The importance of (sometimes shameless) self-promotion
In the times of instantaneous information via social media, waiting around to read our folders or for our paper to get published is no longer the only way to get our science out there.
In the times of instantaneous information via social media, waiting around to read our folders or for our paper to get published is no longer the only way to get our science out there.
Usually, when researchers lead a school activity about oysters, they’d bring students to the lab to dissect an oyster or demonstrate how oysters can filter water. But since in-person gatherings weren’t possible, graduate students Kaitlyn Clark and Annie Schatz got creative while teaching a Hampton University TRiO Educational Talent Search lesson.
As a Knauss fellow in the Water Power Technologies Office, Charles Scaife helped support the Waves to Water Prize, a competition for new, wave-powered technologies that turn saltwater into drinking water.
Four student teams created design ideas for neighborhoods in Hampton, Virginia, as part of a national resilience design competition during the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation’s 2021 conference.