Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2017
Volume 62, Number 1
Saturday–Tuesday, January 28–31, 2017; Washington, DC
Session J14: Outreach and Engaging the PublicFocus Invited Undergraduate
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Sponsoring Units: FOEP Chair: Larry Gladney, University of Pennsylvania Room: Washington 1 |
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM |
J14.00001: TBD Invited Speaker: David Kaplan |
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM |
J14.00002: Lessons for the Scientist-Communicator: Education \& Public Outreach in The Dark Energy Survey Invited Speaker: Rachel Wolf The Dark Energy Survey (DES) Collaboration is an international astronomy collaboration of 400 scientists (graduate student to professor) from $\sim$ 30 institutions. Our education and public outreach (EPO) program is a unique, grass-roots effort that sets new standards for large science collaborations. We describe several in-person and online initiatives in which scientists develop connections with local communities and reach global audiences. We also present some of the organizational and logistical challenges of our EPO experience and the lessons learned that will be invaluable for future large-scale projects. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:09PM |
J14.00003: Let's Go Where the Kids Are: A Successful ICHEP Outreach Program Marjorie Bardeen The ICHEP Local Organizing Committee created a partnership with the Chicago Public Library to put on physics presentations at neighborhood libraries in conjunction with ICHEP 2016. Each engaging presentation was offered by two physicists or engineers with interest and experience in outreach from universities and labs around the world. Most were ICHEP attendees, but some were local presenters including a group of graduate students from the University of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology. The conference was committed to community outreach, and we were delighted to ``pop-up'' in Chicago neighborhoods with a science program geared for children ages 6-18. We reached over 675 ``neighbors'' at 30 libraries citywide. The presentations were so successful that the libraries plan to host more presentations offered by Fermilab during the school year. We describe our experience as a model adaptable for other meetings and conferences or as part of a university outreach program and in partnership with other venues such park districts. [Preview Abstract] |
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