guest essays
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The Observer7 months agoDear Colleagues: Participate in a survey on barriers researchers face when communicating with non-expert audiences
Dear Colleagues, We are seeking biologists, political scientists, and language scientists (all broadly construed) to participate in a survey about the barriers researchers face when attempting to communicate...
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The Observer1 year ago
Dear Colleagues: Share your journey in science and win cash
We are looking for scientists at all stages (high school and undergraduate lab assistants all the way to full professors) to share your journeys in science!
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The Observer1 year ago
Dear Colleagues: Help us build the Atlas Projects by celebrating the stories of underrepresented scientists
Dear Colleagues, Science is a public good, and it is strongest when the people who engage in the scientific process reflect the communities it is meant...
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The Observer1 year ago
Dear Colleagues: Help us understand the national impacts of federal science funding cuts on early career researchers in academic laboratories
Dear Colleagues, American science is under attack. If we don’t act, we run the risk of losing an entire generation of STEM talent. One way we...
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The Observer2 years ago
Dear Colleagues: We are conducting a photovoice study to explore what it means to be a Black scientist doing science communication in the U.S.
By participating in this study, you will receive training in photography and photovoice methods.
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The Observer2 years ago
Dear Colleagues: Now is the time to scale up public engagement with science
Matt Wilkins: I address this letter to scientists, but it is an invitation for fans and defenders of science everywhere to unite and take action!
Photo Essay: A guided tour of the 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
Did You Know: Boston’s Museum of Science is opening a Public Science Common? Here are some questions to consider
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?
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
