SCONC’s second annual SciComm Contest winners have been chosen! We received so many wonderful submissions. Thank you everyone who submitted! Please join us at our SCONCies awards gala to celebrate the winners and mingle with fellow SCONCS.
JOURNALISM DIVISION WINNERS
FIRST PLACE (tied!)
Julie Leibach: Model Behavior
&
Dave Shaw: Magic at 64.4 Degrees: Science, Serendipity, and Farmed Striped Bass
THIRD PLACE:
Lauren Pharr: Wings of Change The Impacts of a Warming Climate on Birds of North Carolina
HONORABLE MENTION:
Max Cawley: RTP 180
INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION WINNERS
FIRST PLACE:
Alyssa LaFaro – Brain-Body Breakthroughs
SECOND PLACE:
Michael Penn – Searching for the Next Viral Threat
THIRD PLACE:
Mara Shurgot – Why Are We Using Drinking Water to Flush Toilets?
HONORABLE MENTION:
Matt Shipman – How a Tougher Skin Could Change the Shape of Stealth Aircraft
AWARDS CEREMONY
Join us at the SCONCies Awards Ceremony (in person or via Facebook Video) to salute our winners and rub noses with some vaccinated fellow SCONCs.
Weather permitting, most of the event will be held outside. We will follow all currently recommended COVID precautions. Anyone who would prefer to wear a mask is welcome to do so, especially if it is black and white and striped.
Date: Thursday, August 25th, 2022
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 15 TW Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 27709
RSVP: Tickets are FREE, but limited! Please RSVP by Friday, August 12th here
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