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Australia’s first Professor of Science Communication

Australia’s first Professor of Science Communication

Susan Stocklmayer, Director of the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at ANU, has become the first ever Professor of science communication in Australia

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CPAS student video on The Huffington Post

CPAS student video on The Huffington Post

A video made by Master of Science Communication student Dustin Welbourne, which features an interview with Dr Charles Lineweaver about the evolution of life in the universe, has been picked up by 'The Huffington Post'

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Graham Walker: science theatre can help prevent the spread of HIV

Graham Walker: science theatre can help prevent the spread of HIV

PhD student Graham Walker has shown how a science show influenced HIV-related intentions among South African students, in a paper for the 'International Journal of Science Education Part B'

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Rod Lamberts and Will Grant: Australia in Space and Scientists vs Politicians

Rod Lamberts and Will Grant: Australia in Space and Scientists vs Politicians

Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant have written new pieces for 'The Conversation' on Australian involvement in space research and why politicians and scientists so often disagree

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CPAS students win New Scientist Prizes for Science Writing

CPAS students win New Scientist Prizes for Science Writing

First, second and third place of the New Scientist Prize for Science Writing were all won by ANU science communication students this year

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Lindy Orthia: the role of science in fictional environmental disaster

Lindy Orthia: the role of science in fictional environmental disaster

Science has been demoted from saviour to ineffectual irrelevance in 'Doctor Who' stories featuring environmental disaster, according to a new paper by Dr Lindy Orthia

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The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) is the world's most diverse academic science communication centre, located at ANU in Canberra.

We train a new generation of highly qualified scientists to become skilled communicators who can engage people with the science, technology, or medical information that is most relevant to them.

Our postgraduate students are researching new ways to excite the imagination of the public about science and to encourage informed decisions about scientific issues that will concern us in the 21st century.

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