Translating research into public policy
By Elizabeth Mahood, PhD student in Plant Biology Many of us want our research to have relevance to the world in which we live. One way to be relevant is to have your findings ...
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Yearly Archives: 2018
What is “Science on Tap”? Beer, science, and a hit!
By Kathleen Heffernon, PhD; postdoc in Food Science Beer and Science? Science and beer? What is Science on Tap? Organized by Graduate Women in Science’s (GWiS) Science Communications Chair, Tisha Bohr, Science on Tap ...
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Explaining science to kids builds vital career skills
by BESTies Janani Hariharan and Cassi Wattenburger, both PhD grad students in the School of Integrative Plant Sciences — Soil and Crop Sciences Section. Communicating science to an audience of non-scientists is hard enough ...
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Is the BEST program for aspiring academics?
by Jody W. Enck, BEST Communications Specialist Many more people graduate with PhD’s in the U.S. every year than there are open faculty positions in academia. By default, many of those graduates will apply ...
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Welcome to the “BEST” program blog at Cornell
by Jody W. Enck, BEST Communication Specialist Welcome to the “BEST” blog! We are excited to go live with our stories about the program and its impacts. Read on for a little more information ...
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