On Friday, January 16th, there will be a networking reception with light food and drink, and a presentation by Rebecca Skloot, a freelance science writer, contributing editor at Popular Science, and correspondent for PBS’s NOVA scienceNOW. This event’s purpose is to bring together local women’s groups to support joint efforts in community outreach and to support communication of science information and ideas to the general public. Meet at the Sigma Xi center in RTP from 7 to 9 pm.
Award winning writer Rebecca Skloot will speak about women in science journalism, her own journey from scientist to writer, and her forthcoming book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which tells the remarkable story of HeLa — the first immortal human cells ever grown in culture — and the woman they came from. She has just joined ScienceBlogs; catch up with her on her blog, Culture Dish.
Read more and register. This event is organized and sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering at Duke University and ScienceOnline’09. I’ll see you there.