COMPASS Launches Scientist Sentinels Program
COMPASS to host Scientist Sentinels: Civic Engagement and Leadership Program; applications due 2/20
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News Match 2017
In 2017, the Rita Allen Foundation was one of nine funders joining News Match, a national campaign to match individual donations to nonprofit newsrooms from October 1 to December 31. The Foundation’s support helped to build the capacity of nonprofit news organizations, and provided additional funds to… Read More
A Solutions Forum to Address Misinformation Sharing
Overview of Organizational Support for Science Communication Among Scientific Societies
Landscape Report to Inform the 2018 “University Focused” Workshop
Resource: A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders
Our featured resources for public-interest journalism include a guide to investigating misleading content, produced by Public Data Lab and First Draft News.
Learning Together at the Edge of the Future
If ever we need to be reminded of the interconnection between public knowledge, civil society and science, we can look back some 200 years to the works of the Prussian philosopher, linguist and educational leader Wilhelm von Humboldt. Humboldt argued that education must be considered in the context of society,…
Elena Gracheva Finds That Hibernating Rodents Feel Less Cold
Elena Gracheva (2013 RAF Scholar) and colleagues have discovered a neural basis for hibernating rodents’ reduced cold sensitivity. Read More
New York City Council Launches New Digital Platform
New website for tracking NYC Council was adapted from the site created by the Participatory Politics Foundation (RAF grant partner)… Read More
Webinar on Sustaining Civic Tech
January 31 discussion will examine models, barriers and best practices for seeding and scaling nonprofit startups… Read More