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ASBMB Today: A science communicator explains it all
September 8, 2022 What is a science communicator? Diana Chien, senior program manager at the MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab, talked to ASBMB Today about being a science communicator, her career path and the abstract pyramid. Read the interview here.
MIT Research Slam showcases postdoc and PhD communication skills
May 9, 2022 The 2nd Annual Research Slam featured three-minute talks on cutting-edge research from across MIT in an engaging public showcase and competition. Can you tell the story of a complex research project in only three minutes? Could a presentation emerge from extreme time compression transformed like a diamond from coal? The MIT Research Slam Public Showcase […]
ARIS Announces 2022 Fellowship Award to Jacqueline Goldstein
February 15, 2022 The Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society (ARIS) is pleased to announce Jacqueline Goldstein, MIT Communication Lab, is a fellowship award recipient. As ARIS Fellows, Goldstein and Dione Rossiter, Executive Director, Science, University of California Berkeley, will work together on their project: The Integration of Inclusive SciComm Principles and Practice into Research Impacts The […]
Participate in MIT’s 2nd Annual Research Slam!
February 15, 2022 Looking to build your research communication skills? Excited to compete for hundreds of dollars in prizes? Participate in MIT’s 2nd Annual Research Slam and Three Minute Thesis (3MTTM) competition! Spread the word to friends and labmates! Perks of participating Hundreds of dollars in prizes! Winner gets $600. Runner-up gets $300. Audience-choice award of $300 We […]
A Talk Outside the Tower: EECS Communication Lab in the news
April 6, 2021 Walking into MIT can feel like entering a foreign country—one with a number for every building and an unwieldy acronym for every organization. Deeper conversations are even more opaque, as fields and subfields command their own complex scientific argot. But if the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that bridging the gap between scientists […]
Welcoming 2021 Virtual Summer Institute participants
March 16, 2021 If you’re eager to craft innovative, peer-to-peer science communication resources for your own institution, in the company of passionate students and educators, join us for the 2021 Summer Institute! This July, we welcome scicomm trainers from near and far to join us and learn about the Communication Lab’s educational and organizational model. Our Summer Institutes […]
Apply to our first IAP workshop series on public science communication
December 7, 2020 IAP Workshop Series: Fundamentals of Communicating with the Public Being able to communicate your research compellingly to a variety of audiences is a crucial skill for scientists and engineers and an invaluable tool for building public trust and engagement. In this 5-session workshop series, participants will learn and practice strategies for effectively communicating research to […]
Comm Lab Resource Round-Up: Grad School Applications
November 12, 2020 Get help with your graduate school & fellowship applications: to check out all of our grad app resources in one place, click here.