Chicago Science Writers

Members of the media are welcome to join a SciLine Media Briefing: COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics, today, June 9 at 1:00 PM CDT. Speakers include Dr. Amy Jenkins, DARPA, and Dr. John Mascola, Vaccine Research Center, NIH. Moderated by SciLine Director Rick Weiss. Register here:

COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics — SciLine Scientists around the world are racing to develop novel approaches to treat and prevent COVID-19. SciLine's next media briefing will cover the status of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development and clinical trials as well as research on uses of antibodies and convalescent plasma for treatment and protection.

Current CSW members, there is still time to sign up for our holiday party tomorrow night: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-science-writers-holiday-party-2019-tickets-83349240823?aff=mcivte

We need far more "non-policy people" in the policymaking process — here's why Co-designing with "non-policy people" is more important than ever. Civil servants must work with outsiders to tackle society's most challenging issues.

Work with the ASCB | ASCB Kavli Civic Science Fellow Are you passionate about civic science, including science outreach, communication, and public engagement? We, a collaboration of scientific societies, are looking for someone to lead an initiative that will increase the support and incentives for scientists who incorporate...

IJNR Workshop: Living with Wildfire

Deadline is soon: 1/31

McElheny Award: Submission Guidelines - KSJ@MIT Submissions for the 2019 Victor K. McElheny Award for local and regional science journalism will be accepted from December 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

2019 Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists Global Change Impacts and WaterAccording to the United Nations, water is the “primary medium through which we will feel the effects of climate change” and water scarcity alone affects nearly half the global population.

What Makes Us Human? Lessons from the Study of Wild Chimpanzees Chimpanzees and their sister species, the bonobo, are humankind’s closest living relatives. Because of this close evolutionary relationship, chimpanzees provide a model system to evaluate claims about human uniqueness. John Mitani’s 23-year study of an unusually large community of chimpanzees at...

"On the Future: Prospects for Humanity" with physicist Martin Rees World-renowned scientist Martin Rees offers his look at the future of humanity and science in this talk based upon his new book On the Future: Prospects for Humanity. Rees argues that humanity's future is bound to the future of science, and our prospects hinge on how successfully we harness technolo...

Intro to Mapping and GIS for Journalists Welcome to the massive open online course (MOOC) “Intro to Mapping and GIS for Journalists” from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin.

C2ST Fall Social at Revolution Join us for Science, a Raffle, and Prizes! Come check out one of Chicago's most well-known breweries and mingle with other STEM enthusiasts and professionals! Join the C2ST crew for a light-hearted evening of craft brews, raffles, and prizes. Tickets and space are limited, so make sure to purchase y...

Climate Change Science, Communication, and Action - Cornell's Open Online Course Begins - Boulder.Earth Climate Action Portal Cornell University online course that covers the basics of climate change, from science to action, and will assist you in developing a climate change action plan. Sept 11 – Oct 23, 2018, Register: https://civicecology.org/Course-CC