Upcoming Talk at UAlberta: Sci Comm at a Crossroads?

Next week on Thursday at noon I will be in Edmonton, Canada delivering the annual Picard Lecture at the University of Alberta's Health Law Institute. More information on the presentation "Science Communication at a Crossroads: Promising Directions, Lingering Distractions" can be found here. The lecture follows similar themes that I addressed in a presentation late last year at the New York Academy of Sciences.

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