From willrifkin at unsw.edu.au Mon Apr 20 08:35:58 2009 From: willrifkin at unsw.edu.au (Will Rifkin) Date: Tue Apr 21 08:03:16 2009 Subject: [PCST] World-Wide Day in Science -- 22 April 2009 Message-ID: <1F2B2FAD-33D7-45B1-B781-7C0F02937335@unsw.edu.au> Dear Colleague, World-Wide Day in Science - Wednesday -- 22 April 2009. Record the high point of YOUR day ? Persuade a colleague to. 10 minutes at your desk ... Show teens the attractions of science. For SEVEN years, we have captured the 'Day.' Sydney to Montevideo. Astrophysicists to nurses to zookeepers. 13 year old to Nobel Prize winner. 500 stories last year! New lesson plans for teachers. 200 words ? The high point of your 'Day'. What drew you to science in the first place? Take the 5-question 'personality test'. A photo or two to upload? www.dayinscience.unsw.edu.au. Stories are ABOUT April 22 & are DUE May 19. On holidays? Had a boring day? Say so. Also, describe an INTERESTING day at work. Contributed last year? Update. It takes just 10 minutes ... (wink) Will Will Rifkin, PhD Director, World-Wide Day in Science Director, Science Communication Program Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA wwds@unsw.edu.au www.dayinscience.unsw.edu.au P.S. Apologies for repeat postings. From Barbara.Gallavotti at alice.it Tue Apr 21 20:28:44 2009 From: Barbara.Gallavotti at alice.it (Barbara Gallavotti) Date: Wed Apr 22 08:11:10 2009 Subject: [PCST] second announcement school in Erice In-Reply-To: <26F7601D-54A9-4F4A-AE07-0A98782C7354@tossgascoigne.com.au> References: <26F7601D-54A9-4F4A-AE07-0A98782C7354@tossgascoigne.com.au> Message-ID: <49EE2C7C.1020801@alice.it> Dear PCST colleagues, an international School on Science Journalism and Communication has been created in the frame of Ettore Majorana Foundation in Erice, Sicily. The first edition will take place this summer, from July the 6^th to the 9^th . The School is directed to both young science writers and to reaserchers interested in science communication.The goal is to introduce the main challenges of the field to a new generation of science communicators and scientists.In the school we will discuss the more interesting issues in science communication, but each year we will also focus on a central scientific theme. International experts in science, journalism and communication will give lectures and take care of working sessions and other activities. .The central theme of the school in 2009 will be/energy/. The web address of the school is: http://pcaen1.ing2.uniroma1.it/SchoolJournalismErice/ Of course, I'll be glad if you would help us in spreading this information as much wide as possible. Thanks and best wishes, barbara -- dr. Barbara Gallavotti Science Writer http://www.webalice.it/barbara.gallavotti/ From paslap at cam.org Tue Apr 28 02:39:54 2009 From: paslap at cam.org (Pascal Lapointe) Date: Tue Apr 28 08:19:15 2009 Subject: [PCST] Book on science popularization Message-ID: Dear colleague, Forgive this shameless self-promotion, but I thought those of you who read French would be interested. From Quebec, come the most recent guide of Science Popularization. French-speaking, it is a practical guide as much as a synthesis of the situation in science journalism and science communication, both for scientists willing to invest some efforts in popularization, and for journalists willing to specialize in science. The summary and the introduction can be read (in French) at: http://multim.com/titre/?ID=262 Pascal Lapointe, Guide de vulgarisation scientifique. Au-del? de la d?couverte, la soci?t?. Qu?bec, ?ditions MultiMondes, 317 p. -- ***************************** Pascal Lapointe Agence Science-Presse http://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca Lisez Science! on blogue! Le premier livre sur les blogues en science http://blogue.sciencepresse.info ***************************** From ulrike.felt at univie.ac.at Thu Apr 30 12:39:29 2009 From: ulrike.felt at univie.ac.at (Ulrike Felt) Date: Fri May 1 08:03:07 2009 Subject: [PCST] NEW MASTER PROGRAM IN STS Message-ID: <49F99C01.1090209@univie.ac.at> Sorry for x-posting! Dear colleagues, in October 2009, the Department of Social Studies of Science at the University of Vienna will start a new international master programme in ?Science ? Technology ? Society? (teaching language: English). More Information: http://sciencestudies.univie.ac.at Contact: master.sciencestudies@univie.ac.at Please be so kind to forward this information also to potentially interested students! All best Ulrike Felt -- Univ.Prof. Dr. Ulrike Felt Institut f?r Wissenschaftsforschung Department of Social Studies of Science Universit?t Wien / University of Vienna Sensengasse 8/10 A-1090 Wien / Austria Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49611; Fax: 0043-1-4277-9496