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By Dr. M, on  February 12th, 2012  Leave a comment  Education, Evolution  Darwin Day Road Show, evolution, outreach, Science Outreach By Dr. M, on February 8th, 2012 Leave a comment Education, Scientist! Darwin Day, Darwin Day Road Show, Education, outreach, Science Outreach [View the story "Darwin Day Road Show: Day 3" on Storify] By Dr. M, on February 7th, 2012 Leave a comment Education, Scientist! Darwin Day, Darwin Day Road Show, outreach, Science Outreach [<a href="http://storify.com/DrCraigMc/darwin-day-roadshow-2012" target="_blank">View the story "Darwin Day Roadshow 2012" on Storify</a>] By Dr. M, on December 5th, 2011 8 comments Education communication, core values, culture, Funding, Journalism, journalist, media, outreach, stereotypes, taxpayer, Worlds Apart A month ago, I spoke of DSN’s new pathway for dialogue about the oceans and ocean science. We have committed to demystifying and humanizing science in an open conversation that instills passion, awe, and responsibility for the oceans. Part of this vision for DSN was establish a set of core values that transcended just this . . . → Read More: Direct from the bench and the trench: a DSN core value
By Dr. M, on November 8th, 2011 12 comments Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Education, Scientist! Air Tran, board room, call to action, conversation, Coral Reef Alliance, core values, dailogue, Georgia Aquarium, mission statement, ocean literacy, ocean science, outreach, purpose, vision statement If they know it, they will love it. If they love it, they will protect it. My wife, with over a decade of nonprofit experience, spoke those words to me six years ago . She was describing how she viewed what I was striving for with Deep-Sea News. Those words still ring true to me. . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Future of Deep-Sea News
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 19th, 2011 2 comments Uncategorized classroom, Funding, GK-12, Obama, outreach, science education, Science Outreach Just a few months ago in his State of the Union address, President Obama called for more science education. As always, this is desperately needed to counteract anti-scientific political antics. From a Wired pieces called “7 Science-Education Battlegrounds of 2011″: Less than four months into 2011, lawmakers in seven states have proposed nine pieces of . . . → Read More: Why is a successful NSF science education program being cancelled?
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 27th, 2011 12 comments Opinion & Editorial outreach, Science Outreach, sex, Women in Science I attended the women in blogging session at Science Online, and I’ve been watching the discussion on women in the blogosphere with some bemusement. My personal experience seems to be quite different than that of many others, but I can’t help seeing a strange disconnect between the current earnest discussion of how to get more . . . → Read More: Let’s talk about sex (in science)
By Dr. M, on December 14th, 2010 8 comments Editor's Desk National Science Foundation, NSF, outreach, public funding, Republican, Youcut YouCut – a first-of-its-kind project – is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact. As part of the Youcut project, Representatives Adrian Smith and Eric Cantor earlier this . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Public Funding of Science
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 23rd, 2010 26 comments Editor's Desk, Education, Opinion & Editorial academia, Best of Zelnio, Cult of Science, outreach, Rockstars of Science, Science Cheerleaders, Science Communication While I had a completely different post already 60% written for this week’s column, I was struck by a few recent posts about various ways to promote science, which I will outline here. In a sincere defense of the Science Cheerleaders project (see video below), Andrea Kuszewski makes a fascinating analogy about the OCD (obsessive . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Quantifying Outreach to the Cult of Science
By Dr. M, on January 18th, 2010 6 comments Conservation & Environment, Education #scio10, Advocacy, communication, Education, outreach, Science Online 2010 As always the good fellows (ahem and lady) at Southern Friend Science are tackling complex issues and generating discussion. The latest from Why Sharks Matter “If you want something done right, do it yourself” address the role of scientists in advocacy. Science Online 2010 did much to bring this to the foreground for me as . . . → Read More: The Scientist’s Role in Advocacy and Outreach
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