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Kristan Uhlenbrock

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Searching for life's interesting people, places, and peculiarities. Work at @InstituteSciPol @DenverMuseumNS. Tweets=Own. #scicomm #scipol #climate

 Denver, CO
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Today's megafires raise questions about how we manage our forests and where we choose to live. In 2020, Colorado experienced two of the largest fires in its history, and they challenged what we thought we knew about wildfire behavior. tinyurl.com/55j3hh8n
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Join us on March 27th at noon MST for our free webinar on the innovation, benefits, and tradeoffs surrounding lab-grown meat from the scientific challenges and government regulations to the impacts on ranching communities, public perceptions, and more. institute.dmns.org/events/sc…
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Listen to a bonus episode of our Water Under Pressure podcast, where we deep dive with @EklundCO, a water lawyer and recognized authority on water management, about the controversy over water speculation, selling water rights for profit, and more. waterunderpressure.org/episo…
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Season 2 of our podcast is live! Listen to Water, Under Pressure on all major platforms. Find it on @ApplePodcasts @spotifypodcasts @GooglePlay @Stitcher @amazonmusic and more. Also visit waterunderpressure.org/ to listen and learn more. New episodes released weekly.
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We just dropped the trailer to season 2 of our podcast! Check out Water, Under Pressure and subscribe to hear the full season. @InstituteSciPol waterunderpressure.org/

Water Under Pressure: The Institute for Science & Policy Podcasts

The Institute for Science & Policy creates narrative podcasts exploring complex societal issues around energy, climate, public health, agriculture, and human nature.

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SWARM@SciWriRockies9 Nov 2022
✨ Registration is open for our hybrid holiday party on December 5! Grab a ticket for food, wine tasting & a raffle at @BalistreriWine in Denver, and/or for our zoom chat featuring @kennaculture & @samuelbrasch! Registration closes 12/1: sciwrirockies.com/event-deta…
SWARM holiday party | Swarm

SWARM holiday party | Swarm

Join us virtually to celebrate the season!

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Many thanks to @InstituteSciPol & @oceankris @mcarcasson @Laura_Frank for presenting today's Scrivner Policy Roundtable! They discussed their work on "Navigating Misinformation in Our Communities" & facilitated small group discussions using guides they've developed.
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So proud of @TrentKnoss and the @InstituteSciPol team!!!
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The National Academies congratulate the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications. Learn more about the recipients’ contributions to the understanding of science: ow.ly/6oCm50L86QN #SciCommFutures #scicomm
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The 2022 NASW Excellence in Institutional Writing Award - Long-Form Category goes to @oceankris @trentknoss Nicole Delaney @JulietteLuini Catherine Jaffe and Jason Paton for their podcast episode produced for @institutescipol @DenverMuseumNS: nasw.org/nasw-science-writer… #SciWriAwards
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Coat at Sunset wins the @ScienceWriters 2022 Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards!!! We are HONORED and thrilled! Podcast: coalatsunset.org/ News: nasw.org/nasw-science-writer… @HouseOfPod @DenverMuseumNS

Coal at Sunset: The Institute for Science & Policy Podcasts

The Institute for Science & Policy creates narrative podcasts exploring complex societal issues around energy, climate, public health, agriculture, and human nature.

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We're hiring! Come join the team and help us create impact as a Managing Editor, Institute for Science & Policy Apply today: phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf01/ats/… #scicomm #scipol #sciencewriting
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Call for submissions: We're looking for essays on climate change & the built environment. How can we rethink buildings, roads, sidewalks, and other spaces we inhabit? $500 for up to 1,200 words, pitches are due July 15. More details & guidelines: bit.ly/3Mn9YXt
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NYT Climate@nytclimate5 May 2022
As deadly wildfires become a terrifying fixture of life for many Americans, the country is embracing an ancient tool for limiting the devastation: controlled burning to thin forest vegetation. Ramping up burning won’t be easy, however. nyti.ms/3MRavBx
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Xcel Energy agrees to close Pueblo’s Comanche 3 coal plant by 2031 coloradosun.com/2022/04/26/c…
Xcel Energy agrees to close Pueblo’s Comanche 3 coal plant by 2031

Xcel Energy agrees to close Pueblo’s Comanche 3 coal plant by 2031

The closure of the Comanche 3 plant — Colorado’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions — would be the end of coal-fired electricity in the state

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@AukeHoekstra27 Apr 2022
First read it top down. Then read it bottom up. Your choice.
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#Climate Action in Our Community. Don't miss this awesome pre- #EarthDay2022 line up by @InstituteSciPol @DenverMuseumNS @IETEF @RockyMtnInst @OdellBrewing @DriveElectricCO institute.dmns.org/perspecti…

Earth Day: The Institute for Science & Policy

Find information about Earth Day 2022 events at the Institute for Science & Policy at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

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@voxdotcom7 Apr 2022
The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in a 53-47 vote. It's a historic moment. Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the Court, and the first justice since Thurgood Marshall with significant experience representing criminal defendants.
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April 13 at noon MT: Tune in for the first episode of Grasslands: Culture, Conservation, and Resiliency as we welcome Terri Schulz of @Nature_Colorado and @AmyCGanguli of @USDA_NIFA for a conversation moderated by @JSandersonCO of @cnt4collabcons. Details: bit.ly/3uvA0ks
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@voxdotcom15 Mar 2022
The US Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Blogger and cartographer Andy Woodruff visualized what life might look like if we abolished DST, or kept it going all year, in a series of maps.
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As Omicron subsides (for now) in the U.S., what's next as restrictions ease and COVID-19 becomes endemic? @ashishkjha, Dean of @Brown_SPH, joins @ColoradoSPH and @DenverMuseumNS March 21 at 2pm ET / 12pm MT to discuss: bit.ly/3hUvF4k
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