About Us: The Adler Planetarium is home to Zooniverse, the world’s largest platform for people-powered research. With 2.7 million registered participants and over 80 active projects spanning various disciplines (see zooniverse.org/projects), Zooniverse enables the public to engage in meaningful research-from classifying galaxies to transcribing historical documents and marking cell structures for cancer research. Each project is led by a dedicated research team.
Adler Zooniverse Corporate Volunteering Program: In recent years, Adler has developed a Zooniverse Corporate Volunteering program, partnering with a dozen companies including Microsoft, Verizon, and Bloomberg. Through this program, employees from these companies volunteer via Zooniverse, contributing over a million classifications each year. This initiative has become a vital source of philanthropic support for the sustainability of Adler’s Zooniverse.
In addition to employees’ individual participation in Zooniverse classifications at times of their choosing, many Adler Zooniverse Corporate Partners participate in quarterly virtual volunteer events for their employees led by an Adler staff member.
Virtual Events are typically 1-hour sessions held via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, attended by 20 to 150 participants. These events are scheduled by our corporate partners during work hours, Monday to Friday. Volunteers will lead these sessions using a standard facilitation template and slide deck that can be adapted to their style. (The template includes instructions, Zooniverse stories, reflection questions, etc.).
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
1300 South Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605, US
Our mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. The Adler connects people, communities, and institutions to one another through the wonder of space science so we can explore our universe together and use our collective knowledge and skills to create a better world for everyone.
The Adler Planetarium connects people to the universe and each other. Whether it is introducing a guest to the Ring Nebula, a neighborhood school to a community partner, a research team to a network of citizen scientists, or one staff member to another, the Adler’s focus on meaningful connections dates back nearly a century.
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
August 14, 2024
