Abstract
A week-long, city-wide science festival called Everything is Science (EiS) was developed to educate the community in an informal manner. The festival serves as a platform for presenters from diverse professions to give engaging talks (without PowerPoint slides) to the public, free of charge, in restaurants and bars around town. Over 350 people attended the events over 5 days with 33 presenters. Surveys completed by attendees and session coordinators indicate strong support for this festival. Altogether, the EiS festival serves as a no-cost method to engage with the community and improve science literacy with potential for adoption in other cities.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00068
Funding Information
VV was supported by the University of Kentucky Center for Biomedical Excellence (COBRE) in Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation (CPRI, NIH P20 GM130456), and the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (R01 HL152081).
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Repository Citation
Creameans, Jarrod W.; Pitts, Michelle G.; White, Olivia; Greenwell, Kellen M.; Colón, Kristie; Garneau-Tsodikova, Sylvie; and Venditto, Vincent J., "Everything Is Science: A Free City-Wide Science Festival" (2020). Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications. 148.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ps_facpub/148
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Frontiers in Communication, v. 5, article 68.
© 2020 Creameans, Pitts, White, Greenwell, Colón, Garneau-Tsodikova and Venditto.
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