About

Engage: The Science Speaker Series

Graduate students in the sciences at the University of Washington receive training in cutting edge research, but rarely in how to explain their research to non-specialists. Engage is an organization of graduate students in scientific disciplines that is addressing this need.

The purposes of Engage are:

  • To assist graduate students with developing their skills in communicating with the public about science
  • To provide opportunities for graduate students to present their research to the public
  • To promote public awareness of scientific research that is being conducted by graduate students at UW

We teach a weekly seminar for graduate students during the fall quarter, then present a series of talks for the public in the winter and spring.

The Directors

Jonathan Cheng, VP Presentations

Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering / School of Medicine

Cliff Johnson*, Treasurer

Department of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

Jens von der Linden,  Secretary

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, College of Engineering

Rachel Mitchell*, VP Instruction, Seminar Instructor

School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment

Ty Robinson, Co-director, Seminar Co-Instructor

Department of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

Phil Rosenfield*, President

Department of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

Julie Shi, Co-director

Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering / School of Medicine

Dr. Toby Smith, Faculty Support

Sr. Lecturer, Department of Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

Liz Neely, Advisor

Assistant director of COMPASS; School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science, University of Washington

Previous Organizers

Melissa Clarkson, Webmaster

Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics, School of Medicine

Eric Hilton*, co-director

University of Hawaii, at the Institute for Astronomy and the Department of Geology and Geophysics
 
* Co-Creator

Special Thanks

The Forum on Science Ethics and Society

The University of Washington Department of Astronomy

The Graduate and Professional Student Senate

 

What Others Have Written

Jan 2011 A&S Perspectives Newsletter

Crafting the Story Behind the Science

http://www.artsci.washington.edu/newsletter/Jan11/engage.asp

March 2010 UW news

Engage Speaker Series: Where science meets storytelling

http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/56140

Contact Us:

Questions: info@engage-science.com

Website questions: webmaster@engage-science.com