Tag: communication

Training Scientists to Communicate

The UMaine Faculty Fellows Program recently offered interactive training to twenty UMaine scientists who want to learn how to better communicate their science to the public. The collaboration between UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Stony Brook University’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science creates an experience that will help participants speak about UMaine and their own […]

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Communicating Climate Change: The 2015 Schwartz Forum

How has public conversation about climate change evolved over time? What cultural and historical factors have shaped its trajectory? How do scientists, artists, and humanities scholars influence the way we understand and talk about climate change? Join the Maine Humanities Council, the Portland Museum of Art, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Margaret […]

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McGreavy Reflects on Her Selection for the Doctoral Honors Seminar and Her Research

University of Maine graduate student Bridie McGreavy, who is working with the Smith Center’s Linda Silka and Laura Lindenfeld on the Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI), was one of 29 doctoral students nationwide who were selected to participate in this year’s Doctoral Honors Seminar of the National Communication Association, July 18–21 in Bar Harbor.  More information […]

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