#SciComm… Zoom fatigue may be real, but there is still value in those recordings 25 Jan 202315 Feb 2024 Post by Ashleigh Pilkerton (Source: http://xrisoikweb2.pbworks.com/w/page/139364949/Zoom%20meeting, licensed for use under CC BY-NC 3.0) Digital meetings dominated our lives over the past two years with over 3.3 trillion meeting minutes hosted…
#SciComm… Understanding the importance of parental autonomy in comprehensive sex education 11 Jan 202315 Feb 2024 Post by Alisandra Marvel Parental autonomy is an important part of comprehensive sex education (Credit: A. Marvel) Growing up in Alaska, I had very little educational experiences related to sex…
#dataviz… Background and impact identities affect teaching & learning 26 Oct 202214 Feb 2024 Post by Hunter Elliot Figure 1 displays the various components of a person’s impact identity and how they interact with each other. (From Risien & Storksdiek 2018) Almost every student…
#SciComm… What if Winnie-the-Pooh taught science lessons? Communicating science to the youngest stakeholders through literature 19 Oct 202214 Feb 2024 Post by Amanda Dougherty Title and image of a honey pot, reminiscent of Winnie-the-Pooh’s honey pot. Image wascreated and sourced from Canva by Amanda Dougherty When thinking about science communication…
#SciComm… Wrongfully accused: The truth about bats 5 Oct 202214 Feb 2024 Post by Logan Detweiler What people think of bats Prior to being accepted into graduate school at the University of Wyoming, I knew very little about bats. At the time,…
#SciComm… Behind the scenes: The importance of knowing what scientific research actually looks like 21 Sep 202214 Feb 2024 Post by Mercedes Cassidy The fruit fly - Drosophila melanogaster This last Christmas, while enjoying the spirit of the season and the company of family not often seen, conversations about…
#dataviz… Venn-spiration & putting a paper into practice: From theoretical Venn diagram to data-driven word cloud 14 Sep 202214 Feb 2024 Post by Shayne Dodge People tackle reading and assimilating scientific papers in different ways. Some may skim through the sections they find most important, such as the abstract, results, and…
#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,…
#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…
#SciComm… Science of SciComm: Finding my place in the field 20 May 202128 Oct 2021 Post by Courtney Garrity I might have cried if my body had enough water to produce tears. Instead, I apathetically wiped the blood from my eye, bent my aching body…
#dataviz… Science of SciComm: Breaking down the art/math dichotomy 13 May 202128 Oct 2021 Post by Janette Davidson It was odd growing up being taught that people are driven to be either mathematically minded (business, economics, science), or artistically minded (music, painting, theater). But…
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