examples of the works of three artists – Sviatoslav Hordynsky (1906-1993), Edward Kozak (EKO) ... Continue reading

Member of the Month: Katya Vasilaky

October 15, 2021

Hometown: San Luis Obispo, CA Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Orfalea College of Business, California Polytechnic State University; Research Affiliate at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University Professional Interests: experimental and development economics, regularization methods (ridge regression/tikhanov) and the inverse problem that address ... Continue reading

30 Years of Independence: Our Members Reflect

August 24, 2021

On behalf of the Board of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S., I extend my sincere greetings on the occasion of Ukrainian Independence Day—year 30 of this latest iteration of Ukrainian statehood, conferred on August 24, 1991. As we know, these have been difficult times for Ukraine. It is ... Continue reading

Letter from the President

Halyna Hryn photo

July 16, 2021

In every crisis lies an opportunity, the saying goes, and as we leave behind the dark days of the COVID pandemic, we can take measure of our Society’s accomplishments and look with confidence to the future. Ever since I first joined the Society, I have understood its potential as a ... Continue reading

The Society Welcomes New Members to Its Team

June 27, 2021

We are delighted to welcome new members to the Shevchenko Scientific Society team. Dr. Markian Dobczansky has accepted the position of administrative associate of the Society. Among his many responsibilities, he will provide English-language administrative, editorial, membership, and communications support. This position, a first for the Society, is long overdue, ... Continue reading