This week, we had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Melinda Butsch Kovacic about her public health research and work in the community. Dr. Butsch Kovacic is an Associate Dean of the University Of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences and also has an appointment in the Division of Asthma Research at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Inspiring a Change in Focus Dr. Butsch Kovacic is a cross trained as a basic scientist … Continue reading Affiliate Spotlight: Dr. Melinda Butsch Kovacic
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This week for #Flashback Friday, we focus on a group that was started by the “public,” a group of enthusiasts who made science a hobby or secondary profession and sought out the opportunity to pursue their passion. Jack Kallmeyer, the current president of the Dry Dredgers, told their story that he has reconstructed from accounts and pictures. The Dry … Continue reading Dry Dredgers: A Community’s Immersion in a Dry Ocean
The Science Policy Ambassadors at the University of Cincinnati aims to help students use their voice to be science advocates. Join the conversation on Monday, November 9th! @SPAUCS
Mitchel using the original telescope at the Cincinnati Observatory (Credit: cincinnatiobservatory.org) Science comes from curiosity, and many institutions have been fostering that curiosity in our community for decades. In the case of the Cincinnati Observatory, these efforts have been ongoing for over 175 years! This week, we had the privilege of hearing more about these … Continue reading Look to the Skies: Early Public Engagement in Science in Cincinnati
Nancy Tuana speaks to a packed audience at the Mercantile Library about climate change In this Humanities Unbound episode of the Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati, Nancy Tuana (Penn State) speaks with Taft Center Director Amy Lind about how climate change affects women and men differently and other topics about climate change … Continue reading Nancy Tuana interviewed about climate change and social justice
Dr. Trott's students in the 2019 senior capstone psychology course The students in Center Affiliate Carlie Trott's senior capstone course (PSYC 5051: Research Methods: Community Research) presented their research at Cincinnati City Hall this week: "Broadening Participation in Household Recycling in Cincinnati: First Findings from a Focus Group Study in South Cumminsville." The research was … Continue reading Trott’s community research senior capstone students present at City Hall
Center Affiliate Brooke Crowley (Associate Professor of Geology and Anthropology) talks with WVXU's Cincinnati Edition about helping to track jaguars in Belize. Listen to the interview here.
Promotional image for the University of Cincinnati's course "Public Engagement with Science" The Center is piloting a new graduate course at the University of Cincinnati in spring semester 2020: interdisciplinary, hands-on training in public engagement with science. NSCI/HUM 7000 Public Engagement with Science is a cross-listed Natural Science and Humanities course, in which graduate students … Continue reading UC Graduate Course in Public Engagement with Science
Audience from the second event of the CLIMATE CHANGE/CINCINNATI series, which focused on the social justice implications of climate change. The third and final event of the CLIMATE CHANGE/CINCINNATI series at the Mercantile Library in downtown Cincinnati is tonight. The series is cosponsored by our Center and the Taft Research Center, also at UC. This … Continue reading Tonight! Climate Change and Cincinnati Life
A full house audience listens to Nancy Tuana's talk on Climate Change at the Mercantile Library Nancy Tuana, Dupont/Class of 1948 Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Penn State, addressed a full house at the Mercantile Library in downtown Cincinnati. She discussed the formidable social justice implications of climate change, worldwide and locally here … Continue reading Nancy Tuana addresses climate change and social justice in Cincinnati
