Meet a Wilburforce Fellow: Aerin Jacob
The Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science provides researchers with a unique opportunity to gain skills in science communication and leadership to further their conservation goals. Fellows...
View ArticleMeet A Wilburforce Fellow: Kyle Artelle
The Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science provides researchers with a unique opportunity to gain skills in science communication and leadership to further their conservation goals. Fellows...
View ArticleMeet a Wilburforce Fellow: Erin Sexton
The Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science provides researchers with a unique opportunity to gain skills in science communication and leadership to further their conservation goals. Fellows...
View ArticleCoaching, Community-Building, and Communication Confidence: How Our Trainings...
Over the past two weeks, we’ve been sharing stories from the 2015 Wilburforce Fellows about the role the fellowship has played for them over the past year. If you’re considering applying to be a 2017...
View ArticleCOMPASS Transitions: Looking Back to Look Forward
COMPASS was born as an experiment – a way to help scientists fulfill their social contract. I wanted in. I started with COMPASS that week. Four years later, I became the first Executive Director. And...
View ArticleRace, Power, Equity, The Institution Of Science, And Change.
This fall I received an invitation to attend the Branscomb Forum on Environmental Justice, Science, and Democracy. My first thought was “I’m too busy to travel to another meeting….” I was questioned by...
View Article#TeachInForScience Day
Learning can be a very individual experience; after all, gaining knowledge and skills is something that happens internally. But what you learn takes on new significance and understanding when you...
View ArticleRecognizing Brooke Smith: Realizing The Vision And Finding COMPASS’s Niche
Vikki Spruill, author of this post, sits on the COMPASS Board of Directors and is president and CEO of the Council on Foundations. Fifteen years ago, Jane Lubchenco (Oregon State University), Chuck...
View Article“So You Want To Change The World?”
As the year comes to an end, many of us are thinking about what lies ahead in 2017. It’s a time for taking stock of where we are and where we want to be. This Nature Comment (published today) called...
View Article“Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda” NAS Event & Webcast,...
The National Academies Report: “Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda” is an important new contribution to the science of science communication. “Everything we know about communicating...
View ArticleKeep Advocating For Science, But Don’t Forget To Engage
Like many of you right now, we at COMPASS are reflecting on our relationship with advocacy. Just as we advise scientists, figuring out where you fall on the advocacy spectrum is a personal choice—it’s...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2017 Wilburforce Fellows: Bright Spots in Conservation
Wilburforce Foundation, in partnership with COMPASS, is proud to announce the second cohort of the Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science. The Wilburforce Fellowship was designed for scientists...
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