Science Communications

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St. Antoine’s Front Country wins Green Earth Book Award

Front Country received honors in the Young Adult Fiction category of best environmental literature.
May 17, 2023
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Rodríguez-Cruz receives Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis Fellowship

Scientist, writer, consultant and Switzer Fellow Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz joins distinguished cohort to change who writes history.
April 17, 2023
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Making science safe for everyone: Cronin and Zavaleta launch FieldFutures

Fieldwork is an important and transformative part of science. But it also carries higher risk of harassment and assault. A new organization founded by fellows Melissa Cronin and Erika Zavaleta is working to change that.
March 21, 2023
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Wilkinson publishes on public interest in individual animals bolstering wildlife conservation

Inspired by ‘P-22’, a mountain lion who was monitored for a decade in the Los Angeles area, Christine Wilkinson’s piece in Nature Ecology & Evolution discusses the broader conservation benefits of naming and narrative around individual study animals.
March 21, 2023
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Fraga quoted in Guardian on ramifications of superbloom recreation

Naomi Fraga was featured in the Guardian story: California town hopes to put tourists off the scent as another super bloom looms.
March 21, 2023
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Valdez-Ward and Marcus publish ReclaimingSTEM model for inclusive science communication and policy training

ReclaimingSTEM is a science communication and science policy training space that centers the experiences, needs, and wants of people from marginalized communities.
March 21, 2023
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Karly Hampshire

2022 Fellow
Karly works at the intersection of medical education, climate change, and health. Her passion for climate advocacy was seeded by her undergraduate work with refugee and immigrant populations and recognition of climate change as a driving force for conflict and displacement.
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Diana Fu

2021 Fellow
Diana currently supports programs in public engagement and equity at the San Francisco Estuary Partnership.
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Scientists need to become better communicators, but it’s hard to measure whether training works

Editor's note: This piece, written by Switzer Fellow Margaret Rubega, Robert Wyss and Robert Capers was originally published in The Conversation.
April 28, 2021
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Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz

2020 Fellow
Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz is an interdisciplinary social scientist and writer based in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. His participatory and applied work explores the social dimensions of food systems, in relation to climate adaptation and public health outcomes, in the context of disasters and natural hazards.