The San Diego Science Writers Association (SANDSWA) recently asked members to nominate their favorite pieces of local science communications published this year. We are proud to showcase those science stories on our list of 2025 SciComm Highlights.
SANDSWA book club recap: Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe by Carl Zimmer
Author Carl Zimmer joined the SANDSWA Book Club via Zoom. This year, SANDSWA’s May book club selection was Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, the latest volume by science writer and journalist Carl Zimmer. Our meeting, which took place at an unassuming Starbucks in East County, was extraordinary with Zimmer joining us on Zoom …
Meet the 2024 SANDSWA Travel Grant Winner
By Madeline McCurry-Schmidt The San Diego Association of Science Writers (SANDSWA) is pleased to announce that Swetha Kasetty Ramakrishnan has received the 2024 SANDSWA Travel Grant. This $500 grant will help fund Ramakrishnan’s trip to Raleigh, NC, this fall for the ScienceWriters 2024 conference, hosted by the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the …
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SANDSWA Tours the Salk
By Melissa T. Miller The Salk Institute for Biological Studies recently hosted a tour specifically for SANDSWA, thanks to former board members Heather Buschman and Nicole Mlynaryk, who are part of the communications team there. Renowned for its beautiful campus and cutting-edge breakthroughs, and we got to learn more about both during a nearly three-hour …
Meet Our New Board Members
Last month we welcomed four new members to the SANDSWA board. They shared more about themselves, including what they are looking forward to as a board member, how they broke into science writing and more. Mario Aguilera (he/him/his) Director of Strategic Communications, UC San Diego Division of Biological Sciences As a new SANDSWA board member, …
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