Feb. 5, 2015

As scientific controversies objecting to vaccinations, denying climate change swirl through old and new media, Bruce Lewenstein, chair of the Department of Science and Technology Studies and professor of communication, will moderate a panel, Public Engagement for Scientists: Realities, Risks and Rewards, to kick off the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2015 annual meeting to be held Feb. 12-16 in San Jose, California.

Lewensteins Feb. 12 panel discussion will be streamed liveat 4 p.m. EST.

Communicating science from the research laboratory through television, radio, print media, social media and other forms of outreach has become a major topic at AAAS meetings in the last several years. The sessions about science communication have been incredibly popular. The rooms are so crowded with researchers, that they regularly overflow into the hallways, said Lewenstein, who expects a sold-out crowd of 600 people with perhaps hundreds more watching the online stream.

Session panelists includeElizabeth Babcock, chief public engagement officer, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; Heidi Ballard, associate professor of education, University of California, Davis; Anthony Dudo, assistant professor, University of Texas at Austin; and Nalini Nadkarni, professor, University of Utah.

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Cornell sending strong contingent to annual science meeting