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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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The Observer4 weeks agoUS-based nonprofit Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) receives a $100k unrestricted gift to support its civic engagement work
“The plan is to expand ESAL’s support services for local projects and events led or supported by scientists and engineers." — Taylor Spicer
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CSML Newsroom1 month ago
Did 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 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 Observer5 months ago
12 companies invest $180k to keep Letters to a Pre-Scientist free for students
The founding chief executive officer of Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS), Lucy Madden, recently shared on Linkedin that 12 companies put $180k behind the program this school year, more than...
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The Observer6 months ago
Dear Colleagues: Participate in a survey on science communication in Biology
Dear colleagues, We are seeking instructors to participate in survey on science communication in undergraduate Biology. Science communication skills are essential for students to respond to...
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The Observer8 months ago
MA3 Challenge awards grants to six universities to modernize promotion and tenure processes: Here’s the question of the day.
The $1.5M of total grants will enable the six awardees to “implement bold institutional reforms” to faculty hiring, evaluation, promotion, and tenure systems to align with...
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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 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...
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
