Communicating Science at MIT @commsciatMIT
ComMIT is a student group at MIT dedicated to providing #scicomm training for the MIT community! commit.mit.edu Cambridge, MA Joined May 2019-
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We just wrapped the inaugural Research Slam - it was such a pleasure to hear about some truly excellent science & offer feedback to these researchers. Warmest congratulations to winners @mjbezdek, Hari Vijayamohanan, @lbackman21 & @CP_OD and all the finalists. Brilliant work!
Tonight (3/29) from 5:00-6:30 pm (EST): Join us for the inaugural MIT Research Slam Showcase, a research communication competition for MIT PhD students and postdocs! mitsha.re/ZGs750EbyJt
Thank you all sooo much for the love and support! I’m sincerely overwhelmed by this. Snagged second place 🤩 Congrats to @lbackman21 on winning first!! Your presentation was perfect and so incredibly fascinating. I had no idea that you studied poo for your day job 😂
Hi y'all! I'm a finalist in MIT's Research Slam where PhD students try to explain our research in 3 minutes :o I'm participating in the final showcase next Monday (03/29) from 5-6:30PM (EST) if you'd like to tune in and vote and stuff! It's open to anyone, so please boost :) Reg:
Hey folks! The Final Showcase of MIT's first-ever Research Slam and 3MinuteThesis event is on March 29, 5-6:30 PM EST. Register: tinyurl.com/mit-slam-showc…
Video submission deadline to MIT's 3 Minute Thesis/Research Slam competition is extended to March 15th. Win hundreds of dollars in cash prizes while honing your science communication skills! We have resources to help you make a video. Check out researchslam.mit.edu for details
Hey y'all! We're having an open chat tomorrow (2/9/2021) at 7:30 PM. Drop in to have a friendly chat with our scientists! Use this link to sign up and receive a Zoom link: scientistsagainstmisinformation.org/upcoming-sessi….
Ding ding! We're collaborating with @MITgsc, @MITCareers and @MITCommLab to conduct MIT's institute-wide 3 Minute Thesis and Research Slam. Don't be intimidated - we have workshops to get you started and ready for the competition! Do sign up.
Hi folks! Scientists Against Misinformation (S.A.M), one of our sister organizations, is having an open hour today, November 18, from 8-9 PM. Turn up to have a friendly chat with scientists about Covid-19 and get your questions answered.
Hi folks! Scientists Against Misinformation (S.A.M) is having an open hour on Wednesday (November 18) from 8-9 PM. Turn up to have a friendly chat with scientists about Covid-19 and get your questions answered. Sign up using the QR code or the website link below!
Get ready. This is going to be an important thread. Election season will be over soon and hopefully more people will devote some attention to this... I'm going to walk through a timeline of SARS2-related virus data published in the months after the outbreak. (1/30)
Hi folks! Scientists Against Misinformation (S.A.M), one of our sister organizations, is having an open hour on Wednesday (Oct 28) from 8-9 PM. Turn up to have a friendly chat with scientists about Covid-19 and get your questions answered. Sign up using the QR code below!
This is a nice informal meeting to tell us what you want Communicating Science @ MIT to be doing this fall semester. Are there particular science communication skills that you'd like to learn? Do you have a germ of an idea for any sci. comm. event? We'd love to make it happen!
Hello folks! As the new semester gets started, we would like to invite you to our first virtual Townhall of the semester. All members of the MIT community are welcome! :) RSVP link: forms.gle/TtPPjzZC9sVMnA…
Since there’s 4,000 of you now (!!!), it’s time for a reintroduction! I’m Jordan, and I’m a second year PhD student in Medical Engineering at @mit_hst. I study neuromodulation and machine learning for clinical anesthesia via @mitbrainandcog @medialab.
happy to share our experiences building @umassbridge in @agu_eos today. hope others find it useful! many thanks to my coauthors & friends @foramsraqu @scienceizgolden @TheNadiaFern @phdtrekkers & our many advocates, supporters & funders over the years. eos.org/opinions/whats…
#DayCon2020, rescheduled to take place on September 26, will explore Contacts, Connections, and Communities - in other words, everything we have been missing while under quarantine. We hope to see you there! sitn.hms.harvard.edu/daycon/
We hosted a fantastic panel on empathy and #scicomm, featuring @TheCosmicRey and moderated by @LindzBro! Full recording available for anyone who missed it! communicatingsciencemit.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/com…
Saving the Planet with Robots, Microbes, and Nanotechnology - my latest @wyssinstitute feature! wyss.harvard.edu/saving-the-pla… @doningber
MIT's International #Policy Lab has launched a new free online course for #scientsts and #engineers who want to learn how they engage with policy-making: edx.org/course/tools-f…
Join us this Thursday at 6.30pm for our next Science by the Pint event @AeronautBrewing! Dr. Tanja Bosak from @eapsMIT will talk about her research on what the fossil record can tell us about the early life forms on Earth and its implications for astrobiology.
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