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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating and Presenting a Conference Poster
DESCRIPTION:Conference posters are for more than just communicating your research. While a good poster will help you tell a succinct story about your project\, a great poster will serve as a platform for engaging in meaningful discussion with your audience and building your network.\n\nThis session will cover: Best practices for organizing a conference poster\; Design aesthetics to improve poster accessibility\; How to engage an audience during a poster presentation.
UID:143018-21891951@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143018
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Rgs-events,Sessions,Rgs Events
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
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DTSTAMP:20260212T121826
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series - Speakers: Abbey Soule and Patricia Torres Pineda
DESCRIPTION:Speaker 1: Abbey Soule\, PhD Candidate\, Weber Lab\n\nTitle: Beyond Science Communication: Why Engaging with 'Non-Traditional' Audiences Makes Great Scientists\n\nDescription: Public engagement and outreach activities help scientists strengthen their communication skills while (ideally) improving public understanding of and trust in the research process. Science communication is considered an important part of professional development\, yet the opportunities for engaging in outreach activities often favor certain venues (e.g.\, museums) and audiences (e.g.\, K-12). As a result\, public reach is biased towards more mobile and/or affluent communities with easier access to engagement opportunities\, leaving many populations out of the conversation entirely. In my talk\, I will share my experiences participating in and organizing outreach efforts aimed at bringing underrepresented\, 'non-traditional' audiences into scientific conversations including scientist and audience testimonials as well as the logistical challenges of working in certain venues.\n----------\nSpeaker 2: Patricia Torres Pineda\, PhD candidate\nMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural \"Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano\"\, Santo Domingo\, R.D\n\nTitle: The colonial legacies of natural history collections: specimens from the Caribbean as a case study\n\nDescription: It has been estimated that at least 1.1 billion zoological specimens are housed in natural history museums and collections around the world. These specimens comprise the foundation of a plethora of biological and environmental research\, including studies on wildlife biology\, ecology\, and conservation\, habitat restoration\, predictive investigations related to climate change and public health\, as well as education and public engagement. In the last decades\, museum and collections professionals have started important conversations regarding the colonial legacies that have shaped and\, in many cases\, still inform the practices\, access\, and use (or lack thereof) of collections. Regrettably\, these debates are still not as prevalent in the field of natural history collections and museums. Despite the Caribbean being one of the top Biodiversity hotspots of the planet (geographic areas that concentrate a large number of unique species)\, this diversity is not being fairly represented in Caribbean-based museums and collections. Here\, I present preliminary results of an exploratory study on the geopolitical distribution patterns of zoological natural history specimens from the Caribbean in collections around the world\, where striking disparities in quantity and quality of collections housed locally\, in comparison with those in Global North institutions\, become evident. In order to address the causes and implications of these biases and open a dialogue that moves us towards more inclusive and fairer practices in zoological collecting and curating\, we must understand the extent and magnitude of the disparities.
UID:145399-21897247@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145399
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Bsbsigns,Museum Of Zoology,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Discussion,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate Students,Museum,Museum - Herbarium,Museum - Zoology
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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