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An Immense World — Ed Yong

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT! 📢 Catch Pulitzer Prize-winner @edyong209.bsky.social at UC talking about the sensory worlds of animals, based on his book "An Immense World."

📍 Probasco Auditorium | ⏰ 7:30 PM | 🎟️ FREE!

Learn more about the book: edyong.me/an-immense-w...

#UCincy #EdYong #Science

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 1d

We had a blast with the 5th graders from SCPA who visited UC to be scientists for a day! They explored everything from taste and smell interactions to Earth's history. So cool to see these #FutureBearcats in action!

Read more: ucengagingscience.org/2025/10/07/s...

#STEM #ScienceOutreach #UCincy

SCPA 5th Graders Visit UC

SCPA 5th graders learn about fossils at the UC Geology museum. Last month, the Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS) was pleased to welcome 100 5th graders from the School for Creative a…

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 4d

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 7d

#UCPEWS #UCincy #EdYong #ScienceJournalism #STEM

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Pulitzer Prize-winning author @edyong209.bsky.social
comes to UC! His free talk, The Amazing Nature of Animal Senses, will reveal how animals perceive the world in remarkable ways.

🗓️ Oct 9 | 7:30 PM
📍 Probasco Auditorium, Cincinnati

Learn more about Ed Yong’s work: edyong.me

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 8d

#UCPEWS #ScienceEngagement #PublicEngagement #CincinnatiScience #STEMEducation #CommunityScience

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 8d

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Sign up for the PEWS newsletter and get updates straight to your inbox.

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Cincinnati Science Roundup: October

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 9d

#CincinnatiEvents #ScienceEngagement #CommunityScience #STEM #Sustainability #PEWS

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 9d

Cincy is alive with science this October! 🍂🔭 From greenspace hikes + birding to makers’ meetups, garden workshops, and climate talks - there’s something for everyone.

Check out the full roundup 👉 ucengagingscience.org/2025/09/30/c...

The UC Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS) is back with its monthly feature, Cincinnati Science Roundup. Check out events and news related to science happening in October from PEWS, ou…

The World According to Jumping Spiders

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 11d

#UCPEWS #ScienceCommunication #JacksonWild #JumpingSpiders

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 11d

🎥🕷️ PEWS Faculty Affiliate Professor Nathan Morehouse’s film "The World According to Jumping Spiders" with Day's Edge Productions is a finalist at the Jackson Wild Media Awards!

🔗 Full film: vimeo.com/962556187

📺 Short version via @veritasium.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfAq...

From Aristotle to Galileo, humanity’s greatest thinkers have puzzled over the fundamental nature of color. Yet if one team of researchers is correct, new insights…

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 14d

#UCPEWS #UCincy #EdYong #PublicEngagement #AnimalSenses

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 14d

📚 Don’t miss @edyong209.bsky.social at UC! Pulitzer-winning author of An Immense World will give a free public lecture: “The Amazing Nature of Animal Senses.”

🗓️ Oct 9 | 7:30 PM
📍 Probasco Auditorium, UC

Sponsored by UC College of Arts and Sciences.

Sustainability Awards 2026: Nominations now open!

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 15d

🌱 Nominations are open for the 2026 UC Sustainability Awards! Students, faculty & staff making a difference in sustainability can be recognized for their impact.

🔗 Learn more: ucengagingscience.org/2025/09/23/s...

#UCPEWS #UCSustainability #UCincy #SustainableFuture

Sponsored by the Office of Sustainability, and in support of UC’s strategic direction, Next Lives Here, the Sustainability Award Program serves as a celebratory and competitive framework for recogn…

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 21d

#PEWS #UCincinnati #Sustainability #SocioEcologicalTransformation

Re-Searching to Transgress – EAT+CHANGE

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 21d

🌍 PEWS Faculty Affiliate Carlie Trott gave a keynote in Graz, Austria at the Re-/Searching to Transgress conference: “Prefigurative Methodologies for the Capitalocene: Socio-ecological Transformation from Below.”

More info (German): www.rfdz.at/eatandchange...

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Reflections on ASTRO Fellowships

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 23d

#UCPEWS #UCincy #ASTROFellowship #SpaceExploration #UndergraduateResearch

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 23d

🚀 UC students share reflections on the ASTRO Armstrong Fellowship for Discovery - exploring space science, building research skills, and envisioning bold futures in discovery. 🌌

Full story: ucengagingscience.org/2025/09/16/reflections-on-astro-fellowships/

The ASTRO Fellowships, hosted by the Armstrong Institute for Space, Technology, and Research (ASTRO), provides undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty with the opportunity to advance new ide…

Internal Funding Fall 2025 Offerings

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 25d

#UCincy #SpaceResearch #STEMOpportunities #UCPEWS

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 25d

🚀 UC undergrads: The ASTRO Armstrong Fellowship for Discovery offers up to $6,000 to support innovative space research ideas. Open to all majors after 2 years of study.

🗓️ Apply by Oct 1, 2025 | Projects begin Spring 2026

🔗 research.uc.edu/news/2025/08/26/internal-funding-fall-2025-offerings

University of Cincinnati researchers continue to blaze new trails — see our latest newsworthy research.

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Award-winning author and science journalist to speak at UC

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 28d

🐾 Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ed Yong speaks at UC!
📅 Oct 9, 7:30 PM | Probasco Auditorium
Free + open to the public | Sponsored by UC Arts & Sciences

🔗 uc.edu/news/articles/2025/09/yong.html

#UCPEWS #UCincy #EdYong #ScienceCommunication

The University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences welcomes Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist and bestselling author of “An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden R...

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Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · 29d

PEWS Faculty Affiliate Nancy Jennings needs your vote to support a proposal to bring immersive VR exhibits to Kaua‘i for youth and community members!

Create an account and vote for:
Forest Calls 2.0: Into the Realm VR Educational Exhibits

bit.ly/3HQK7es

Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social · Sep 11

#Sustainability #UCPEWS #CircularEconomy