Monthly Archives: April 2012

Communication and education: Teach me, please; I’m willing to learn

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As I mentioned in my previous post, my research at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute secured a place for me among over two-thousand posters at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting. I could talk about presenting this poster, the talks I went to, or the other activities arranged for the undergrads: including a field trip to the beautiful Great Salt Lake. I could even talk about the city itself, and walking through museums and Mormon tabernacles. However, I’d rather talk about two things I have been pondering since the conference: communication and education. Continue reading Communication and education: Teach me, please; I’m willing to learn →

#NewMarineTweep – March

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So, we are one month into our #NewMarineTweep campaign, which aims to get more marine scientists into the Twittersphere. Below is a list of people that have been recruited over the last month – 12 in total, well done marine Tweople! We can’t stop now though; not until Twitter is sick to death of marine science chat should we be satisfied: Continue reading #NewMarineTweep – March →