MSU SciComm Conference: Conveyance

Date: 

Sunday, March 21, 2021 – 12:00pm to Monday, March 22, 2021 – 5:55pm

Location: 

Zoom

Registration link: https ://www.msuscicomm.org/conveyance

Description:

Sir Mark Walport s aid it best: “Science is not finished until it is communicated.” Michigan State University is one of the academic world’s epicenters for scientific research and innovation. With the great responsibility of such scientific advancement comes the necessity to communicate it with the greater populat ion. This is more important than ever, especially in today’s ever-changin g medical and political climate. In an effort to connect students with lea ders in the science communication field and develop effective communicatio n skills, MSU SciComm will be hosting a virtual SciComm Conference, ‘Con veyance’, on March 20th and 21st, 2021

Workshop and speakers at Con veyance will encompass MSU SciComm’s three main methods of communicating s cience to the public: art, policy, and literature. Featured science arti sts include Dr. Semarhy Quiñones, Kelly Stanford, and the MSU Broad Art Museum. Dr. Quiñones is an accomplished women in STEM coloring book author -illustrator and bacterial geneticist at California State University. Kell y Stanford is a science communicator and world-renown artist from the Univ ersity of Hull. We are also excited for the opportunity to virtually tour the Broad Art Museum with one of their curators, Michelle Word.