Program
May 14
(All sessions are in the Beckman Institute Auditorium. Registration begins at 7 a.m. outside the auditorium. Once you register, you will be directed to meal locations.)
7:30-8:25 A.M.
Breakfast
8:25 a.m.
Jennifer Follis
journalism/science journalism lecturer, Illinois
Welcome &
Introduction: Rashid Bashir
8:40 a.m.
Rashid Bashir
dean, Illinois College of Engineering
“First, reduce the noise”
8:55 a.m.
Introduction: Daniel Simons
9-9:50 a.m.
DANIEL SIMONS
psychology professor, Illinois
“What could this study tell us? Why critically evaluating study design is essential for accurate and informative science journalism”
9:50-10:05 a.m.
Break
10:05 a.m.
Introduction: Ivan Oransky
10:10 a.m.
Ivan Oransky
science journalist; co-founder, Retraction Watch
“The good, the bad, the retracted and the not even wrong: How journalism can reflect what’s really going on in science”
11:05 a.m.
Introduction: Nicole Cooke
11:10 a.m.
Nicole Cooke
information science professor, Illinois
“The science of fake news: Recognizing and eliminating misinformation and disinformation”
Noon-1 p.m.
Lunch
1:05 p.m.
Introduction: May Berenbaum
1:10 p.m.
May Berenbaum
entomology professor and department head, Illinois
“The buzz about bees in the news (and other accompanying bee-labored puns)”
2 p.m.
Introduction: Juan Perilla
2:05 p.m.
Juan Perilla
chemistry, biochemistry professor, University of Delaware
“Making the invisible visible with the computational microscope”
3-3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Introduction: Ed Yong
3:20 p.m.
Ed Yong, science journalist
“Nobody has to listen to this: Why storytelling matters in science”
4 p.m.
Author book sales, book signing
(location TBA)
May 15
(All sessions are in the Beckman Institute Auditorium.)
7:30-8:25 a.m.
Breakfast
8:25 a.m.
Jennifer Follis
journalism/science journalism lecturer, Illinois
Introduction: C.K. Gunsalus
8:30 a.m.
C.K. (Tina) Gunsalus, director,
National Center for Professional Research Ethics
“Overcoming perverse incentives in science”
9:15 a.m.
Introduction: R. Chris Fraley
9:20 a.m.
R. Chris Fraley
psychology professor, Illinois
“A non-statistical introduction to statistical power (and why it matters for understanding and promoting research findings)”
10:10-10:25 a.m.
Break
10:25 a.m.
Introduction: Donna Cox
10:30 a.m.
Donna Cox
director, Advanced Visualization Laboratory, NCSA
“Data visualizations to reach mass audiences”
Noon-1 p.m.
Lunch
1:05 p.m.
Introduction: Erin Allmann Updyke and Erin Welsh
1:10 p.m.
Allman Updyke and Welsh
co-creators of:
“This podcast will kill you”
2:05 p.m.
Introduction: Brent Roberts
2:10 p.m.
Brent Roberts
psychology professor, Illinois
“How to avoid amplifying iffy science”
3 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Introduction: Science Writing Workshop
3:20 p.m.
May Berenbaum and Daniel Simons
“Editing with the Editors”
University of illinois News Bureau
Amplify the Signal:
REDUCE THE NOISE
May 14-15, 2019
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
405 N. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801