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From the @SloanFoundation’s pioneering public understanding program.
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“…a must-see for everyone'
Check out this review of the @ESTnycplay 'Las Borinqueñas,' commissioned & produced by SloanPublic. Written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano, the play follows 5 women in Puerto Rico & the development of the birth control pill
thefrontrowcenter.com/2024/04/las-bo…
If you're in Roanaoke, VA, join us tonight for 'Science + Literature: Nature's Poetry & Peril' where this year's winner of the National Book Foundation Science + Literature Award in poetry, Arthur Sze, will discuss his book 'The Glass Constellation'
Register here:
eventbrite.com/e/science-lite…
Join historians Donna Drucker (Dr. Donna J. Drucker) Columbia Nursing Kathryn Lankford Arizona State University bioethicist Inmaculada de Melo-Martin Weill Cornell Medicine and activist Alia Tejeda National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice to discuss new #ESTSloan drama LAS BORINQUEÑAS on 4/27 at EST @sloanpublic bit.ly/est_lasb_042724
Tune in to Think on KERA to hear Abrahm Lustgarten discuss his Sloan book 'On the Move' with host Krys Boyd. The book explains how climate change will force a population shift & tells the stories of homeowners, insurance customers & ranchers already affected
think.kera.org/2024/04/22/you…
Learning how to farm shrimp was a game-changer, making a luxury food cheap & abundant. But it also led to the destruction of mangroves across SE Asia. We explore the environmental impact of America’s favorite seafood in our new SloanPublic supported ep: gastropod.com/all-you-can-ea…
Kudos to SloanPublic grantee The NeuroRights Foundation & Jared Genser & rafael yuste for historic passage of world’s first neuroprotection bill into law in Colorado. It covers neural data collected by consumer neurotechnology products. nytimes.com/2024/04/17/sci…
Join Bioethicist Dr. Tia Powell NYS Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas Author Harriet Washington and Activist Elizabeth Estrada of National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice to discuss new #ESTSloan drama LAS BORINQUEÑAS on 4/20 at EST @sloanpublic bit.ly/est_lasb_042024
I'm headed to EST to see 'Las Borinqueñas,' a play commissioned & produced by SloanPublic. Written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano & directed by Rebecca Aparicio, the play follows five women in Puerto Rico who participate in the first-ever trial for the birth control pill
Headed to Day 1 SloanPublic-supported 'Trust. News. Democracy' Summit at LBJ Library for a conversation w Bob Woodward & @carlbernsteinon the role news has played in our history in fostering democracy MacArthur Foundation Press Forward
Livestream here:
youtube.com/watch?v=r0uTbZ…
New this year, the Sloan Science and Technology Writer Fellowship for Literary Adaptation (SloanPublic) provides a Writers’ Studio participant with an additional grant towards developing their project – This year’s selected recipient is Amy Trefry.
'...reveals our society’s need for climate justice and equitable adaptation and for systemic changes across many industries and aspects of our lives.'
Check out this review in Undark Magazine of Sloan book 'On the Move' by Abrahm Lustgarten, about climate migration
undark.org/2024/03/29/boo…
'...the author’s decades of experience as a climate journalist result in a particularly accessible analysis of the insurance landscape.'
Check out this review in Science News of Abrahm Lustgarten's new SloanPublic book 'On the Move,' about climate migration
sciencenews.org/article/on-the…
The EST SloanPublic play 'Las Borinqueñas' opens tonight! Commissioned & produced by Sloan, the play by Nelson Diaz-Marcano w/ director Rebecca Aparicio follows 5 Puerto Rican women who participate in the first-ever trials for the birth control pill
ensemblestudiotheatre.org/20232024-seaso…
'...fascinating new look at the population changes wrought by climate crisis'
Check out this review in the The New York Times of SloanPublic book 'On the Move' by Abrahm Lustgarten, written by another Sloan book grantee, Jon Gertner
nytimes.com/2024/03/22/boo…
Last night we celebrated the 2024 Science + Literature honorees alongside our partner SloanPublic at The Cooper Union!
Congratulations to the 2024 honorees Brad Fox, Arthur Sze, and Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, and infinite gratitude to our host Emily Raboteau.
📸: Beowulf Sheehan
At The Cooper Union for National Book Foundation SloanPublic Science+Literature Awards Ceremony Reading & Panel, w/ winners Arthur Sze, Brad Fox (@bfox.bsky.social) & Novuyo Rosa Tshuma; committee members Priyamvada Natarajan Ricardo Nuila C. Vizcarra Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D., host Emily Raboteau & NBF Ruth Dickey