by Susan Keown | Jun 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Writing for Nature, Virginia Gewin (@VirginiaGewin) profiles geoscientists who are leading grassroots efforts to make their field more welcoming to researchers who have long been excluded from this area of science. Recent surveys have revealed that discrimination,...
by Susan Keown | Nov 6, 2022 | ScienceWire
For Wired, K.C. Cole’s (@kccole314) essay, “The Unnatural Future of Physics,” explores the surprising connections between the Higgs boson, inclusivity in science and improvisational group rapping. Physicists still can’t explain why the Higgs is 100 million billion...
by David Mills | Jun 9, 2021 | Events, Past Events
Telling stories about science is full of challenges, such as literally explaining the finer points of rocket science. But another challenge that science communicators shouldn’t ignore is how science communication can help dismantle biases, stereotypes, and...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 6, 2021 | Events, Past Events
The English language is constantly evolving. When it comes to inclusive, unbiased, non-stereotyping communications, we may be in the linguistic equivalent of the Cambrian explosion. As communicators, our word choices and style decisions can help lead the way toward...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
In recent weeks, we’ve seen corporate leaders make public statements against racism, white supremacy, and the rise of neo-Nazis. But Linda Dahlstrom has a particularly moving and personal description of how last month, Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Shultz...