Bright lights & loud sounds at many venues can make it hard for many kids to enjoy events. Sensational SciFest is a new Tampa-based festival putting the sensory needs of those special kids first.
For #AutismAcceptanceMonth help make our mission a reality!
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Join us for this webinar on November 16, 12pm EST to hear about how @beatascienceart combines science and art in her research and outreach efforts! Registration is open.
November 16 - @beatascienceart will share her journey toward combining science and art, highlight the impact of artistic practices on her research and communication, and discuss avenues for scientists to explore this emerging field.
Register now
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HOORAY! #ComSciCon22 is finally here! We can't wait to hear from our incredible invited speakers and attendees! Be sure to follow along using hashtag #ComSciCon22 for #SciComm, panel highlights, attendee spotlights, and more!
Do I know any geneticists (or know anyone who knows any geneticists) who might be willing to be interviewed briefly about their day-to-day work? This is purely off the record and informational, for a fiction project I'm working on.
Need funding to put your ideas into action? With an #RAmicrogrant, you can start-up for your grad/postdoc-level science policy group, create digital media projects or design your own event! Learn about these NEW funding opportunities: bit.ly/CivicEng22#RAmicrogrant#SciPol
Another day of #SciArtPortfolioWeek! For a long time I shied away from drawing plants or mushrooms or doing more botanical illustrations, but recently did a few I love! Tulip poplar and goldenrod, plus an unidentified mushroom. #SciArt#SciComm#botany
ALT A charcoal style drawing of a tulip poplar tree flower and characteristically shaped tulip poplar tree leaf. The drawing is in shades of dark purple on a plain background
ALT A watercolor style drawing of a goldenrod or solidago stalk. The main stem is brown, with fluffy golden flowers branching off the main stem.
ALT A drawing of an unidentified mushroom species. Five white-ish mushrooms appear on a brown and purple watercolor wash background. Their stems are papery looking and the caps are rounded and slightly cracked.
🚨 Awesome #STEMOutreach opportunity🚨
Do you enjoy fostering students' excitement about #STEM? LPS matches students w/ STEM professional pen pals to show students the possibilities in STEM!🔬🧬🪐🌱
Registration is OPEN, sign up to be a pen pal TODAY! prescientist.org/register
📢📢📢Applications for SciComm STEP are open through 8/19/2022! Follow the links below to apply &/or share the announcement with folks who may be interested! ⭐✨🌠
#SciComm Internship Opportunity!
Open to currently enrolled graduate students studying marine sci, comms, journalism, related fields. Paid position, 10-15 hours/week. Must be eligible to work in USA or Canada. Full description Apply:
schmidtocean.org/job-post/sc…
Deadline August 12!
12 DAYS until #ComSciCon22! This year, writer, digital media strategist, & patient advocate @gserratomarks will host new workshop on Disability & Accessibility in science communication, and explore ways to increase the accessibility of #SciComm & digital communications!
ALT Gabi, a blonde white woman with shoulder length hair, smiles at the camera.
G'Morning SciCommers! Today is all about navigating the pandemic as a community. 💭 How do you connect with other people in your discipline during #COVID19? (If other, let us know more specifics in a reply!)
🆕📚Disponible ‘Hacia una comunicación inclusiva de la ciencia: Reflexiones y acciones de éxito’, de @FECYT_Ciencia
✍️@mila_sainz es una de las personas expertas que exploran cómo llevar a cabo proyectos de divulgación científica con un enfoque inclusivo:
fecyt.es/es/publicacion/haci…
Don't miss out on this introduction to #science#storytelling#workshop with @NakeyshaMKE Devon Kodzis !
It is fun, fast, and very hands-on (in a virtual way) 🙌
There are six 1-hour sessions, MWF from 12-1 pm ET, Aug. 8-19.
Sign up 👉 ow.ly/XGaZ50JTkW7
Interested in science communication as a career or field of study? Today's guest blogger shares his experience studying for a master's in science communication at the University of Otago.
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We are thrilled to announce the keynote speaker for #ComSciCon22 - @Maddie_Sofia! Maddie is an expert #SciComm-er & founding host of NPR’s Short Wave. Her work is centered on inclusive communication & increasing representation of marginalized communities in science journalism.
ALT Meet Our Keynote
ComSciCon Flagship Workshop
Maddie Sofia
#ComSciCon22
[Headshot of Maddie Sofia: Maddie Sofia smiles at the camera dressed in a black and white suit. She has brown curly hair. Behind her, there is a garden of green and pink carnivorous flowers.]
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[ComSciCon logo consists of an open book at the bottom with five symbols for various sciences hovering above: a graduated cylinder, a mechanical gear, Saturn, a DNA helix, and the symbol for orbital atomic structure]