COMPASS Launches Scientist Sentinels Program
COMPASS to host Scientist Sentinels: Civic Engagement and Leadership Program; applications due 2/20…
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Overview of Organizational Support for Science Communication Among Scientific Societies
Landscape Report to Inform the 2018 “University Focused” Workshop
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,…
Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues
Innovations in Science News Literacy
A grant from the Rita Allen Foundation is helping to launch News Co/Lab, a collaborative lab based at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The lab is partnering with journalists, librarians, educators, technologists and others to help the public find new ways…
Webinar Previews Findings on “The Public Face of Science”
Discussion cohosted by RAF highlights new research on the evolving relationship between scientists and the public…
News Co/Lab Launches Projects to Advance Science and Health News Literacy
News Co/Lab at Arizona State University to develop strategies for improving public understanding of news and scientific evidence…
Monica Dus Launches “How to Science” Podcast
Monica Dus (2016 RAF Scholar) hosts a new podcast about what makes scientists tick.
The Science of Communication: Webinar on Emerging Research and Implications for Philanthropy
Many in the philanthropic community are expressing concern about a growing disregard for truth and evidence in American society. Rejection of scientific evidence—whether on climate change, vaccine safety, evolution or nuclear power—highlights the need to better understand the complex dynamics at work, and what can be done to strengthen the…