COPUS Workshop Communicating Science in Year of Science 2009 Science Blogging, Science Cafés, and Science Festivals


Meeting Abstract

WKS2.   Monday, Jan. 5  COPUS Workshop “Communicating Science in Year of Science 2009: Science Blogging, Science Caf�s, and Science Festivals” ZIMMER, WIEHE, DURANT;


13:00-13:40              Carl Zimmer (Science Writer) Off the Page: Blogging About Science

13:40-14:20              Ben Wiehe (Outreach Project Director, WGBH Educational Foundation) A Scientist Walks Into a Bar: Reaching New Audiences With Science Cafes

14:20-15:00              John Durant (MIT Museum, Executive Director, Cambridge Science Festival): Celebrating science and technology in the community: the Cambridge Science Festival

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