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Originally Published October 14, 2018 This is a guest post by ComSciCon-Michigan 2018 attendee Kristina Lenn, a Chemistry PhD student at the University of Michigan. The weekend of August 26th, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend ComSciCon-MI, an interactive science communications conference designed to help scientists engage a range of target audiences about their scientific…

Originally Published June 1, 2018Each year at our flagship annual workshop, ComSciCon attendees spend three full days embedded in a community of phenomenal science communicators from across the US and Canada, sharing strategies, ideas, and best practices for how to communicate science passionately and effectively.  Because the scope of that event can’t possibly meet the…

Originally Published October 21, 2017 ComSciCon has issued its fifth annual report, documenting the organization of our 2017 flagship national workshop which took place in June, the launch of new ComSciCon-local workshop franchises in Houston, the Pacific-Northwest, and the Rocky Mountains and the continued operation of our existing franchises around the country, and the success of new…

Originally Published April 14, 2017This post was authored by Eleanor Lutz and the Organizing Committee of ComSciCon-PNW 2017 Our workshop started off with a panel on Public Engagement and Education, with expert panelists Marley Jarvis, Elizabeth Kranich, Julian Olden, and Torrey Stenmark. The panelists, who bring scientific engagement to the general public, K-8, university, and…

Originally Published April 2, 2017 “I haven’t succeeded yet, but I’ll get there,” ComSciCon-Triangle attendee Brenda Yang wrote of her own reconciliation of the effects of imposter syndrome.   In her ComSciCon write-a-thon piece, Brenda used her own personal narrative as a student and a teacher to explicate and enliven the literature around this psychological symptom that seems to…

Originally Published on March 10, 2017 Anahita Zare and Jacqueline (Jackie) Gamboa Varela are both University of Missouri graduate students, both study chemistry, both have served as leaders in Mizzou’s Science Communication and Public Engagement group,  and both have attended past ComSciCon national workshops (Anahita – ComSciCon’15, Jackie – ComSciCon’16).   With all this in common, it may not be surprising that…

Originally Published January 3, 2017 We are excited to announce the 5th annual ComSciCon National Workshop, happening June 8th-10th, 2017 in Cambridge, MA! Applications are now open, and will be accepted through March 1st.  Visit this page to apply. Graduate students at U.S. institutions in all fields of science, technology, engineering, health, mathematics, and related fields…

Originally Published November 9, 2016 We are pleased to announce the inaugural ComSciCon-Pacific Northwest, which will take place on March 24 and 25, 2017 at Google Seattle. This unique professional development experience will provide STEM graduate students with a fantastic opportunity to meet leaders in the communication of research from across the region, learn from a…

Originally Published September 19, 2016 This post was authored by Rose Hendricks and the Organizing Committee of ComSciCon-SanDiego 2016. Set serenely atop a high-rise overlooking the Pacific Ocean, ComSciCon-San Diego included a keynote by scientist and zombie expert Bradley Voytek, four expert panels, two hands-on writing workshops, and two additional professional development workshops. We opened the workshop with a rousing…

Originally Published September 10, 2016 On August 6th & 7th 2016, the ComSciCon-Chicago organizing team hosted its second annual conference at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center. The event brought 50 graduate students together from 12 different institutions including Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Illinois…