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June 10, June 24, and July 8 — communicating science workshops for the Fralin Life Sciences Institute's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) program.

June 17, June 24, and July 8 — Communicating science workshops for the chemistry department's National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate students program (REU), Students Transforming Energy and Environmental Research (STEER) 

July 2, 3, 8, and 9 — Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity summer camp C-Tech^2 workshops

July 8 — Communicating science workshop for National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates STEER program

July 16, 17, 22, and 23 — Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity summer camp BEE VT workshops

July 18 and 19 — Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering UPWARDS workshops 

July 25 — Science on Tap, Rising Silo Brewery, 5:30 p.m. "What makes a Home? Environmental modeling techniques help us understand where threatened species live." Find out how satellites and math can be used to answer questions about where threatened species live and how we can protect their homes. Ph.D. student Connor Hughes from Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation will help us learn about some of these species that might be our neighbors and what they need to thrive. Then we'll get to try finding homes for some picky house hunters!

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:

6/27/2024 Science on Tap, New River Valley (Amy Hagen: Reading the Rocks: What rocks tell us about the history of the Earth, in the NRV and beyond!)

6/26/2024 Applied Theatre Improvisation: Collaboration, Confidence, and Creativity (workshop for Black College Institute students)

6/24/2024 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Communicating Science workshop

6/22/2024 Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity summer camp staff workshops

6/19/2024 Applied Theatre Improvisation: Collaboration, Confidence, and Creativity (workshop for Black College Institute students)

6/15/2024 Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity summer camp staff workshops

6/14/2024 Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity summer camp staff workshops

6/4/2024-6/5/2024 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 

5/12/2024 Communicating Science Case Competition, Egerton University, Kenya

2/16/2024-5/12/2024  Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Communicating Science Project, a collaborative venture including the Center for Communicating Science (CCS), Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Global Program, and Egerton University in Kenya 

04/25/2024 — Science on Tap (Emily Ellis: What the satellites see: Observing rivers from space)

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)