Ramboll invites reporters to a webinar on Sept. 24 at 1 PM ET about its forthcoming white paper on ways to mitigate the environmental footprint of data centers, which will include a Q&A with the paper's author. Register: 🔗c.ramboll.com/net-zero-data-centers-how-to-mitigate-enviro-energy-impacts

Our Thursday night speakers for the Science Writing on Substack panel taught us some lessons learned from their experience on the emerging newsletter platform. Missed the event? Watch the full recording: 🔗 lnkd.in/epaGw_QB Enjoying our community? Join DCSWA today: 🔗 lnkd.in/gAW8i6dR

Join DCSWA on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Crooked Run Fermentation from 6-8 PM for a social event with the Johns Hopkins Science Writing Program. You'll meet alumni, current students, and faculty of the program. More details: 🔗 lnkd.in/eXwMruq3

Thanks to those who joined our Science Writing Accountability Group (SWAG) session the other Friday. More to come: Register for a Friday morning session: 🔗 lnkd.in/ei_Vrx8h Register for a Friday afternoon session: 🔗 lnkd.in/edFReXSK

Our Science Writing Accountability Group is in full swing this month! Sessions are available on Friday mornings and afternoons. Register for a Friday morning session: 🔗 lnkd.in/eqT3yYfY Register for a Friday afternoon session: 🔗 lnkd.in/e6ywyApP

Last Thursday, in a conversation between DCSWA board member Chiungwei Huang and speaker Alaina G. Levine, our members had the opportunity to learn how to leverage networking, professional societies and personal branding to land a new job or build your unicorn career.

Upcoming webinar: Join us on August 28 at 7 PM for a fireside chat and Q&A with Alaina G. Levine, where you can ask about uncovering hidden jobs in the current climate and creating Your Unicorn Career. Register: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tLQDcOdnRAe372LljSgZaQ#/registration

We had a fun time yesterday at the Ice Cream Jubilee. See you at our next social, ducks! 🦆

We had a great conversation last night with author Sadie Dingfelder about her book "Do I Know You? A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination." If you missed it, you can now watch the full webinar on YouTube: 🔗 youtu.be/bH16wQ1_028?si=PGY-rJUOlzekeoxm

Resource: for those interested in pursuing an academic degree in science communication, check out our full guide to programs in the DMV area. Read our latest blog: 🔗 dcswa.org/a-guide-to-pursuing-science-communication-higher-education-in-the-dmv/

Announcing the first Science Writing Accountability Group meeting: Join us on Friday, August 15 from 11 AM-1 PM via Zoom to work on our writing projects in a welcoming environment. Register here: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vNObZmgmTFS_XxahJOts3w#/registration

New ice cream social date: join us on Thursday, August 14 at 5:30 PM for some delicious scoops and fun people. The first 25 individuals to arrive will get free ice cream. Location: Ice Cream Jubilee - Navy Yard, 301 Water St SE # 105.

Upcoming webinar (rescheduled): join us on Wednesday, August 13 from 7-8:15 PM for a book talk on a fascinating look at neurodiversity and the science of subjective experience. Register: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jnvop1QdRcm0h4hALLkA1w#/registration

Events reminder for the week of 7/28: join us on Thursday, July 31 at 6 PM at the Ice Cream Jubilee - Navy Yard for some delicious scoops and fun people. The first 25 ducks 🦆 to arrive will get free ice cream.📍 Address: 301 Water St SE #105.

Upcoming webinar: join us on Thursday, September 18 from 7-8 PM to learn how to use Substack to share news about science, medicine, health, and technology. Register here: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xDYXl3xhTXGrfdg3YyNAgw#/registration

Hi ducks! We had fun with you tonight at the Board Room in Dupont Circle! 🎲 Next week, we’ll see you at the Ice Cream Jubilee in Navy Yard.

Upcoming social event: join us on Thursday, July 31 at 6 PM for some delicious scoops and fun people. The first 25 individuals to arrive will get free ice cream! Location: Ice Cream Jubilee - Navy Yard, 301 Water St SE # 105.

Did you enjoy 'Learning from the Legend of Zelda' and want to see more science talks from DCSWA? Let us know in the comments what subjects you're interested in learning about. 💬

Upcoming social event: join us at the Board Room DC for some drinks and a fun game night on Thursday, July 24 at 6 PM. This venue serves drinks only, but outside food is allowed. 📍 Location: 1737 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. Nearest metro station is Dupont Circle.

We enjoyed hosting our science talk 'Learning from the Legend of Zelda' with mechanical engineer Ryan Sochol from the University of Maryland. For those members who couldn't attend today, we'll be sending the video recording over the next Quacker. ✉️ Join DCSWA today: 🔗 dcswa.wildapricot.org/join-us

Happening this week: Learning from the 'Legend of Zelda,' an engineering science talk on Thursday at noon via Zoom. Don't forget to register to add the meeting information to your calendar. Register here: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XxWr1DqMTa2dTWclSDvM1A

Happy sunday from the DCSWA Board of Directors! We can’t wait to share the exciting events we have planned for you this Summer.

📸About today’s happy hour! We had a blast chatting with you while we enjoyed some delicious pizza and drinks at Sonny’s. Comment below👇🏼which pizza was the tastiest.

Upcoming Science Talk: Ryan Sochol, a UMD mechanical engineering associate professor will share how the 'Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' can be used as a basis to teach machine design to engineering students. Register: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XxWr1DqMTa2dTWclSDvM1A#/registration

Join geologist (and DCSWA Board Member) Leanne Wiberg on June 21 for a tour along Constitution Avenue NW, and learn about the stones that make up the historic buildings of DC. The tour is limited to 14 members, and there are few spots left. Register here: 🔗 dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-6223489

Last Thursday, DCSWA members attended the AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Awards Ceremony, which honored a scientist, an innovative company, and a trusted community advocate for their role in developing lenacapavir—the first HIV drug to offer long-lasting protection from infection.

Happening this Thursday: we hope to see you there, ducks! 🦆

Join the AAAS to celebrate the winners of the Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award. Ceremony begins at 4:00 PM and a reception will follow at 5:30 PM. Register and type DCSWA as your affiliation. 📍 Address: 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005 Registration: 🔗 shorturl.at/JuoWz

🔔 Job Alert: there are 10+ new listings in the DCSWA job board. Check them out using the link below. Signing into your account will be required. Access the Job Board: 🔗 dcswa.org/current-job-listings/ Post a New Job: 🔗 dcswa.org/jobs-post-a-notice/

DCSWA 🦆 Members: Join us on June 26 at Sonny's Pizza. There will be dairy free and gluten free options for those with dietary restrictions. No registration required. 📍Sonny’s Pizza is a few blocks from the Columbia Heights metro station. Address: 3120 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010.

Update on @dcswa.bsky.social Professional Development Day (Sat. 5/3). Keynote to be Roy Grinker, prof of anthropology & intl aff at @gwu1821.bsky.social, who'll explore underlying causes of mental illness stigma in "Nobody’s Normal: Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness." Register at dcswa.org.

Are you a science geek with nada to do this Sat. night, Apr. 19th? @dcswa.bsky.social is having a happy hour & science trivia night at Right Proper Brewing, 624 T St NW in DC (near the Green Line’s Shaw-Howard University Metro station). Come join us from 6-9 pm ET. Trivia starts at 7!

Registration's now open for the @dcswa.bsky.social premier annual event, Professional Development Day! Join us for a day full of workshops, panels, skills building, an editor meet-and-greet, and networking. It happens May 3 at the GWU (@gwu1821.bsky.social) Student Center. Register at www.dcswa.org.

In a special @dcswa.bsky.social lunchtime event (noon ET on 2/25/25), @sfiscience.bsky.social professor David Wolpert will discuss "The Thermodynamic Costs of Computing and Communications." The talk is free and open to all. Log in at us06web.zoom.us/j/8796617169...

Science Writers: Can't wait for the energy of our #SciWri24 national conference? You can also find community in a science writing regional group, like #DCSWA in Washington D.C.! Learn more about these independently organized #SciWriCongress local collectives: www.nasw.org/regional-sci...

🧪 For those in the DMV area, on Thursday, April 18th come hang with us at Sudhouse DC on U Street. No registration needed. All are welcome. Hope to see you there!

🧪This year's Professional Development Day is on Saturday, May 4th (in-person & virtual!). The day includes a keynote talk, panel discussions and workshops for journalists and PIOs, lunch with local scientists, a writer-editor meet and greet, and more! 🦆Register dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5643066

I, um won an award! THANK YOU @dcswa.bsky.social! I'm so honored and the judges' comments are lovely! And thank you especially to Ashley Yeager and Emily DeMarco, who were my editors for the winning article. It's editors who take something merely decent and make it shine. 🧪 dcswa.org/winners-anno...

Join us on Feb 21 for a virtual Q&A about the future of Science 🧪Communications #scicomm #SciWri ft. Dr. Francis Collins--the longest serving Director of the NIH-- moderated by @bruceylee.bsky.social journalist, scientist 🩺 & Professor @cuny.bsky.social Register here: dcswa.org/event/the-fu...

Here's what you are going to do before February 1, 2024. You are going to submit your entry to the 2023 @dcswa.bsky.social 🐥 Newsbrief Awards 🏆 via this link: dcswa.org/entries-for-...  That's just going to be the way it is. Because why wouldn't want you to be eligible for prizes? 🧪🩺

This will take you to the moon 🌛 & back while allowing you to Coast🌊 On Jan 31 at 5p PT The Southern California Science Writers group is holding a free Xoom book chat w/ @rboyle31 (author of a Moon book) and @RosannaXia (author of a California Coast book) Register here: bit.ly/421UHok 🐥🐥🐥

8 Cursing Parrots Cause Stir, Here's How the Zoo is Trying to Rehabilitate Them Will this plan bleeping work or will it create 100 foul-mouthed birds? My coverage for Minded by Science 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky 🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health bruceylee.substack.com/p/8-cursing-...

ICYMI: What I loved about editing this piece from @thsaey.bsky.social for @sciencenews.bsky.social is that it not only explains a molecular conundrum of morning sickness, it also deftly dispels stigma and stereotypes. www.sciencenews.org/article/morn... ⚕️🧪 #chemsky

🧪~2% of pregnant people suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum — severe, persistent nausea and vomiting that can be life-threatening. Last month researchers reported what causes it, so what’s next?💊 Grateful to cover this essential topic for Nat Geo www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/arti...

This will take you to the moon 🌛 & back while allowing you to Coast🌊 On Jan 31 at 5p PT The Southern California Science Writers group is holding a free Xoom book chat w/ @rboyle31 (author of a Moon book) and @RosannaXia (author of a California Coast book) Register here: bit.ly/421UHok 🐥🐥🐥

You've gotta get a pizza 🍕 this action @dcswa.bsky.social 🐥 is having a Science Writing 🧪🩺🔬Pizza Social on Feb 8 at Sonny's Pizza. This is a great way to topping your Thursday Check out a slice of the details here: dcswa.org/event/pizza-... And as a reminder, ducks 🦆are awesome

You've gotta get a pizza 🍕 this action @dcswa.bsky.social 🐥 is having a Science Writing 🧪🩺🔬Pizza Social on Feb 8 at Sonny's Pizza. This is a great way to topping your Thursday Check out a slice of the details here: dcswa.org/event/pizza-... And as a reminder, ducks 🦆are awesome

🧪Are you in the Washington, DC area and looking to connect with other science writers, producers, and journalists? @dcswa.bsky.social is hosting a pizza social at Sonny’s on Thursday, February 8th. Come mingle and grab a slice on us! 🍕 dcswa.org/event/pizza-...

Here's what you are going to do before February 1, 2024. You are going to submit your entry to the 2023 @dcswa.bsky.social 🐥 Newsbrief Awards 🏆 via this link: dcswa.org/entries-for-...  That's just going to be the way it is. Because why wouldn't want you to be eligible for prizes? 🧪🩺