University of Missouri's The Connector (formally Broader Impacts Network) #engagement #broaderimpacts #researchcomm #scicomm #researchoutreach #scienceoutreach
Columbia, MO
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Hello Thrivers! This Thursday, Thrive will be hosting our first Translational Research Training, sponsored by Mizzou TecHub! Learn more about how your research can be implemented in efforts for social change.
Register by visiting this link: //tinyurl.com/CITI-Sci01
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JURASSIC PARK | MONDAY, JUNE 10 | 6PM
Meet the panelists for this month's installment of Extra Credit! These academics will be joining us after the show to talk paleontology & put JURASSIC PARK into perspective.
🦖ragtagcinema.org/film/jurass…
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Have you wanted to take your research to the community, but need funding and resources to do it? @UMConnector is offering grants for summer enrichment opportunities for Missouri children pre-K - 12th grade.
Learn more in today's info session at noon: mailer.umsystem.edu/c/AQimtR…
ALT 10,000 Grants available for Summer Youth Programming
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From Missouri metal pollution, to solar eclipses and plant diversity — there'll be something for everyone at the Saturday Morning Science on March 30!
Three grad students will present their research in engaging ways. Bring your whole family to the fun @RagtagCinema at 10 a.m.!
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The Columbia Young Scientists Expo on Saturday was a huge success! Elementary aged students came from all over to learn about the vast fields of science and engineering with fun hands-on learning activities.
Thank you to all faculty, students and volunteers who set up booths!
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THE FAST & THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT | Monday, Nov. 13 | 6PM
High school troublemaker, Sean Boswell, becomes entrenched in the world of drift racing in Tokyo. Plays as a part of Extra Credit | Free for Members
🎟 ragtagcinema.org/film/the-fa…
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THIS WEEK: Saturday Morning Science
These popular Mizzou events are not your typical science lectures — featuring entertaining talks & demonstrations, you'll want to come back for more.
Free and open to the public: ragtagcinema.org/film/event-…
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The @Mizzou Connector team offers professional development for researchers and specializes in helping them develop a broader impacts plan, identify funding, find partnerships and engage with the community.
Learn how the @UMConnector can help you:
research.missouri.edu/news/s…
ALT Left to right: Christine Terry, Amanda Carr, Christal Huber and Sara Vassmer
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One month from today: our July Extra Credit is the new 4k restoration of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. This is the movie that introduced much of the world to "wire fu", or the element of Hong Kong action films that uses wire acrobatics in martial arts sequences. @umconnector
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We are so proud to announce TWO @NSF Career Award winners: Jessica Rodrigues, asst. professor in special education, and Matthias Young, asst. professor of chemical engineering.
Read more about how they used RII resources to strengthen their proposals:
research.missouri.edu/index.…
ALT A full-body photo of Jessica Rodrigues on the left and Matthias Young on the right. In the middle, text reads: Meet MU's 2023 NSF Career Award Winners
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Tickets are now on sale for Mamma Mia!, playing a week from today in our Extra Credit series. If you're a Ragtag Cinema member, be sure to log in to your account so you get your ticket for free. Presented in partnership with @UMConnector.
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We've got an exciting slate of Extra Credit films coming up with @umconnector, but we can't tell you all of them quite yet 🤫
Extra Credit re-examines pop-culture cinema through an academic lens. Free for members. More info: l8r.it/ctgj
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WATERWORLD is presented this Monday in partnership with @UMConnector. In this legendary flop, the Earth is flooded—and a nameless drifter joins a barmaid to protect a mysterious child with a higher purpose. After the film, stick around for a discussion with MU researchers.
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For all things that rock, come join us at Mizzou Geology for the College of Arts and Sciences Open Day event! We will have a booth at the Bond Life Sciences Center @bondlsc between 10am-1pm and will open the doors to our Department from 2pm-3pm. Hope to see you there!
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TONIGHT! 6PM. Come rock out with @Drona.the.band, share some laughs with Jack Black, and then get schooled by our esteemed Extra Credit panelists! Dr. Megan Murph, Dr. Claire Syler, and Mackenzie Chosy
ragtagcinema.org/film/school…
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We have two great workshops for you today! 1) Humanities Symposium - Info Session and 2) How to Write an Artist Statement. For more info and Zoom links: tinyurl.com/UndergradResearc… @MizzouAandS @MUArtandArch @MizzouTheatre @MizzouUGStudies @MUStratComm @CARatMizzou @MizzouResearch
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NSF STEM Diversity: $100 million, or roughly 50 percent, increase in funding for programs that aim to increase participation in science and engineering of individuals from racial and ethnic groups who are traditionally underrepresented in these fields.
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Here's the base discretionary request. Note a 20% increase for NSF, 6% increase for NASA. @AAAS_GR
