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February 16 through May 12 — Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Communicating Science Project, a collaborative project between the Center for Communicating Science (CCS), Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Global Program, and Egerton University in Kenya. 

April 25 — Science on Tap, 5:30 p.m. Join us at Rising Silo Brewery to learn about rivers and satellites with Nutshell Games participant and geosciences department graduate student Emily Ellis. We can't wait to hear how she uses satellite images to study rivers! "What the satellites see: Observing rivers from space" is open to the public free of charge. 

June 4-5 — A 2-day communicating science intensive for graduate students at Rutgers University’s Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, part of a National Science Foundation Research Training program and facilitated by CCS faculty.

You can read all about the Center for Communicating Science on our newsletter page. Here's some of what we've been up to recently:

03/28/2024 — Science on Tap (The Art, Science, and Politics of Breastfeeding, with a panel of breastfeeding experts.)

03/21/24 "Distilling Your Message: Brief and Compelling Interactions with the People You Need to Talk to," a communicating science workshop for graduate student researchers in Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program; biomedical engineering; the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; and others.

03/20/24 "Dear Science" pilot project with Carlos Evia's School of Communication senior seminar in science communication. 

03/12/2024 "Communicating Science Beyond Posters, Pamphlets, and Videos," a workshop facilitated by CCS director Patty Raun for members of the Science, Health and Data Communications Research Centre at Bournemouth University in England. 

03/11/2024 “The Art of Connecting Across Difference: Improvisation for Research Communication,” a workshop facilitated by CCS director Patty Raun for members of the Science, Health and Data Communications Research Centre at Bournemouth University in England. 

03/06/2024 “Telling Your Research Story,” a communicating science workshop for researchers at Aberystwyth University in Wales. Facilitated by CCS director Patty Raun, the workshop is being hosted by Aberystwyth’s Dialogue Center.

03/01/2024 "Distilling Your Message," workshop for Virginia Tech's International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry's Global Women Breakfast.

1/26/2024 - 3/8/2024 "Collaborating and Connecting Across Differences," a 7-part series for faculty at California State University Northridge. 

2/26/2024  "Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn: An Experiential Workshop in Understanding," a professional development workshop for graduate students in the Department of History. 

2/24/2024 "Connecting Across Differences: Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn," a communication workshop for the 9th Annual Uplifting Black Men Conference

2/22/2024 Science on Tap (Matthew Reiss of Gnomestead Farm: Mushroom Cultivation in the New River Valley)

2/16/2024 Agricultural Sscience Communication Symposium and APECS Project Launch (a collaborative project with the Center for Communicating Science, CALS Global Program, and Egerton University in Kenya)

2/8/2024 Communicating with Public Audiences (communicating science workshop for the Neuroscience of Drug Addiction undergraduate course, School of Neuroscience) 

2/8/2024 Distilling Your Message (communicating science workshop for the graduate-level microbial physiology course in the Department of Biosciences) 

1/25/2024 Science on Tap (Jason Rutledge and Karen Snape: Hoofin' around: Keeping forestry sustainable with animal power and restorative practices) 

1/9/2024 Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn: An Experiential Workshop in Understanding (communicating science workshop for graduate students at the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS) meeting , Boston, January 7-11)

1/9/2024 Connecting Across Difference: Building Skills for Communicating with the Public (communicating science workshop for the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS) meeting , Boston, January 7-11)