#SciComm… Dwindling Population of Northwest Alaska’s Caribou: Cause, Effect, and Proposed Solution 21 Jan 202219 Apr 2022 Post by Amanda Norton Over two centuries, Alaska’s caribou herds have shrunk by 2.6 million animals. According to several years of research, the herds have been falling in recent decades…
#SciComm… Two legs good, two wheels bad? 18 Jan 202215 Feb 2024 Post by Kaitlyn McKnight A few friends enjoying their first inaugural ride of Pilot Hill (Credit: L. Azevedo-Schmidt) Back in 2017, during a wilderness literature course at Ohio University, I…
#SciComm… Changing The Game: A Seminar Calling For Sustainability In Golf 14 Jan 202219 Apr 2022 Post by Hannah Harvey Golf courses have gone under increased scrutiny in recent years due to resource usage. This has resulted in public outcry against the building of new courses…
#SciComm… The extinction of an icon: A Look into the History and Cultural Ties of the Wolverine in Michigan Society 31 Dec 202119 Apr 2022 Post by Lindsay Buckhout The Chicago Bears, the Pittsburgh Penguins, University of Michigan’s Wolverines. Since their creation, teams have utilized animals as symbols. They represent ferocity, swiftness, cunning and cruelty.…
#SciComm… Change begins with you 31 Dec 20217 Apr 2022 Post by Brandon Phillips The leading cause of environmental damage is manufactured pollution through trash or waste left around. When the garbage is left, it can get swept up in…
#SciComm… Telling odd stories through short films to get people to care about wildlife management 31 Dec 20217 Apr 2022 Post by Zachary Mayer The use of an interesting story can give reason for people to become invested in an important issue. In the field of wildlife management especially, getting…
#SciComm… Saving birds one window at a time 29 Dec 20217 Apr 2022 Post by Makayla Loveland I implemented the University of Wyoming Bird Window Collision Project this semester. Dr. Patrick Kelley, a Harvard and UC Davis graduate, leads multiple research projects in…
#SciComm… Education: the Difference Between Fear and Respect for coyotes 24 Dec 20217 Apr 2022 Post by Danielle Lichtenwalner This image depicts a sign in Colorado warning residents of especially active coyotes in the area. The text reads, “COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE. Coyotes Are Active…
#SciComm… How to Effectively Construct and Present a New Management Proposal 22 Dec 20217 Apr 2022 Post by Grant Kline This comic represents an effective way to show a stakeholder group how new ideas can help solve an issue that current strategies are struggling to resolve.…
#SciComm… Picturing science: Complicated cattails 17 Dec 20217 Apr 2022 Post by Stephanie Knoll As a Kansas native, I wanted to focus my scicomm project on the prairie wetlands and the major issues that threaten this beautiful landscape. Growing up,…
#SciComm… Hummingbirds Taught Me My Validity as a Science Communicator 15 Dec 20217 Apr 2022 Post by Maia Hilke As a third-year Zoology student in Fall 2021, I had some of my first experiences in using my personal scientific efforts to change the world, albeit…
#dataviz… UW SciComm student publishes op-ed in Scientific American 12 Jun 202128 Oct 2021 In this piece in Scientific American, Sam Case discusses the complexity of invasive or nonnative species performing ecosystem functions that used to be performed by now-extinct species. His striking illustration…
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