Advancing STEM Equity and Opportunity

The New York Hall of Science 2022 Annual Report

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Our collective future is dependent upon nurturing learners, leaders, and critical thinkers.

From my vantage point, our future looks bright. Here at NYSCI we’ve learned a great deal about how to be resilient in the face of tremendous challenges. On October 15, 2022 the science center reopened following the devastation of Hurricane Ida. Many of you reading this report helped us to recover, and we are grateful for your steadfast support and advocacy.

One of the accomplishments that we are proudest of is that our campus is now home to a new STEM-themed preschool — an unprecedented collaboration between NYSCI and New York City. The school’s classrooms look out over our magnificent rocket park and the authentic NASA Atlas and Titan rockets from the early days of the space program. But what’s most exciting is not just what the kids get to see — it’s what they get to do. Every child in the school is beginning on their STEM journey. STEM is an integral part of the school’s curriculum, and every single family that attends the school gets a free family membership to NYSCI.

Through our Partners in STEM Equity initiative, we are translating this opportunity into further action. We were proud to attend the White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence in December 2022, and to join ninety other organizations who have come together to form the STEMM Opportunity Alliance. Over the next decade, NYSCI is redoubling its commitment to creating programs and opportunities that democratize access to high-quality, ambitious STEM learning experiences and opportunities for young people. Read more to find out how.

Margaret Honey

President and CEO

DesignMakePlay

NYSCI’s exhibitions and programs are created to support all learners in using the tools of science and engineering in creative, joyful, and inventive ways... enabling everyone to become a confident and empowered STEM learner.

GRAND REOPENING

NYSCI reopens with three new exhibitions and a rocket launch

On October 15, 2022, NYSCI reopened the doors, welcoming back New Yorkers of all ages to return to playful, engaging science experiences, including three new exhibitions — Powering the City, Human Plus, and Small Discoveries. The reopening was free to the public, offering access to new and enhanced exhibits, hands-on STEM activities, community performances, and live science demos. NASA Astronaut Dr. Jeanette J. Epps joined local, state, and federal elected officials to welcome more than 2,700 visitors and reopen our doors.

"We’re going to do a reopening the NYSCI way, with a rocket launch!"

Partners in STEM Equity

From Pre-K to college and beyond, NYSCI is creating a trajectory of STEM learning experiences to develop diverse pathways of opportunity for the problem solvers of tomorrow!

A National Model for Early Childhood STEM Learning

Opening the Mosaic Pre-K Center (P.S.369Q) on our campus is a unique opportunity to engage and inspire our littlest learners through a suite of experiences, curricula, and science coaching that will inform early childhood learning across the nation. Through this unique City-Museum partnership, NYSCI educators are working with the school’s leadership and faculty to ensure that science is an integral part of the curriculum. With the science center a few steps away, NYSCI is a permanent resource for the school, and teachers are using NYSCI as a routine part of the children’s learning experiences.

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Ambitious K-8 STEM Learning

We are providing multiple pathways for elementary and middle grades students to build STEM knowledge and develop new skills. By inviting learners to explore science concepts in ways that are meaningful to them — leveraging their unique set of background, abilities, and life experiences — we aim to spark their curiosity and strengthen their confidence and interest in STEM topics. A new drop-off after school program for children from our local neighborhood will offer sustained opportunities to engage in creative STEM learning and explore future professional STEM career pathways. Our vision is to instill a passion for STEM learning that empowers everyone as confident creative thinkers and cultivates the next generation of innovators that will improve our world.

Youth and Career Development

For over 35 years, NYSCI has been committed to empowering youth to pursue academic and career pathways in STEM. Our programs provide equitable opportunities for high school and college-aged students to gain meaningful work experience that builds STEM knowledge and professional skills. They get exposure to STEM industries, chart out career pathways, and meet diverse professionals from varying levels in their careers. Program participants have unique opportunities to gain leadership skills, including collaborating with NYSCI exhibit and education staff to co-design exhibitions and experiences that range from green infrastructure to DNA barcoding.

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NYSCI continues to partner with 25 community-based organizations to ensure that families have access to food, resources for jobs and financial security, pathways for community-anchored health and healing programs, and educational and cultural experiences.

1 million pounds

of food for 700,000 families

500,000 people reached

with vaccine outreach and PPE donations

Free resources

for community members around health care, job training, and STEM educational programming

COMMUNITY

Learning and growing with our community

NYSCI’s drive to make STEM education accessible to all starts at home in Corona, Queens – one of the most diverse communities in the country. We collaborate with community members, local schools, and community-based organizations to develop learning opportunities that improve access to STEM in fun and exciting ways. We host free weekly Community Hours and deliver hands-on science and engineering activities at events throughout the local area. Our free family workshops make STEM available to parents in culturally relevant ways so they feel comfortable and confident in supporting their children’s learning. We also work with our partners in the Elmhurst Corona Recovery Collaborative to help families access food, jobs, and health and educational resources.

Special Events

Gala

“What NYSCI does allows young people to connect how STEM has an important role in their lives and other people’s lives.”
Dev Ittycheria. President and CEO, mongoDB

Our fall 2021 Celebrate Science and Inspiration Gala brought together leaders in STEM to salute a shared commitment to opening up science to everyone. We honored Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO of MongoDB, with the Creative Entrepreneurship Award, and Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, President and CEO of BIO, with the Distinguished Leadership Award. NYSCI’s Seidenberg Family Top of the Ladder Award was given to NYSCI Explainer Christopher Cumbe. The Gala enables NYSCI to showcase the innovative research, exhibitions, and programs that invite people to build personal meaningful connections to STEM and inspire them to become the next generation of STEM leaders.

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President’s Council

NYSCI’s President’s Council is a dynamic network of individuals that are passionate about NYSCI’s mission and are committed to ensuring STEM learning is equitable and accessible for all.

This year’s events focused on climate resiliency, with a tour of a wastewater treatment center and a discussion about environmental resilience and equity with New York Times reporter Michael Kimmelman and historian Eric Sanderson.

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Our Partners

NYSCI supporters for Fiscal Year 2022

(July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022)

$500,000+

The Carson Family Charitable Trust

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York

The JPB Foundation

The Kupferberg Foundation

National Science Foundation

Linda S. Sanford

Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation

$100,000 — 499,999

Amazin' Mets Foundation

The Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation

BNY Mellon

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Charina Endowment Fund

Cognizant Foundation

The Countess Moira Charitable Foundation

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Glen DeVries

Anna M. Ewing and John Capotosto

General Motors

The Hearst Foundation

The Hyde and Watson Foundation

Jesse and Joan Kupferberg Family Foundation

Lubin Family Foundation

The New York Community Trust

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

The Pinkerton Foundation

Richmond County Savings Foundation

Robin Hood Foundation

The Seidenberg Family Foundation, Inc.

The Sherif Foundation

Siegel Family Endowment

Su/Lin Family Fund

Melissa Vail and Norman Selby

$50,000 — 99,999

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Boston Consulting Group

Citi

Con Edison

Nicholas and Anita Donofrio

Seth H. Dubin and Barbara E. Field

The FAR Fund

Glenn W. Bailey Foundation

Edward and Deborah Horowitz

IBM

Ittycheria-Thomas Family Fund

Mary Jane and George McCartney

MongoDB

NBCUniversal

PepsiCo

Stephen and Maxine Sands

Lisa M.C. Thomas

Verizon Communications

The Walt Disney Company

$20,000 — 49,999

Accenture

Amdocs Inc.

Anonymous

Alyson and John Archer

The Barker Welfare Foundation

BlackRock

Albert and Caryn Bunshaft

Cisco

Corning

Rob Davis. and Caroline Curry

Dell Technologies

Joseph R. Ficalora

Google

JP Morgan Chase

Juniper Networks

Jim and Barb Korein

The Interpublic Group of Companies

May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc

MetLife Foundation

Michele J. LeMoal-Gray

Morgan Stanley

Nasdaq

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens

New York State Council on the Arts

Palo Alto Networks

Pfizer Inc.

Rubinstein Family Foundation

Sara Lee and Axel Schupf

Marilyn and Jim Simons

Siris

Steve and Amy Thogmartin

United Airlines

James S. Wiener and Sarah Gleit

$10,000 — 19,999

Amy Abernethy, MD Ph.D.

ADP Foundation

American Express

Anonymous

Argawal Jan Family Foundation

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Bloomberg LP

Boingo Wireless

Brookhaven Science Associates

Brandon Burgess

Capital One Foundation

Casa Systems

David A. Christman

Ciena

Citizens Bank

Crown Castle

City Strategies, LLC

Francisco D'Souza and Maria Ines Kavamura

Dassault Systèmes

Neil de Crescenzo

Barbara Dzubak

Equinix

James and Ann Firestone

The Freedman Family Charitable Fund

Goldman, Sachs

Gary Hoberman

Frans Johansson and Sweet Joy Hachuela

Sandra and Michael Kamen

Mary E. Kelly and Anthony Peters

Rene Lammers

The Medici Group

Kelsey and Sudhir Nair

Nokia

Pitney Bowes

PwC

Qualcomm, Inc.

Peter N. Rigby

Rockefeller Center

Jane Safer

S&P Global

Sensata Foundation

Anil Shrivastava and Namita Luthra

Lisa and Alan Sinsheimer

Jonathan Spielman

Spirent Communications

Jeffrey L. T. Stockwell

Minerva Tantoco

Tim Tynan

Margo and Anthony Viscusi

VMware

Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III

Wolters Kluwer Medical Research

ZT Systems

Alexandra Zubko

$5,000 — 9,999

John E. Abele

Anonymous

Cathay Bank Foundation

Simon and Esther Chan

John Chee

Charles Craig

Stuart Fischer and Jeanette Mall

Dario Gil, Ph.D.

Larisa and Michael Leventon

Richard and Ronay Menschel

Connor Mullet

Michelle Neal

New York Community Bank Foundation

Susan M. Puglia

Presidio and Cisco

Sháka Rasheed

The Roelof Botha & Huifen Chan

Charitable Giving Fund

Fred and Karmen Royall

Kevin Ryan and Pascaline

Servan-Schreiber

Raj Sharma

Ian Trombley

Twink and James Wood

$1,000 — 4,999

Neeraj Agrawal

Akamai Technologies

American Chemical Society’s New York Section

Ellen S. Baker M.D., M.P.H.

Scott and Rosemary Becchi

Nicole Brookshire

CrowdStrike

Matthew Dreiling

Thomas Dubin and Pamela Klem

Robert J. Easton

FireEye

Charles Fischer

Fortinet

Bob Goodman

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Donna and Chip Hazard

Hamoon Hedayat

Marilyn C. Hoyt

HPE

Judith and Leonard Hyman

Imperva

Matthew Jacobson

Harsha Jalihal

John McMahon Family Fund

Jeffrey and Jill Libshutz

MATRIXX Software, Inc.

Walter Montgomery

Jaclyn A. Mucaria MPA, FACHE

NetApp

Amanda and Colin O'Donnell

David Obstler

The Overbrook Foundation

PKF O'Connor Davies LLP

Portia Poindexter

Tom Robey

Jeffrey Salkin

Skybox Security

Armando Senra

Sree Sreenivasan & Roopa Unnikrishnan

Lee Tawil and Joanne Hoffer

Matt Tierney and Dana Orange

Varonis Systems, Inc.

Karina Vasquez

Wind River

Michael Zigman

Jeff Zimmerman and Sharon Weinberg

Gifts In-kind

The Boston Consulting Group

PepsiCo

United Airlines

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Advancing STEM Equity and Opportunity

The New York Hall of Science 2022 Annual Report

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Our collective future is dependent upon nurturing learners, leaders, and critical thinkers.

Margaret Honey

President and CEO

DesignMakePlay

GRAND REOPENING

NYSCI reopens with three new exhibitions and a rocket launch

"We’re going to do a reopening the NYSCI way, with a rocket launch!"

Partners in STEM Equity

Partners in STEM Equity

Partners in STEM Equity

A National Model for Early Childhood STEM Learning

Ambitious K-8 STEM Learning

Youth and Career Development

NYSCI continues to partner with 25 community-based organizations to ensure that families have access to food, resources for jobs and financial security, pathways for community-anchored health and healing programs, and educational and cultural experiences.

1 million pounds

500,000 people reached

Free resources

COMMUNITY

Learning and growing with our community

Special Events

Special Events

Special Events

Gala

President’s Council

Our Partners

$500,000+

$100,000 — 499,999

$50,000 — 99,999

$20,000 — 49,999

$10,000 — 19,999

$5,000 — 9,999

$1,000 — 4,999

Gifts In-kind

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