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Author: Sarah Vick

Sarah is a 5th year PhD student in the department of Microbiology and Immunology. Her research focuses on immunotherapy, which finds ways to boost the immune response to help fight cancer.

Blog / Science Behind the Dance – Autobiography by Wayne McGregor

November 9, 2018November 14, 2018 / Sarah Vick / 1

Auto-Bio-Graphy = Self-Life-Writing or how your body and life look as told through choreography.  This is what Wayne McGregor imagined as he began working on Autobiography with the McGregor Company Dancers.  The…

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Blog / AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program

October 26, 2017 / Sarah Vick /

Are you interested in learning the tools to communicate complex ideas to a general audience?  The AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program is a competitive 10 week program…

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Announcement Graduate School science communication

Blog / Are You Ready for Science Writing and Communication 2017/2018?

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017 / Sarah Vick /

We are so excited about what’s in store for SWAC this year! If you are interested in writing or editing for SWAC for the 2017/2018 year, be sure to attend…

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Graduate School science communication

Blog / How Improv Comedy Can Make You a Better Science Communicator

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 / Sarah Vick /

As scientists, we strive to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences while seeming both confident and enthusiastic.  No wonder public speaking can be overwhelming and fear-inducing.  Could we all be…

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Scientific Communication

Blog / The Science of Spice

December 12, 2016 / Sarah Vick /

I watched the man at the table next to me begin to sweat profusely. I was enjoying wings with my family, and he had clearly chosen one of the spicier…

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Everyday Questions Weird Science

Blog / Why Aren’t Politicians Talking About Science, and Should We Care?

August 29, 2016August 29, 2016 / Sarah Vick / 1

With two months to go before election day, we’ve already seen numerous candidates in numerous debates.  It seems like politicians will debate everything…except science. Science is all around us, and…

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Opinions Politics Science Communication Series Science Policy

Blog / Golden Goose Award Eggs On Basic Science Research

April 19, 2016April 15, 2016 / Sarah Vick /

       As a scientist watched jellyfish float in Friday Harbor, Washington, he wondered what caused them to fluoresce green. It took years of determination to unravel the mystery…

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