Boston Globe mentions UMaine in article on communication training for scientists
The University of Maine was mentioned in a Boston Globe article about scientists at several universities who are taking improvisational acting classes to learn how to better communicate their research. The training is offered by Stony Brook University’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. Alda, the actor best known for his role in the television series “M*A*S*H,” hosted PBS’s “Scientific American Frontiers” for nearly a dozen years, according to the article. He said that work inspired him to train other scientists how to plainly explain their research. Since the center began in 2009, several universities including UMaine, Boston University, Dartmouth College and University of Vermont, have signed up for the training, the article states.