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The date is set for ComSciCon-VATech 2020–February 27 and 28–and we are thrilled to announce that statistician and science journalist Regina Nuzzo will serve as keynote speaker. Nuzzo, who holds a PhD in statistics from Stanford University, is senior advisor … Continue reading
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Spring was another busy semester for the Center for Communicating Science (CCS). We launched our Improvisation Laboratory, hosting three events during the semester; partnered with graduate students to host Virginia Tech’s first-ever ComSciCon; organized monthly science visits by women researchers … Continue reading
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Whoever thought we’d be seeing “National Geographic” and “Nutshell Games” together in the same headline? We’ve got two exciting events lined up for fall, and although National Geographic will not be part of the Nutshell Games, both events will feature … Continue reading
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“Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research” or “CESTEMER 2019: The Power of Connection: Performance, play, and creativity” brought together 90 participants from 6 countries and a wide variety of disciplinary, institutional, and social backgrounds on June 20-22 at the … Continue reading
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With two full years of monthly presentations in its past, the New River Valley’s Science on Tap has built a community. Held on the last Thursday of each month at Rising Silo Brewery, Science on Tap brings research to the … Continue reading
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Four perspectives on communicating science were brought together in a May 29 webinar, “Selling without selling out: How to communicate your science,” hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and moderated by Science senior editor Sean Sanders. … Continue reading
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The Center for Communicating Science has been honored with the Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence. The official words on the plaque are “for Excellence in Team Outreach”—and that team has literally hundreds of members! If you’re reading this, there’s a good … Continue reading
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“In helping at least one student to look at something in a different way, you have already changed the world,” David M. Perry told his Virginia Tech audience at his March 8 talk, “The Public Scholar in the Age of … Continue reading
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Graduate students and top prize winners of the Center’s annual Nutshell Games, Maddy Grupper, Brynn O’Donnell, and Brenen Wynd, led the ComSciCon-VATech session “Finding the Kernel of Your Research,” wherein they shared with participants tips and tricks for constructing an … Continue reading
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Center for Communicating Science director Patty Raun was interviewed by Virginia Tech graduate student Chris McCullough this spring about her work with the center and her family connection to the study of insects. McCullough’s interview, published recently in Entomology Today … Continue reading