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  • Celebrating storytelling at the 4th annual ComSciCon-Houston

    Celebrating storytelling at the 4th annual ComSciCon-Houston

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    Originally Published July 25, 2020This is a guest post written by ComSciCon-Houston Co-Chair and Rice University Psychological Science PhD student Autumn Horne. Since 2017, ComSciCon Houston has served the graduate student community in southeast Texas by bringing together experts, graduate student leaders, and participants who are passionate about science communication. This year, our conference theme…

  • Statement in support of international students in the United States

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    Originally Published July 13, 2020 Every year, thousands of students around the world—including many of our volunteer leaders and student participants at ComSciCon—make the difficult choice to leave their home countries in order to pursue their education. As soon as they make this choice, they are often forced to navigate labyrinthine and expensive immigration bureaucracies.…

  • ComSciCon18 Alum Bryan Le – A Journey to Book Publication

    ComSciCon18 Alum Bryan Le – A Journey to Book Publication

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    Originally Published June 19, 2020 by Bryan Le I never thought I’d end up as a writer. And yet here I am, publishing my first book about food science in the kitchen. Like many PhD students, I started off thinking that research was the life for me. Do experiments. Collect data. Get published. Rinse and repeat.…

  • BlackLivesMatter and SciComm

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    Originally Published June 2, 2020 Scientists and science communicators must denounce systemic racism and police brutality against Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, George Floyd, and all Black people, and we demand justice. ComSciCon stands in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter. #STEM fields have had, and continue to have, a long history of exclusion and violence against…

  • Science Communication in Virtual Worlds

    Science Communication in Virtual Worlds

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    Originally Published May 22, 2020by Sasha Kaurov Many museums and planetariums are struggling under current social distancing policies and will likely continue to be affected for months, if not years. Thus, it might be the time for experiments with engaging audiences by other means. In this post I will discuss how the initiative I started…

  • ComSciCon 2020 is Going Virtual!

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    Originally Published May 4, 2020by Stephanie Hamilton, on behalf of the ComSciCon 2020 Program Organizing Committee Unprecedented times call for unprecedented solutions…and ComSciCon 2020 will join the wave of virtual conferences now happening as a result of COVID-19. To protect the safety of attendees, invited speakers, and organizers alike, our Flagship conference will be moving…

  • In My DNA: How Our Lifestyle Impacts Our Genetic Code

    In My DNA: How Our Lifestyle Impacts Our Genetic Code

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    Originally Published April 23, 2020 by Jessica McAnulty  Someone who loves to participate in marathons may say “running is in my blood”. Or someone who adores sweets (like myself) may claim “it’s in my DNA”. Individuals have tossed around this saying to help describe their interests. But what if our lifestyles or diets are actually…

  • ComSciCon-Michigan alum Ellen Brennan knows to just say “Yes, and…” to scientific discovery

    ComSciCon-Michigan alum Ellen Brennan knows to just say “Yes, and…” to scientific discovery

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    Originally Published April 20, 2020 by Donna McDermott **Editor’s note: This post is part of a series highlighting members of the ComSciCon community who recently attended the AAAS Annual Meeting, which took place from February 13-16, 2020 in Seattle, WA.Ellen Brennan spent five months poking brain cells with a tiny wire, yet all she had…

  • Science Communication allows us to better ‘digest’ all sorts of science

    Science Communication allows us to better ‘digest’ all sorts of science

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    Originally Published April 16, 2020 by Taran Lichtenberger **Editor’s note: This post is part of a series highlighting members of the ComSciCon community who recently attended the AAAS Annual Meeting, which took place from February 13-16, 2020 in Seattle, WA.** Edna Chiang, a fourth year microbiology PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studies the…

  • Rey Maktoufi, PhD: From Space Time Lord to Science Communicator

    Rey Maktoufi, PhD: From Space Time Lord to Science Communicator

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    Originally Published March 23, 2020 by Catherine Steffel **Editor’s note: This post is part of a series highlighting members of the ComSciCon community who recently attended the AAAS Annual Meeting, which took place from February 13-16, 2020 in Seattle, WA. Growing up, Reyhaneh (Rey) Maktoufi (@TheCosmicRey) wanted to be a paleontologist. And an astronomer. And a Space…