[PCST] World-Wide Day in Science -- today, 21 April 2010!

[William Rifkin]

WORLD-WIDE DAY IN SCIENCE is today … 21 April 2010.
10 minutes from you, a scientist, or science-based professional you know
"The high point of your 21 April?"
"What got you interested in science in the first place?"
www.dayinscience.unsw.edu.au<http://www.dayinscience.unsw.edu.au/>

WHY BOTHER?
Consider the reach into high schools ...
Thousands of website hits each month from around the world.

PARTICIPANTS & INSTITUTIONS
Nobel laureates and a Fields Medal winner.
Staff from –
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, LPNHE-Paris, Fermilab,
Ecole Polytechnic, Cambridge Enterprise Pty Ltd, Gene Technology Information Service, SymbioticA Pty Ltd, iThemba LABS,
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Pfizer, Friends of the Earth, Bahrain Petroleum Company, United Arab Emirates University, Ceylon Tobacco Company, Civil Aviation Authority - Arabian Gulf
British High Commission, Discovery Channel, Luna Media,
Edinburgh University, U of the Republic of Uruguay, U of Queensland, Deakin University, U of New England, Pompeu Fabra U, TV Catalonia, U of Barcelona, and - of course - the University of New South Wales.


Will

William D. Rifkin, PhD
Director, Science Communication Program
Faculty of Science, BSB-BABS
UNSW, Sydney, NSW  2052  AUSTRALIA

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