Bats and bubbles, flying snakes and airfares, microdroplets and nano-pills: Where can you learn about 28 research projects in 42 minutes? At the second annual Nutshell Games, of course! Capping a day of science fun and learning at the … Continue reading
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Have you ever wanted to go to Hollywood? If you’re a researcher at Virginia Tech, it’s possible you’ve missed your opportunity to star in a big film–but you may be able to get involved in another way. The National Academy … Continue reading
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We are excited to be collaborating with Dr. Todd Nicewonger, an anthropologist with an interest in education, in an investigation of our own course, Communicating Science (GRAD 5144). Currently a project director for destination areas working in the provost’s office, … Continue reading
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GRAD 5144 (Communicating Science) alumna Caitlin Colleary is spearheading an effort to provide local kindergarteners with diverse scientist role models. Colleary saw a study a year or so ago indicating that girls as young as five and six begin to … Continue reading
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Members of the Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech are enjoying expanding the center’s engagement all around the Blacksburg campus and in the National Capitol Region. We’ve recently provided a brief introduction to collaboration for a Destination Area stakeholders’ … Continue reading
On September 15, 2017, director of the Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech, Patty Raun, urged theatre teachers from around the world to reach out and build unusual partnerships with those in other disciplines–especially those in science and technology … Continue reading
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Seçkin Eroğlu, an assistant professor visiting from the Department of Genetics and Bioengineering at Izmir University of Economics in Turkey, has returned home armed with some new ideas about communicating science. Eroğlu, who spent about 12 weeks at Virginia Tech … Continue reading
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After more than a year of planning and development, the pilot Pathways course called Introduction to Applied Collaborative Techniques (I-ACT) is underway for the first time this fall. Twenty students from 6 different colleges and 16 different majors (including mechanical … Continue reading
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Torrential rains did not prevent a good crowd from showing up at Rising Silo Brewery on Glade Road October 23 to hear scientists from associate professor Dr. Marcella Kelly’s fisheries and wildlife research group talk about the importance of poop … Continue reading
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“I always find myself proudly wearing my VT hoodie and shirt all the time. I really miss the group and VT spirit here in Germany,” wrote Tobias Wittek after returning home from his three weeks on campus. Wittek was here … Continue reading