In literature, Joseph Campbell pointed out in his book The Hero with A Thousand Faces that crossing the threshold is an essential step along the hero’s…
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Community Engagement A Call for Equity in Research and HealthcareRead more
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Community Engagement Connection and Community: the Struggle to Prevent Medical Misinformation from the Ground UpRead more
The communication gap between the medical field and the general population can lead to devastating consequences. Pediatric emergency medicine in particular faces…
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Community Engagement Eliminate Jargon! But what about definition differences?Read more
To unthaw or to unthaw? That is the question. Introducing my favorite word in the English language, “unthaw” has two meanings; 1)…
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Collaboration between scientists Community is Medicine: Building Relationships as a means of HealthcareRead more
In this post, graduate student Makayla Anderson illustrates the work of Dr. Wanda Thruston and the importance of serving the community. This…
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Collaboration between scientists The Only Way ThroughRead more
Patient input is critical to the advancement of patient care. In this post graduate student Michael Liesen showcases Dr. Paul Musey’s research…
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Community Engagement Decreasing Pollution Distribution in the CommunityRead more
April is Citizen Science Month! In this post, graduate student Mandy Dees illustrates the work of Dr. Gabriel Filipelli and how research…
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Community Engagement COVID Communication to Keep Local Communities Up to DateRead more
In March of this year I started posting a daily COVID update for the state of Indiana on Facebook: Hoosier COVID-19 Update. It has…
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Community Engagement SciComm at School: Science Communication in Undergraduate EducationRead more
More and more, academic science programs at U.S. universities are training their undergraduates to communicate effectively about science to a variety of…
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Community Engagement Zombies! An Effective Way to Sink Your Teeth into Brain AnatomyRead more
Halloween is about a month away. How are you going to make science an integral part of Halloween? Our guest writer for…
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Community Engagement A nifty guide for academics on using TwitterRead more
Have you recently ventured into the murky world of Twitter but have no idea what to do next? Are you using…
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Community Engagement Radio Conversations: The Art of Radio Communication of ScienceRead more
Our guest writer for this piece is Mark Kesling. Mark is the founder and CEO of The daVinci Pursuit, an Indianapolis-based non-profit…
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Community Engagement Hashtag SciComm: How Social Media Platforms Are Shaping the Future of ScienceRead more
Early in school, we are introduced to the scientific method as a stepwise process of experimentation used to answer questions that have…