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@ucscscicomm.bsky.socialClips are coming! 📰
Today, we’re highlighting Paige Francis’s story for SFGATE about a new wildlife crossing in Siskiyou County, California, where a black bear was spotted before the official opening! 🐻
Congrats, Paige!
Read Paige's story: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
@ucscscicomm.bsky.socialBig THANK YOUs to NASW and CASW for putting together another amazing Science Writers meeting! 🙌 Highlights of this year's meeting included our annual Slug Meet Up, and watching student Breyton Hill knock it out of the park with her expertly crafted and clearly delivered pitch at the Pitch Slam!
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social🗣️ Calling all SciCom slug alumni, students, and friends! Are you headed to Science Writers 2026 in Corvallis this week? If so, we can't wait to see you! 💛 🍻 Please join us for an informal meet up at Common Fields on Saturday evening from 4-6 pm. Come when you can! 👉️ Find more details on Whova.
@ucscscicomm.bsky.socialAnd that's a wrap on our second annual Book Camp! 🎉 📚️ THANK YOU to our wise and beloved author-mentors, Rachel Gross and Sarah Scoles. There is no way that Book Camp would be the success it is without the help of these two seriously talented and experienced authors who are also phenomenal mentors. 💛
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social🚨 REMINDER! 🚨
💻️ Enrollment closes TOMORROW for our 10-week online course, Science Communication I: Sharing Science with a General Audience.
👉️ Learn more and enroll here: www.ucsc-extension.edu/series/scien...
@ucscscicomm.bsky.socialSciCom Class of 2027, Day 1 ✔️ Our newest class of science writers are here, full of energy and enthusiasm for the coming months of reporting, writing, storytelling, editing, filming, recording, and so much more. Welcome to the program, baby slugs 🤗 🍌 🐌
@ucscscicomm.bsky.socialLots of great things on the horizon this month for the SciCom Program: 📚️ Sep. 13-18: Book Camp 2026 🤝 Sep. 15: Orientation for the incoming SciCom Class of 2027! ✍️ Sep. 25-28: ScienceWriters 2026 Meeting 💻️ Sep. 29: Classes start for Science Communication I (virtual course) - enroll today!
@ucscscicomm.bsky.socialWhether you're a graduate student in STEM looking for a science career that takes you out of the lab, or a researcher who feels (rightfully!) compelled to share your work with non-expert audiences — you belong in our program. 🤗
Learn more about us here: scicom.ucsc.edu
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social👩🔬 Scientists are taught how to communicate with other scientists.
🤷 But who teaches scientists how to communicate with non-scientists?
👋 We do!
Enroll today in our online professional development course, Science Communication I: lnkd.in/gRC_KjGw
