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    612 results for "story":

    • Exploring online opportunities in scicomm with Dr. Sheryl Hosler
      ...aming project, Nature Check , which integrates science communication and role-playing games (RPG). We also explored this storytelling approach by playing a table-top RPG. It was refreshing and fun to learn about these unique approaches to science...
    • George Wright Society meeting in Portland, Oregon.
      ...yton Duncan, historians and documentary producers, presented previews of a spectacular public television series on the history of national parks which will air in September 2009....
    • HAPPENING NOW: Hack the Bay
      ...ng the health of the watershed. From August 3–September 14, data scientists, developers, designers, problem solvers, and storytellers are invited to explore CMC's data and create solutions to address some of their core challenges. Registration is...
    • Healthy Waterways journey
    • Highlighting USGS's Critical Bird Monitoring Programs
      ...n Flight: USGS Bird Programs Support Conservation, Culture, and a Thriving U.S. Economy." The fact sheet describes the history and critical impacts of the Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) and the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), two national bird monitori...
    • Highlights from the Inclusive Science Communication Symposium
      ...f Institution at the University of Rhode Island. While there, they attended sessions on data accessibility, inclusionary storytelling, community building through trust, and new dissemination techniques. They also hosted a session on stakeholder en...
    • IAN learns new science visualization techniques at the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators annual conference in DC
      ..., Senior Graphics Editor of Scientific American, Dr. Kirk Johnson , Sant Director of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (SMNH), Liz Neeley from The Story Collider, among others! Conference days also included small workshops on various scien...
    • IAN provides remote science communication course to IMET summer interns
      ...rns will work together to analyze microbial data specific to Baltimore Harbor. The science communication course included storytelling strategies, designing theme statements, and a crash course in Adobe's Creative Cloud products, providing tools th...
    • IAN speaks at Blacks of the Chesapeake event in Annapolis
      ...hools attended a series of events designed to connect them with their environment, including African American cultural history in the bay region. IAN’s role was to summarize the Coastal Environment and Community Health course that Vanessa and Heat...
    • IAN Strategic Plan released
      ...areas: partner engagement, social impacts, and ecological outcomes. The Strategic Plan also reviews IAN's fifteen year history in five phases: initiation (2002-2004), partnership (2005-2009), engagement (2010-2014), globalization (2014-present), a...
    • IAN team gathers for 2017 IAN Report Card Re-vamp Workshop
      ...N team met on February 20, 2018 in Annapolis, MD for the 2017 IAN Report Card Re-vamp Workshop. Staff received a brief history of the IAN report card initiative as well as priorities for the future informed by UMCES and IAN strategic plans . The g...
    • IAN welcomes Nicole Lehmer
      ...nison, helped with the Missouri River Basin report card workshop newsletter, and populated content on the Chesapeake Bay Story website. In the future, she hopes to write environmental policies for the state of Maryland and looks forward to expandi...
    • IAN welcomes Trish Summers
    • International River Prize awarded to Willamette River, Oregon
      ...Progress Towards a Healthier Willamette," and along with Johnny Sundstrom (IRF Ambassador), will present a talk on the history and significance of the International RiverPrize. The conference will be in Portland, Oregon on December 11-12. A new Eu...
    • Louisville, KY
      ...sion as an Ecological Imperative." Annie presented on her thesis research, participated in a session on National Parks history , and met colleagues from across the country. ... Annie Carew...
    • Mackay Report Card
      ...ment and Heritage Protection . Discussion was related to report card design and development issues, and we developed the storyboard for the Mackay Report Card. Jane Hawkey has been creating the draft from those sketches. The Mackay report card is...
    • Meet the Scientist: Ann Foo
      ...I don’t have an educational background in environmental science—I got dual degrees in cell biology and Greek and Roman history, with a big focus on art and language—but I’ve always been a nature kid. During undergrad, I worked in a food science la...
    • Monsoon School science communication course
      ...he evaluation of transdisciplinary projects using metrics to analyze concepts and challenges. A discussion on the art of storytelling and narrative to achieve great science communication followed, which included some exercises. The class concluded...
    • New EcoCheck Intern - Melissa Andreychek
      ... University of Pittsburgh, Melissa spent several years working as an interpretive writer at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, with major projects related to the renovation of the museum's dinosaur hall and the exhibition development of Powdermil...
    • New online course available
      ...ion tools to best express this knowledge in a way that is accessible and actionable. Synthesis of data into a compelling story is the solution. You will develop your own toolbox of science advisory techniques while growing your environmental manag...
    • New Science Visualization course
      ...iagrams , data visualizations , maps and photographs in the initial section. The second section of the course focuses on storyboarding and assembling posters, reports, web materials and oral presentations. Course materials (recorded lectures and b...
    • New UMCES/CBPO Water Quality Analyst
      ...kgroup. Jeni has a M.S. in sustainable development & conservation biology from the University of Maryland, and a BA in History from Saint Mary’s College of Maryland. She is currently a PhD candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Pri...
    • New York Harbor: Resilience in the face of four centuries of development
      ... by present and former IAN personnel and partners our NSF-STEM-C Billion Oyster project . The publication features the history and trajectory of similar environmental issues for global partner cities within the World Harbour Project....
    • On the horizon
      On the horizon ... Dr. Bill Dennison will give a webinar titled " Tell a Compelling Story: Combining Killer Graphics and Good Narrative for Effective Science Communication " on 15 September 2017 at 1:00 pm EDT....
    • Online courses available: become an environmental steward
      ...ity professional certificate program on edX. On April 26, we are excited to launch the second course in the certificate, Storytelling with Data Using Socio-environmental Report Cards . Join the more than 900 learners that are currently enrolled in...