Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session F08: Communicating Science to the PublicCommunication Education Invited Live Outreach Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FPS Chair: Richard Wiener, Research Corp |
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 11:30AM - 12:06PM Live |
F08.00001: The National Academy of Sciences Goes to Hollywood Invited Speaker: Ann Merchant In 2008 the National Academy of Sciences launched The Science & Entertainment Exchange. The goal was to create a connection between the science and engineering community and the entertainment industry in Hollwyood in order to use the vehicle of popular entertainment media to deliver sometimes subtle, but nevertheless powerful, messages about science to mainstream audiences. By creating a relationship with the content creators in film and television, The Exchange seeks to influence storytelling grounded in authentic science, encourage the depiction of richer, more diverse STEM characters in order to challenge traditional stereotypes, and inspire new media projects driven by science and engineering themes. Although this is not always a straight-forward process, the relationships that The Exchange have cultivated over the past 12 years have the potential to impact the next generation of scientists and engineers. By community building in Hollywood, we communicate directly with the public through the characters they know and trust to bring more science into the nation’s living rooms. |
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:06PM - 12:42PM Live |
F08.00002: DENNIS OVERBYE Invited Speaker: Dennis Overbye TBD |
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:42PM - 1:32PM Live |
F08.00003: Panel Discussion- Ira Flatow, Ann Merchant & Dennis Overbye Invited Speaker: Ira Flatow Panel discussion on communicating science to the public. |
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 1:32PM - 2:08PM Live |
F08.00004: Beller Lecture (2021): The Future Grand Challenges for Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Light sources Invited Speaker: Fulvio Parmigiani From the early days of ancient philosophers, the light-matter interaction is unveiling the intimate interplay between complexity and the laws that govern the structure of matter. |
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