Just a few months after the game’s release, Ryan Sochol, a University of Maryland associate professor in mechanical engineering, launched “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to Machine Design.” The course began in Fall 2023 to provide undergraduate students with an uncommon opportunity to gain experience designing, prototyping, and testing new types of vehicles, robots, […]
Come enjoy beverages with the DCSWA community and, if you're so inspired, play some board games! Our next social event is at the Board Room DC in DuPont Circle. This venue serves drinks only but outside food is allowed. Location: Board Room DC, 1737 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC Date/Time: Thursday, July 24, 6:00pm to […]
Free ice cream for the first 25 people who show up! If the weather is nice, we'll sit by the waterfront and mingle. Location: Ice Cream Jubilee at Navy Yard Date/Time: Thursday, July 31, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Even in a challenging economy, you can find unique career possibilities and land jobs! Join us for a fireside chat and Ask Me Anything with Alaina G. Levine, professional speaker, science writer, career coach to science writers, and author of Networking for Nerds and Create Your Unicorn Career (forthcoming). Ask her anything about uncovering hidden […]
Our next in-person social will be a crafting party at Because Science! You may remember the venue from our space painting event in 2023 — this time we’ll be creating collages from electronic waste! We’ll spend about an hour collaging and then head to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Space is limited to 15 participants […]
Join the D.C. Science Writers Association (DCSWA) on Thursday, Sept. 18 to learn how to use Substack to share news about science, medicine, health, and technology. This free online Zoom webinar will include a panel of leading science writers and communicators who will provide insight about how they got started on Substack and are using the platform to share news with followers.
Join us for a joint happy hour with Johns Hopkins University's Science Writing Program on Thursday, September 25 at Crooked Run Fermentation from 6:00-8:00 PM. Meet new science writers and enjoy the venue's menu, which includes ciders, seltzers, natural wines, NY style pizza and wings. Closest metro station is NoMa-Gallaudet U New York Ave in […]
Join us for a joint happy hour with local scientists and federal workers on Wednesday, November 12, at Ris from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Network with fellow science writers, local scientists, and federal workers. Enjoy reduced price cocktails and bar bites. DCSWA will provide some snacks. Closest metro station is Foggy Bottom on the orange-blue-silver lines. Address: […]
Come, sit, stay. Join a virtual event to explore the science of our favorite symbiotes, dogs! Lindsay Cordero, author of "The Great Truffle Snuffle," and Melanie Kaplan, author of "Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research,” will talk about the intersection between dogs and science, with a special focus on […]
Science progresses as we find new views on what we already know. Two DCSWA authors recently published books that explore the wonders that happen when you take a new perspective on an old subject. Amy Hansen, author of Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe, shows children through an illustrated book […]