Are you interested in giving a TED-style talk to high school students during our Fall Science Cafe event? Would you like to mentor high school students and inspire them? Join Open Labs at Penn on Oct. 8th or 9th at 5:15-6:45pm in ARCH 110 over food and soft drinks to pitch your idea about a talk you would like to give. For any questions, you can reach us at pennopenlabs@gmail.com.

Open Labs is a graduate student organization at Penn, with associate chapters at Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Harvard. Open Labs is the host of Science Café – a series of outreach events for local high school students featuring TED-style talks by graduate student researchers and breakout sessions focused on encouraging students to pursue careers in STEM.

David Garbe (CAMB alum and Outreach Educator for nonprofit Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research) invites BGS students to volunteer. More info below:

“PSBR was established in 1990 with the goal of educating K-16 students about the importance and value of biomedical research, including the role of animals in that research.  We currently offer outreach and educational programs to schools throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia.  You can find information describing many of our programs here on our website (http://www.psbr.org/programs-18) as well as educational materials here (http://www.psbr.org/resources-53). We are on a mission to build outside relationships that support our work in hopes of developing additional programs, content, and digital media to share our message.   

Students who are interested in community science outreach might love to participate in a PSBR-sponsored activity.  Additionally, students with an interest in informal science instruction might like to design a new biomedical-related program or activity that could be adapted for use throughout the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Other ideas might involve assisting in the development of 1) an informal “coffeehouse” science seminar series for the general public or 2) a summer camp for local underserved students, or 3) creating a video/phone app to support our mission. These are just a few examples!”

For more information about PSBR and to learn about their novel Mobile Science Program titled SPARC (Science Program And Research Coach) see the following document. Contact david@psbr.org with questions and to get involved.

Interested in working on your science communication skills? Visit Open Labs at Penn on February 6th or 7th! Come prepared with your idea for a TED-style talk and get a chance to present your science to high school students in April. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. See our flier for detail. For more information, email pennopenlabs@gmail.com.

When: Feb. 6th or 7th, 5:30 PM

Where: IRG7, Irvine Auditorium