It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Phyllis Katz on January 24th, 2025. She was a dedicated science educator who made great contributions to the Informal Science Education community.

If you would like to propose a virtual event in the coming months, the quarterly deadlines are January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. You can complete an application through the NARST website. Please note that you will be required to login to your member account to complete the submission.

NARST is pleased to announced the creation of two new Research Interest Groups: Research in Artificial Intelligence-Involved Science Education (RAISE), and Asian and Pacific Islander Science Education Research (APISER). For more information, please refer to the full announcement.

Dear NARST community: We are saddened to share that Emeritus Professor Peter Fensham passed away recently. An article about Peter was written by Dick Gunstone for a Special Issue of Cultural Studies of Science Education. It does a wonderful job of sharing wonderful memories of Peter and the work that he did. He will be sorely missed.

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It is with a heavy heart that we write to you with the sad news of the passing of NARST past president Norman G. Lederman. Norm passed on the morning of February 26, 2021 after a brief and unexpected illness.