Displaying items by tag: science communication
Famous author & science communicator Smil honoured at CU
Václav Smil is a world-famous author, science communicator and graduate of the Faculty of Science of Charles University. This week he made a special appearance at his alma mater and the Czech Geographical Society. Attendees gathered at a crowded auditorium.
Egyptologist Bárta among new members to join AAA&S
Miroslav Bárta from the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU has received great international recognition, invited this year to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The AAA&S has existed since 1780: George Washington himself was a member.
The Bolzano lecture series, organised by the Learned Society of the Czech Republic and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, returned to Charles University this week. The guest lecturer invited to speak this year was German-born astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020.
EMBL Barcelona: cutting-edge science with a beach view
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) currently has 28 member countries and more than 110 independent research groups covering a wide spectrum of molecular biology in six cities in Europe. How is science communicated at EMBL?
Oceněná Hubálková: Odměnu investuji do komunikace vědy
„Vědci a vědkyně nejsou na komunikaci vědy sami! Ať se nebojí ptát a ozvat se nám, rádi jim pomůžeme či poradíme,“ říká Pavla Hubálková, naše vědecká redaktorka, jež byla za svůj výzkum a disertaci na 3. LF UK oceněna Cenou Dimitrise N. Chorafase.
EUPRIO's raison d'etre: Sci communication
Zurich is more than the Swiss city of chocolate and banking or one of the richest cities in the world: recently, it was the destination where communicators from all over Europe converged. The conference central theme of the annual conference was “Science communication: how to engage nowadays”.
Didaktikon: Science for elementary & secondary schools
September saw the opening of the Didaktikon Educational and Creative Centre at Kampus Hybernská, successfully fusing cooperation between Charles University and the City of Prague. Ten interdisciplinary exhibits and a number of events await visitors.
Talking about science for three minutes can be "life changing" and open up new job opportunities, provide contacts and improve presentations. That's according to former winners of the FameLab competition, which is open to humanities majors for the first time this year. Applications are open until 17 July.
Final FameLab training took place over the weekend, where particiupants got tips on how to improve their performances or how to better communicate science. The final evening will take place on 30 September at the new Didaktikon Education Centre at the Kampus Hybernská multifunctional space.
