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"I’m telling all the students ‘congratulations,’ because this is the first step in hopefully returning to normal in the near future. To me, this is our ‘Hope Day.’” -Volunteer Lisa Maupin, Nebraska Research Read about yesterday's COVID-19 vaccine clinic ›› ow.ly/j3F050Eu3ZV

If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it.

I am so excited to finally share my piece on the systemic biases in climate science research and publishing. Come for the stats, stay for the hard-hitting and educational quotes from scientists! Thread (1/n)

As an instructor for BIOS 101 and LIFE 120, Marianna Burks is dedicated to helping students overcome their struggles in science and realize their capacity for success. #ImAHusker bit.ly/3kVgHgV Nebraska Bio Sci Marianna Burks

Countries’ climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Some work w/ Heather Akin + Talia Stroud speaks to this. Most are unlikely to know they live nearby (eg only 30% of fracking + 24% refinery-proximal residents do). High risk perception is linked with underreporting proximity (i.e. dissonance reduction) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

HEY SCIENCE VIDEOGRAPHERS! We seek short videos for the Film Festival portion of the @UNL_SciComm 2022 on August 17-19! When you register for the conference at scicommcon.org, you can sign up to submit your short (<10 min length) video #SciComm

Congrats to the finalists in our first-ever LIVESTREAMED #NoCoastSciComm #ScienceSlam! Join hosts Darrion Nguyen & @SciTalker, & cheer on Slammers Yarelis @SaraDoesScience Ashley Foltz Seth Kurfman @ScienceBey Richa Sirohi Crystal Uminski Wini Waters! 🎉

LIGHTS!💡 CAMERA!🎥 ACTION!▶️ TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to register to enter the #NoCoastSciComm Film Festival! Learn more at scicommcon.org/filmfest/, & register the for the conference at go.unl.edu/scicomm2022. #scicomm #sciart #filmmakers

This conference is so good I'm actually tweeting about it! It's the ✨LAST DAY TO REGISTER✨ for SciComm 2022 - Aug 17-19 #NoCoastSciComm University of Nebraska-Lincoln #SciComm

Thoroughly enjoyed moderating (fangirling) during this keynote #NoCoastSciComm University of Nebraska-Lincoln with Emily Calandrelli - one takeaway: #SciComm needs emphathy. See 🧵 for the takeaways

Good morning, #NoCoastSciComm! Happening now: our fourth (and sadly, final) keynote speaker, @QuantumOfSalsa! Join now to hear how Corey ties his Blackfoot culture to astrophysics!

. @QuantumOfSalsa's talk at #NoCoastSciComm might have been the most powerful #SciComm presentation I've ever seen.

"Employment in media and communications is projected to grow faster than the average for all other occupations ... over the next 10 years." Time to become a UW–Madison CALS @uw_lsc major! fhttps://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/communications-media-jobs-employment-growth #scicomm

I'm pleased to announce that Susan Weller, Heather Akin, and I are working with a team of 15 incredible UNL faculty and staff to increase science literacy. Our planning grant is titled "Midwest Science Engagement Consortium." Susan Weller Heather Akin news.unl.edu/newsrooms/toda…

OPEN ACCESS: “When Science Journalism is Awesome: Measuring Audiences’ Experiences of awe from Reading Science Stories” by Asheley R. Landrum, Kristina Janét, Kelsi Opat & Heather Akin. Available here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Great session two of #OLLI Science for the Curious Consumer! Nebraska Biological Systems Engineering UNL_ALEC Heather Akin Dr. Tierney Lorenz Sydney Caparaso and Ashley Votruba!

Great round three of our #OLLI class with Dr. Tierney Lorenz closing it out! So happy to work with this #dreamteam and teach some amazing OLLI students. Here’s to lifelong learning! Heather Akin Sydney Caparaso and Ashley Votruba.

More than four in 10 respondents to the 2022 Nebraska Rural Poll believe fuel prices, inflation, grocery prices and health care costs will become much worse in the next 12 months. bit.ly/3g84vtj #Nebraska #UNL #NUforNE

Our findings from Nebraska Rural Poll - Rural Nebraskans voice water quality concerns news.unl.edu/newsrooms/toda…