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Science Communication Strategies
This post is written by UT postdoc Tessa Solomon-Lane Science communication strategies often focus on communicating to other researchers within your field or to the general public. Interdisciplinary...
View ArticleEvolution, Science, and Religion
This post is written by BEACON’s Education Director Louise Mead Evolution, Science, and Religion chapter in its entirety is available here. I am an evolutionary biologist by training, and currently the...
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Smells like Mean Sprit
This post is written by BEACON’s own managing director Danielle Whittaker about her work that has been accepted pending minor revisions in a special issue of Journal of Comparative Physiology A....
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Frame your science to make it accessible, including for your representative
This post is by UT Austin postdoc Tessa Solomon-Lane. Tessa is working with Hans Hofmann (UT Austin), Travis Hagey (MSU), and Alexa Warwick (MSU) on public engagement at BEACON. BEACON Congress...
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Can birdsong signal immune gene quality?
This post is by MSU postdoc Joel Slade. Joel recording bird song in 2014. “BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!” – I wake up to the dreaded sound of my alarm clock at 3:45 am in my cabin. Even though it’s mid-April at...
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Workshop highlights! How public engagement (and science communication) is a...
This post is by UT Austin postdoc Tessa Solomon-Lane. Tessa is working with Hans Hofmann (UT Austin), Travis Hagey (MSU), and Alexa Warwick (MSU) on public engagement at BEACON. Public Engagement...
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Using music, beer, and pop-culture to communicate science. Zombie Brains:...
This post is by former UT Austin graduate student Rayna Harris. I recently gave a talk at The North Door for Nerd Nite Austin. This is a monthly event with an audience of 250 partially inebriated...
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Strengthening Community Through Science Communication
This post is by University of Idaho grad student Katie Peterson. Katie Peterson The idea behind Science After Hours (SAH) began as a one-time event I coordinated in March of 2014 but has morphed over...
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Art and Science, Science and Art: Science outreach to young artists
This post is by MSU grad student Cybil Nicole “Nikki” Cavalieri Figure 1: Leonardo da Vinci Antonym of a women; Ernst Haeckel Thalamorpha Plate; Young REACH artist with a Terror Bird “I am not good at...
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Biology on Tap – Successes and a challenge
This post is by MSU grad student Kenna Lehmann In the summer of 2016, my roommates and I found a new activity: Astronomy on Tap – Lansing. This monthly event pairs MSU astronomers with beer and trivia...
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