SCICOMM 2016

A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON EFFECTIVE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Friday, September 23rd – Broader Impacts workshop
Learn how to propose, fund, and execute winning broader impacts for federal grants from experts at the National Alliance for Broader Impacts.

Friday evening, September 23rd – Science Night Live!
An evening outreach & public engagement event in the Railyard in downtown Lincoln that will provide opportunities to engage the general public with science and scientists in ways that may challenge their stereotypes about who scientists are, how science is done, and why basic research is valuable.

Saturday, September 24th – A Science Communication Symposium
A day of talks, panel discussions, break-out sessions, and opportunities for networking with colleagues from across the Midwest and around the country. Keynote from TED speaker Melissa Marshall.

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Training Undergraduates to Sell It: #SciComm in an Ecology Course, Teresa Bilinski

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Navigating Change: Science Education Leadership Today, James Blake

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Tusker Power: Informal Science Education at the State Museum, Sarah Feit

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Why we Need to Help Youth Develop a STEM Identity, Saundra Frerichs

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YOU KAN: a graduate student perspective on K-12 Outreach in KS, Nicole Green

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What is K-State Doing with Science Communication?, Tom Hallaq

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Eight-Legged Encounters: Using Organismal Biology to Bring Science Education to Families & Communities, Eileen A. Hebets

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Inquiry-Based Science Communication Using Plant and Animal Systems, Tiffany Heng-Moss

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Raising Nebraska: Engaging the Public in Ways That They Value, Chuck Hibberd

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Science Communication Strategies in the K-12 Classroom, Andrew Ising

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ENGINEERING EMPOWERMENT: SCIENCE LITERACY THROUGH ENGINEERING DESIGN, Jennifer R. Keshwani

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Science Not Communicated is Science Not Done: Present Your Science Powerfully, Melissa Marshall

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How to be a biologist?, Fernando Mateos-González

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How to Talk about Science in the Face of Religious Mistrust, Clay Farris Naff

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Simple Techniques for Behavior Change, Lisa Pennisi

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STEM : Afterschool Style: Supporting STEM education through afterschool learning opportunities, Kathie Phillips

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Building Educator Capacity to Address Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate, Crystal Powers

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Public Perceptions of Drones Used for Weather-Related Purposes, Lisa M. PytlikZillig, Janell C. Walther, Carrick Detweiler, and Adam L. Houston

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Worldwide Distribution via Your Local Repository, Paul Royster

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Help Me Help You: Working with Public Information Officers, Scott Schrage

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The Role of Design Thinking in Scientific Research & Communication, Colleen Syron

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Tell Me a Science Story: Transforming Engagement with Science Using Creative Nonfiction, Janell C. Walther

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The Engineering Ambassadors Network: Engaging Undergraduate Engineers in P-12 Outreach, Sally Wei

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Numbat Media: A case study in the challenges of starting an outreach project, Matt Wilkins

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Networking with researchers and farmers to tackle herbicide-resistant weeds, Melinda K. Yerka