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How to Change Your Mind - Prologue and Chapter 1 Summary

  • by Andi DeRogatis, edited by Lindsey Mooney

The prologue of How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan serves to provide the reader with important context for both the content of the book as well as the more personal nature of the book for Pollan. The concept for the book came from research Pollan did while writing a New Yorker article about the use of psychedelics as medical treatment, specifically the use of a guided psilocybin session to help reduce anxiety around death for cancer patients.

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Storyboarding Your Dissertation with Gabriel-Philip Santos

  • by Andi DeRogatis

One of the most effective ways to communicate science is through storytelling. For the last Science Says event of 2021, Gabriel-Philip Santos taught us how the tools of storytelling can be used to effectively share scientific ideas. As a scientist himself, Gabe firmly believes that all scientists can be successful storytellers. In fact, the very first scientific story Gabe shared was from his master’s research focused on marine mammals and paleoecology.

Science Policy

Science policy is an important facet of science communication. Scientists can directly influence policy decisions on a variety of topics — from healthcare to environmental issues — by communicating with lobbyists and legislative staff members. Here, Science Says has curated a list science policy resources and events.

Events #UCSciCommSeries Presents Colin Murphy

Colin Murphy is the Deputy Director of the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy. He will be discussing careers in science policy and sustainability.

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Consumerism

  • by Raisa Rahim, Edited by Sydney Wyatt

In 2013, the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh that manufactured clothing for several well-known retailers (e.g. Walmart, JC Penny) collapsed, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring around 2,500 more. It is the deadliest disaster the garment industry has ever suffered.

NeuWrite Davis

Science Says is excited to announce the launch of our new writing and workshopping group: NeuWrite Davis! This new group plans to host regular meetings to workshop/give feedback on each others’ broad-audience writing, discuss science communication tools and techniques, and share our writing through blog posts or other media. We invite scientists and writers from a range of domains and levels of expertise, from any aspect of the UC Davis community to join. Read more here https://www.neuwritedavis.org/

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