by Wudan Yan | Jun 25, 2019 | Past Events
The opioid epidemic is taking the U.S., by storm, with people dying every day from opioid-related drug overdoses. But within what seems to be a bleak situation, researchers are looking at interventions to treat opioid addiction and related overdoses. NSWA hosted an...
by Wayt Gibbs | May 22, 2019 | Past Events
We grabbed our thinking caps for our second-annual NSWA Science Trivia Night on May 22 at Floating Bridge Brewing Co. Building on the success of last year’s spring social event, this special NSWA-organized quiz game was hosted by Geeks Who Drink. We showed off...
by Elizabeth Sharpe | Apr 12, 2019 | Past Events
NSWA mixed and mingled with the next generation of science communicators by joining the ComSciCon-Pacific Northwest participants on April 12 at Optimism Brewing on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Nearly 60 grad students from fields in science, engineering, technology and...
by Mark Harris | Mar 25, 2019 | Past Events
Ever wanted to incorporate data into your storytelling? From interactive maps to engaging graphs and charts, this workshop on March 25 helped us understand how to turn raw data into compelling visualizations ready to share online, using Tableau Public. Tableau Public...
by Jane Hu | Feb 20, 2019 | Events, Past Events
Can a computer ace a high school biology exam? What about navigate a typical household, or play Pictionary? At the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), researchers are working on these questions, among others. CEO Oren Etzioni gave us an overview of...
by Matt Vivion | Jan 10, 2019 | Past Events
HELLO WORLD2019 Holiday Party and Annual Membership Meeting We let our inner geeks out to play on Jan. 10 during our Holiday Party and Annual Meeting at Paul Allen’s Living Computers Museum + Labs. We talked shop and had fun with science-writing peers as we built and...
