IGSP Communications Series
IGSP Communications Series
WHAT: How to Get Published in Science
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 20, 10:00- 11:00 am
WHERE: 103 Bryan Research Bldg
HOW: Register at http://tinyurl.com/yefdugn
MORE INFO: This workshop focuses on how to prepare and review a manuscript along with some material specific to Science magazine.
SPEAKER BIO: Laura Zahn attended Smith College in Northampton, MA and graduated with a BA in Biology. After graduation she worked as a technician on the Human Genome project at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. She attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ receiving a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a minor in Genetics. Following her degree she was a post doctoral fellow at Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. She joined the staff of Science magazine in Washington, D.C. in 2006 where she handles papers in evolution, genomics, plant sciences, genetics and ecology.
CONTACT: Tomalei Vess at tomalei.vess@duke.edu if you have questions or concerns.
Previous Presentations
WHAT: Visualizing Science to Learn and Communicate Science
WHEN: Thursday, November 5, 4:00 pm
WHERE: 2240 CIEMAS
HOW: Register at http://tinyurl.com/ybjo8fz
MORE INFO: This presentation will cover ways in which we learn science through visualization, and in turn, communicate our science with visualization tools...from a simple drawing to sophisticated 3D immersive virtual reality experiences.
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom is a Professor of Pharmacology at Duke University Medical Center and Director of the Duke Center for Science Education. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmacology at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1983. She went on to the National Institute of Mental Health for her postdoctoral training and joined the faculty in Pharmacology at Duke University Medical Center in 1986. Rochelle’s research interests include both bench science and science education. For 22 years, she studied how degenerating neurons could be protected by drugs acting at GABA receptors. However, her current research is in science education, with an emphasis in the area of pharmacology and substance abuse. Rochelle has developed several science teaching curricula for the high school and college populations, and these curricula have been field-tested nationally. She has special interest in visual technologies to teach science, and has helped to develop 3D animations for digital output and for use in immersive virtual reality environments. Check out her website at www.rise.duke.edu
Contact: Tomalei Vess at tomalei.vess@duke.edu if you have questions or concerns.
WHAT: Visual Communication & Avoiding DEATH BY POWERPOINT Workshop
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 12, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
WHERE: Teer 203
HOW: Register at http://tinyurl.com/y9ep4zp
MORE INFO: In this session, we first examine a widely abused application: PowerPoint. Though it has great potential to support an interactive, engaging presentation and provide useful visual aids, it also has the potential to bore and pacify audiences. In this workshop, we will examine specific suggestions from research on multimedia learning for making the best use of this tool before turning our attention to graphic design principles, text formatting, the appropriate use of graphs and the range of perceptive tasks we ask our audiences to perform when we use graphics in presentation and in writing.
Dr. Crumley joined Duke University in 2006. He teaches coursework in instructional methods and technology, conducts research in instructional technology and TA development and provides workshops and consulting for faculty and TAs. Dr Crumley came to Duke from the University of Virginia, where he was faculty technology consultant and ESL instructor and teacher trainer. He has also taught at Georgetown University and trained teachers and worked as a faculty developer in Korea, Russia and Bulgaria.
Contact: Tomalei Vess at tomalei.vess@duke.edu if you have questions or concerns.