Science Writing Applications, Spring 2018 [Now Closed]

Are you a Northwestern STEM+ PhD candidate? Interested in developing science writing and communication skills? Skills & Careers in Science Writing is a free course which trains graduate students to distill scientific ideas into engaging, reader-friendly stories for lay audiences.

Year in Review: Science in Society 2017

As the new year approaches, our staff and community members took a moment to look back and reflect on some of the highlights from 2017.

4 Ways To Learn New Skills & Get Involved with Science in Society in the New Year!

While we acknowledge that January 1 is not astronomically significant in any way whatsoever (we hear you, Neil deGrasse Tyson!), we also know that, for many people, the new year is a time for reflection, renewal, and goal-setting.

Giving faces to science: Northwestern researchers visit the Museum of Science and Industry

Northwestern scientists and engineers visited the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) earlier this month to share their research with the public. The researchers all placed a winning image in Science in Society’s 2016 Scientific Images Contest.

[Now closed] See your research in a gallery: Scientific Images Contest 2017 now open!

You’re invited to submit an image to Science in Society’s 2017 Scientific Images Contest.

This contest connects the public with real, contemporary Northwestern research through high-quality visuals. Winning images are professionally printed and displayed in museums, libraries, and galleries across Chicago and Evanston.

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