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We were honoured to have distinguished science photographer, Felice Frankel present on her award winning work. Felice is a research scientist at the Center for Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where in collaboration with many scientists and engineers her works have appeared in over 200 publications. During her career she has won numerous awards, such as the Lennart Nilsson Award for Scientific Photography, and has been profiled in the New York Time, Washington Post and LIFE magazine, to name a few.
The Chemistry in Society Lectureship occured March 7 and 8th, 2016 with two presentations and one workshop. All events were free to attend and light refreshments were provided. Information about each event is provided below, with more details on the attached posters. For more information asbout Felice and her work please visit her website, felicefrankel.com, and follow her on twitter@felicefrankel. 1. Academic Talk: “More Than Good Enough: Making Images and Graphics in Science and Engineering”3:30 pm on Monday, March 7th, 2016 at IRMACS, Simon Fraser University (Burnaby) Felice demonstrated how taking the process of creating visuals just one step further, can help with journal submissions, presentations, posters and submissions to funding agencies. She showed various step by step processes for getting from "here" to "there" (details). 2. General Talk: “More Than Pretty Pictures”7:00 pm, Tuesday March 8th, 2016 at D. M. World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), 149 West Hastings Street> Felice presented successes and failures during 20+ years of creating images in science and engineering. She demonstrated that a well thought out visual image of a complicated ideas in research can clarify the science for both the researcher AND the viewer (details). 3. Workshop: “Effective Visual Design Workshop”1:00-4:00 pm, Tuesday, March 8th, 2016, SSB 7172, Simon Fraser University (Burnaby) This workshop was intended for post-docs and graduate students. It showed participates how to develop images that effectively represent their research.
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The UBC Undergraduate Chemistry Society (UCS) is proud to host one of its biggest annual activities Chemistry Forum 2016. This student-organized event features up to eight professional speakers from industry and academic settings, who will talk about how a baccalaureate in chemistry helped shape their current career path. Students are able to converse with our guest speakers on a personal level and receive valuable career tips, along with building their professional network. A catered lunch will be provided for registered attendees. Dress code is business casual. Interested individuals are invited to check our website for more details: ucs.chem.ubc.ca/2016/02/18/forum2016/  |
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