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Cafes in the press
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Beth Schachter Aug. 9, 2009.
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I recently joined the MIT Museum to manage the newly formed Science Festival Alliance.
Created with a three-year grant from the NSF, the SFA will support and encourage the growth of science festivals throughout the US.
Our first priority is to pull together a set of resources that will help professionals get started with a science festival in their community. Among those resources, we envision a communication structure that allows experienced festival organizers to share and collaborate. We don't plan to set standards so much as facilitate the exchange of ideas as different models for science festivals emerge. We also hope to work with national partners to connect festivals to regional resources, and when necessary help coordinate national advocacy for science festivals.
Created with a three-year grant from the NSF, the SFA will support and encourage the growth of science festivals throughout the US.
Our first priority is to pull together a set of resources that will help professionals get started with a science festival in their community. Among those resources, we envision a communication structure that allows experienced festival organizers to share and collaborate. We don't plan to set standards so much as facilitate the exchange of ideas as different models for science festivals emerge. We also hope to work with national partners to connect festivals to regional resources, and when necessary help coordinate national advocacy for science festivals.
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Aug 2009 Newletter of American Society for Cell Biology: Serving Science, with a Side of Sushi and a Sip of Sake, about setting up a science cafe to highlight the science at City University of New York. Republished with permission from ASCB.
If you need any help as this shapes up let me know...I may be able to help out from Boston. At the least, I organized a cafe in January with a Johns Hopkins researcher that was fantastic. I am sure she woudl love to participate in another event, so…
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thanks a bunch.
Starting a group for Ohio Cafes sounds like a great idea. I'm definitely interested but have to admit that I'm not very familiar with how to get started! (I just started using facebook the other day and am feeling about 5 years behind the times :-) ). If you have some pointers or ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks for the help and encouragement,
Shawna