Posts in Month: June 2017

June 20th, 2017

Speaking Outside Your Field: Having an Attitude

Researcher showing poster to viewer

The first impression at a poster contest, as either the presenter or the listener, is a big deal. Granted, you have a lot of chances to make first impressions, but after spending some time listening at the Undergraduate Research Poster Contest, I saw some really bad and really good first impressions. Although, for the sake …read more

June 6th, 2017

Know Your Sponsor

Person leaning over papers on desk

My son and a team of fellow elementary students did an experiment for school to see how much the splash pattern grew when you increased the height you dropped a water balloon. They still don’t know the answer to that question because the kids didn’t get the balloons high enough to pop the balloons, let …read more