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In everything we do, we aim to help people develop skills that help them to be more personal, direct, spontaneous, responsive, and emotionally expressive in their communication. We facilitate workshops and teach courses that are highly interactive and based on … Continue reading
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Amber Wendler, a biological sciences Ph.D. student studying the behavior of tropical birds, was one of the organizers of the May 31-June 6 social media movement #BlacksBirdersWeek. Spurred by a May 25 Central Park incident in which a Black birdwatcher … Continue reading
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How do kindergarten children know girls can be scientists? Girls Launch! is a Center for Communicating Science and Department of Psychology project that provides female scientist role models to kindergarten children. With a grant from the Institute for Creativity, Arts, … Continue reading
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During this time of the coronavirus pandemic, as we all obey stay-at-home orders, practice social (physical) distancing, wear masks, and develop deep and abiding relationships with Zoom, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on two groups of human … Continue reading
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In a February presentation to the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment, Arthur Lupia, head of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences for the National Science Foundation (NSF), described our nation’s crisis of credibility and the responses proposed … Continue reading
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We love the ripple effect of what we do at the Center for Communicating Science. Despite the coronavirus pandemic upending our lives, spring semester saw many such ripples. Graduate students associated with the center have been communicating their work and … Continue reading
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Switching a course that is based on theatre improvisation, discussion, and interaction to an online Zoom format in response to the coronavirus pandemic was challenging for Communicating Science instructor Carrie Kroehler, but committed students made it a pleasure and allowed … Continue reading
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Our 2019-2020 undergraduate student interns deserve many words of thanks and congratulations. Kate Hennion, a junior biological sciences major with a minor in professional and technical writing, served as our spring intern and is continuing to work with us (from … Continue reading
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ComSciCon-Va Tech 2020 is behind us, and we want to thank and congratulate members of the new communicating science student club who served as the organizing committee for the 2-day event. Co-chairs Susan Chen and Stephanie Edwards Compton headed up … Continue reading
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Virginia Tech graduate students and upper level undergraduates are invited to apply for ComSciCon-Va Tech 2020, to be held February 27 and 28 at Virginia Tech’s Graduate Life Center. ComSciCon, a conference planned by graduate students for graduate students, is … Continue reading