by Matt Vivion | May 25, 2016 | Past Events
Members and guests visited the Allen Institute for Brain Science on May 25 and met with researchers who manage key labs, toured the facility, and learned what the Allen Institute aims to accomplish with its big expansion in Seattle. Researchers explained how they’re...
by Jane Hu | Apr 13, 2016 | Past Events
What’s it like being a woman in the field of science? Award-winning scientist Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl is an examination of this question, but it’s also so much more. In conversation with The Stranger‘s Sydney Brownstone on April 13 at Town Hall Seattle, she shared...
by Ashley Braun | Mar 23, 2016 | Past Events
The Zika virus has been around since the 1950s, but it’s only in the last year that mosquito-borne disease has been making global headlines. Zika has been linked with microcephaly (unusually under-sized heads and damaged brains), Guillain-Barré disease, and...
by Matt Vivion | Feb 17, 2016 | Past Events
Under the spotlight of Super Bowl 50, and the release of the Hollywood film Concussion, concerns over brain trauma in football have become hard to ignore. Members and guests joined us on Feb. 17 for “Tackling the science of concussions and the future of...
by Matt Vivion | Jan 28, 2016 | Past Events
Members and guests mingled with other science writers, toured research labs and welcomed our new board at NSWA’s annual party on Jan. 28 at Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI). SCRI opened it’s brand new Discovery Portal for viewing by NSWA and...
by Jane Hu | Nov 11, 2015 | Past Events
Ethics in science journalism A panel of science writers joined us on Nov. 11 at University House for a discussion on the ethical boundaries of combining journalistic and non-journalistic work. In today’s media landscape, science writing comes from a variety of...
