[Classifieds] [classifieds] Science Communication Workshop for Graduate Students

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From: "Diana Kenney" <dkenney at mbl.edu> 



Applications are now open ( http://comscicon.com/apply-attend-summer-2014 ) for the Communicating Science 2014 workshop, to be held in Cambridge, MA on June 12 -14th, 2014. Graduate students at US institutions in all fields of science and engineering are encouraged to apply. The application will close on March 1st . 


Participants will build the communication skills that technical professionals need to express complex ideas to their peers, experts in other fields, and the general public. There will be panel discussions on the following topics: 


* Communicating with non-scientific audiences 

* Communicating complexity and controversy 

* Communicating for a cause 

* Communicating with multimedia 

* Engaging diverse audiences 


In addition to these discussions, ample time is allotted for interacting with the experts and with attendees from throughout the country to develop new science outreach collaborations. Workshop participants will produce an original piece of science writing and receive feedback from workshop attendees and professional science communicators, including journalists, fiction and non-fiction authors, public policy advocates, educators, and more. 
Visit http://comscicon.com/programs to learn more about our past workshop programs and participants. This workshop is sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Science, and Department of Astronomy at Harvard University, and Microsoft Research. 

-- 
Kara Manke 
Ph.D. candidate, Physical Chemistry 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

-- 
Diana Kenney 
Science Writer/Editor 
Marine Biological Laboratory 
7 MBL Street 
Woods Hole, MA 02543 
508-289-7139 
dkenney at mbl.edu 
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