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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 6d

We will highlight these amazing research teams in our upcoming newsletter. If you're interested, you can subscribe on our website and read past monthly reviews!

We're proud of these young scientists! 🎉🧑🏾‍🔬🏆

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 6d

This prize is presented by Rise Up to one group of students at each school in our Life as a Scientist program. The prize is named in honor of Dr. Arnold Caplan, who was a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a world renowned scientist in regenerative medicine.

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Caplan Research Award for excellence in student scientific research!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 20d

Help us to congratulate these students on their amazing accomplishments over the past year! Their curiosity, determination, and teamwork made this possible, and we couldn’t be prouder. ☺️

Stay tuned- next week we’ll be highlighting the two research groups that won this year’s Caplan Research Award!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 20d

🏆✍️🥳 Awards, authorship, and more celebrations!! 🏆✍️🥳

We celebrated with another cohort of newly published authors at Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 22d

You can read their work in the Journal of Young Scientists for FREE on our website.

Check out these published scientists! 🎉 🥳 🎊

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 22d

A huge congratulations to another group of published authors from our Life as a Scientist program! We joined students, teachers, and parents this morning at Lincoln-West School of Science and Health in Cleveland Metropolitan School District to recognize and celebrate this remarkable accomplishment.

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations, Juan! 🎉

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 27d

Juan has been involved with Rise Up since the very beginning, and we are deeply grateful for his impact on our organization. Outside of the classroom and his work at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Juan enjoys reading, fishing, gardening, biking, camping, and spending time with his two cats.

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 27d

This honor celebrates a volunteer who consistently builds meaningful connections with students in our Life as a Scientist program. The award was created in honor of Janel Callon, co-founder and CEO of the Ichigo Foundation, which works to expand college access and success for students.

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 27d

As a small nonprofit, we rely on the generosity and dedication of scientists who volunteer their time to support the students we serve.

Today, we are thrilled to recognize Juan Jeffrey as the 2025 recipient of the Janel Callon Outreach Award!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 29d

Check it out:

www.riseupnortheastohio.org/journal

Congratulations to all of these newly published scientists! ✍️👩‍🏫

The Journal of Young Scientists — Rise Up: Northeast Ohio

The Journal of Young Scientists (Joys) is a nonprofit, open-access scientific journal for advances in biomedical science made by high school students in Northeast Ohio public schools.

www.riseupnortheastohio.org

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · 29d

🚨It's here🚨

You can now read the 2025 edition of the Journal of Young Scientists for FREE on our website! Enjoy editorials from our Rise Up team and collaborators, 24 student research papers, Scholar spotlights, and more!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Aug 26

Students in our Life as a Scientist program spent the 2024–25 school year developing experiment ideas, pitching them in grant form, carrying out their projects in groups, and presenting results at our symposium. Now, they’ll soon become published authors!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Aug 26

We’re so excited to share the 2025 Journal of Young Scientists with you later this month! You can read the journal for FREE on our website starting September 9th. Stay tuned to our social media for early access!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Aug 15

The STEM Action Grants program supports mission-driven nonprofit organizations working to expand opportunities for their local communities to engage and participate in STEM. Funds from this grant will help us continue our work in
Cleveland!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Aug 15

We’re excited to be awarded a STEM Action Grant from Society for Science! 🎉🥳🎊

Society for Science awards $275,000 to 57 organizations rooted in cultivating scientific curiosity and community impact

Society for Science, a national leader in science education and STEM literacy, today announced $275,000 in grants to 57 high-impact organizations

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you to the host scientists and PIs who opened their labs and invested in the next generation of researchers. Your mentorship makes all the difference!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 29

From running Western blots and PCR for genotyping to performing dissections and assisting with ongoing research projects, they gained hands-on experience that will shape their future in STEM. 🔬🧬🧪

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 29

🎉 Help us congratulate our second group of Rise Up Scholars this summer! 🎉

These incredible students spent their summer internships at Case Western Reserve University, working side-by-side with research scientists.

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 18

Throughout the month of July, we worked with rising 1st through 5th graders in a hands-on classroom setting designed to spark early interest in science.

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 18

We were thrilled to welcome over 400 curious and enthusiastic young students to our summer sessions at Archbishop Lyke School in Cleveland, hosted in partnership with Open Doors Academy!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 8

These accomplished young women continue to make their make on the world!

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 8

Frambelys, Janiya, and Zoey have all complete our Life as a Scientist program with authorship in the 2024 and 2025 editions of the Journal of Young Scientists. Their research projects have explored various topics like CBD, compost, bioluminescent plants, caffeine and sleep deprivation.

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Rise Up: Northeast Ohio @riseupneo.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our second set of amazing Rise Up Scholars have begun their internships at Case Western Reserve University!

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