Tag: COVID-19

  • Empowering Ambassadors of Science

    Empowering Ambassadors of Science

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    Andy Burnett
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    Researchers who collaborate with others must be able to describe and discuss their work with fellow scientists, both within and outside their area of expertise. We’ve noticed that those who work best on the cross-disciplinary teams that form at KI events are not just translators, but ambassadors. They are sensitive to differences in language and…

  • CAREER Workshop Goes Virtual

    CAREER Workshop Goes Virtual

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    Andy Burnett
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    The decision to go virtual was for organizers of the 2020 NSF Engineering CAREER Proposal Workshop. Sure they’re a group of tech-savvy engineers, but they had never offered a multi-day event online before. Eventually, they decided they needed help with the tech side of things so that could focus on the event and with making…

  • Breaking Down Silos to Stop COVID-19

    Breaking Down Silos to Stop COVID-19

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    Andy Burnett
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    Scientists across the country are focused on stopping, treating and developing a vaccine against COVID-19. For those things to happen, the science must go on. But how can researchers collaborate at a time when labs are shutting down and there are restrictions on meeting face-to-face? Researchers at the University of Utah’s Immunology, Inflammation & Infectious Disease…

  • You Too Can Go Virtual

    You Too Can Go Virtual

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    Andy Burnett
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    KI shares a decade of virtual event experience to help scientists adapt during the pandemic The response to the COVID-19 pandemic seems change daily. It’s clear, however, that life as usual is not an option for anyone, including scientists. Researchers are being asked to shut down their labs and work from home.  At the same…