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CSML Newsroom2 weeks agoDid You Know: Rice University has launched a new center for science communication called SCOPE?
Did you know there is a growing collection of efforts around the world to train scientists to engage with broader publics with their science? One of...
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CSML Newsroom1 month agoDid You Know: Boston’s Museum of Science is opening a Public Science Common? Here are some questions to consider
Did you know that the Museum of Science in Boston is launching a brand-new venue where visitors can have an immersive experience exploring the stories behind...
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CSML Newsroom1 month ago
Did You Know: A museum dedicated to the brain is being developed in Southern California?
Did you know a museum dedicated to the brain is being planned in Southern California? The Brain Museum, started by Dr. Manuela Yassa with funding support...
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The Observer2 months ago
Did You Know: Kirtland’s Warbler Festival in Michigan is engaging the local community in celebrating and conserving the once-endangered songbird through educational events
This past June, the village of Roscommon, Michigan, held its annual Kirtland’s Warbler Festival, a weekend-long celebration of the songbird. The weekend featured educational events such...
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The Observer4 months ago
The Michigan Bumble Bee Atlas is training residents to track bumble bee populations statewide to inform conservation and habitat management efforts
In North America, bumble bee populations are shrinking, with over a quarter of all species facing some degree of extinction risk. In Michigan alone, among a...
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The Observer9 months ago‘Science policy’ Google searches spiked in 2025. What does that mean?
As I have spoken with more and more practitioners, I have come to see civic science as a set of distinct and overlapping practices that include science communication,...
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The Observer1 year ago
What a first-time birder learned from the president of the Brookline Bird Club in Massachusetts
Cliff Cook: "One day, a bird just captures your attention in a way that it has never captured your attention before. And that gets you interested...
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CSML Newsroom1 year ago
Did you know? Students are using community science to track invasive hemlock pests and guide forest conservation in the northeastern U.S.
Did you know that students are at the forefront of protecting forests on the East Coast from an invasive species? The hemlock woolly adelgid is a...
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The Observer1 year agoMeet the New Hampshire organization changing the way we see insects
Formerly a traveling insect exhibit known as the New England Insectarium, the Global Entomology Coalition (GEC), based in Rochester, New Hampshire, has rapidly grown to be...
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The Observer2 years ago
Weekend Watch: At Boston College, the McMullen Museum of Art presents “Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World”
Chestnut Hill, MA — McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College is exploring sources of wonder in the upcoming exhibition titled Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and...
Photo Essay: A guided tour of DC’s historic National Academy of Sciences Building with Dorothy Goldsmith
Illinois State experiments with workshops to help STEM faculty explore the civic nature of their disciplines
Did You Know: Rice University has launched a new center for science communication called SCOPE?
How Canadian early-career researchers organized to improve funding for future scientists
Photo Essay: Junior Scientists at Harlem BioBus celebrate a year of discovery
US-based nonprofit Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) receives a $100k unrestricted gift to support its civic engagement work
How Canadian early-career researchers organized to improve funding for future scientists
Photo Essay: Junior Scientists at Harlem BioBus celebrate a year of discovery
Did You Know: Rice University has launched a new center for science communication called SCOPE?
Illinois State experiments with workshops to help STEM faculty explore the civic nature of their disciplines
Did You Know: Boston’s Museum of Science is opening a Public Science Common? Here are some questions to consider
Did You Know: A museum dedicated to the brain is being developed in Southern California?
STEM Unbarred: What the initiative is learning about hands-on science for incarcerated youth
Exploring workforce needs and intergenerational learning in informal STEM education
