"Nematode Need-To-Know: Roundworms Are All Around You" SCIENCE NIGHT LIVE with the WOW Wednesday, Feb. 1st, 2017 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. World of Wonders Science Museum 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi FREE TO ATTEND Wine/beer cash bar and food truck on site Join your host Nick Gray, Education Director at the WOW, for an eveningContinue reading "Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for February 2017"
The Pepper: Sacramento Region #SciComm News and Jobs, January 10, 2017
Welcome to "The Pepper" --- your semi-regular round-up of science communication news, events, and job leads in the Capital Region and beyond.
Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for January 2017
"Milking Alfalfa For All It's Worth: The Role of Agriculture in Bird Conservation" SCIENCE NIGHT LIVE with the WOW Wednesday, Jan. 4th, 2017 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. World of Wonders Science Museum 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi FREE TO ATTEND Wine/beer cash bar and food truck on site Join your host Nick Gray, Education DirectorContinue reading "Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for January 2017"
CapSciComm Networking Social, January 12th: Atomic Cocktails at Crocker Nuclear Lab, UC Davis!
Science needs you. We need you. Come meet friends and colleagues at the next Capital Science Communicators networking social!
Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for December 2016
"The Hardest Fun You'll Ever Have: FIRST Robotics Competition" Science Night Live with the WOW Wednesday, Dec. 7th, 2016 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. World of Wonders Science Museum 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi FREE TO ATTEND Wine/beer cash bar and food truck on site Join your host Nick Gray, Education Director at the WOW, forContinue reading "Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for December 2016"
Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for November 2016
"You Are Not Your Eating Disorder: The Neuroscience of Anorexia" Science Night Live with the WOW Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, 2016 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. World of Wonders Science Museum 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi FREE TO ATTEND Wine/beer cash bar and food truck on site Join your host Nick Gray, Education Director at the WOW,Continue reading "Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for November 2016"
CapSciComm Professional Workshop, October 19th: Power of the Photographic Image
We all know a picture is worth a thousand words. For scientists and communicators alike, this adage is ever more true in today's dazzling, visual world of digital media --- and leveraging the power of photography in science storytelling is the focus of our CapSciComm Professional Workshop on October 19th! "The Power of the Photographic Image in TellingContinue reading "CapSciComm Professional Workshop, October 19th: Power of the Photographic Image"
Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for October 2016
"At the Crossroads of Science & Politics: Analysis & Advocacy in Sustainable Transportation" Science Night Live with the WOW Wednesday, Oct. 5th, 2016 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. World of Wonders Science Museum 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi FREE TO ATTEND Wine/beer cash bar and food truck on site Join your host Nick Gray, Education DirectorContinue reading "Science Café Events in Sacramento Region for October 2016"
Noodles of Thought: CapSciComm, CCST Science Fellows host #SEJ2016 ‘beat dinner’
Where do you get scientific information that you trust? Who defines scientific consensus? How do you pick out consensus from misinformation? Where does the line blur between information versus advocacy --- for scientists and journalists alike? Deep questions like this are best asked over beer --- and so we did --- last night at Ramen House RaiJin with an intellectualContinue reading "Noodles of Thought: CapSciComm, CCST Science Fellows host #SEJ2016 ‘beat dinner’"
The Pepper: Sacramento Region #SciComm News | September 21, 2016
The Pepper September 21, 2016 The Capital Science Communicators Board of Officers would like to officially welcome the Society of Environmental Journalists to Sacramento. Environmental writers from around the country are in town this week to attend the SEJ 26th Annual Conference. Hosted by Capital Public Radio and UC Davis, the SEJ 2016 conference is a rare opportunity toContinue reading "The Pepper: Sacramento Region #SciComm News | September 21, 2016"