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A Word From The Writing Team (March 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Mar 2024

A Word From The Writing Team (March 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Join Us for Our Virtual Writing Retreat on March 1st
  • Attend Inclusive Writing and Language Workshop at EF
  • Come and Judge the Jefferson Science Slam
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Jefferson's AI Library Guide is Available
  • The OPWPC Canvas Page Offers Helpful Tools
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations Continue
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (February 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Feb 2024

A Word From The Writing Team (February 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Join Us for Our Virtual Writing Retreat This Friday
  • Upcoming Biorender Workshop for Building Graphical Abstracts
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Co-Authorship and OA Fees: Do Your Homework!
  • The OPWPC Canvas Page Offers Helpful Tools
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations Continue
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (January 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Jan 2024

A Word From The Writing Team (January 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Virtual Writing Retreats Return in February
  • The OPWPC Canvas Page Offers Helpful Tools
  • Academic Commons Will Host a Presentation on Refugee Health in Philadelphia
  • Publication Spotlight
  • The OPWPC Helps with Scholarly Communication and Publication
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations Continue
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (December 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Dec 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (December 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Writing Retreats Happens This Friday, December 1st
  • The OPWPC Canvas Page Offers Helpful Tools
  • The Yeo Writing Deadline is December 31, 2023!
  • Publication Spotlight
  • AI and Publishing is a Hot Topic
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations Continue
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (November 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Nov 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (November 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • New!! Check Out Our OPWPC Resources Page in Canvas
  • First Friday Writing Retreats Continue - This Friday
  • The Annual Yeo Writing Prize is Back
  • Learn How AI Impacts Scholarly Writing, Reviewing, and Publishing
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Reminders
  • Consultations Available
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (October 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Oct 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (October 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Join Us for First Friday Writing Retreats Starting October 6th
  • Creative Writing Publication Opportunity: LGBTQ+ Theme
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Reminders
  • Consultations Available
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (September 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Sep 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (September 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Coming Soon! First Friday Writing Retreats Return
  • Creative Writing Opportunity Coming
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Reminders
  • Referencing Thomas Jefferson University in Manuscripts
  • Library Resources
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (August 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Aug 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (August 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Latest Issue of Evanescent is Out
  • First Friday Writing Retreats Return in October
  • Academic Commons Website Update
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Reminders
  • Scott Memorial Library Renovations
  • MS4 Residency Personal Statement Workshops
  • Jefferson Faculty APA Style Guide for Faculty
  • Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors


A Word From The Writing Team (July 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Jul 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (July 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Academic Commons Launches New Website
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Reminders
  • First Friday Writing Retreat Hiatus
  • Scott Renovations and You
  • MS4 Residency Personal Statement Workshops


A Word From The Writing Team (May 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa May 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (May 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Join us for our First Friday writing retreat of the semester!
  • Faculty Days 2023
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Reminders


A Word From The Writing Team (April 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Apr 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (April 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors in ACS Journals
  • Join us for out next First Friday writing retreat!
  • Publication Spotlight
  • Congrats to Science Slam Winners
  • Quick Reminder


A Word From The Writing Team (March 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Mar 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (March 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Join us Friday for our writing retreat
  • Writing Retreats on First Fridays (Virtual)
  • Science Communication Series Science Slam
  • Editing and Reviewing Training
  • Faculty Days 2023 Deadline


A Word From The Writing Team (January 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Jan 2023

A Word From The Writing Team (January 2023), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • New Year, Monthly Writing Sessions
  • Upcoming Workshops


A Word From The Writing Team (December 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Dec 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (December 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Writing Retreat—Happening This Week!
  • BioRender Webinar—Next Week
  • Coming in 2023


A Word From The Writing Team (November 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Nov 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (November 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Upcoming Workshop
  • Upcoming Writing Retreat
  • Reception - You're Invited!
  • Consultations
  • Write Your Story Series Update


A Word From The Writing Team (October 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Oct 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (October 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Upcoming Workshop
  • Writing Retreats
  • Consultations
  • East Falls Update


A Word From The Writing Team (September 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Sep 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (September 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Upcoming Workshops
  • Writing Opportunity


A Word From The Writing Team (August 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Aug 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (August 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Upcoming Workshops
  • Writing Opportunity
  • Summer's End


A Word From The Writing Team (July 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Jul 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (July 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Research Support News from Liz D’Angel in the Academic Commons
  • Writing Prize Deadline
  • Writing Tip: Accountability
  • Reminder


A Word From The Writing Team (June 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Jun 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (June 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Exciting News about Biorender, A Simple Tool For Making Great Graphics
  • Writing Opportunity
  • Writing Retreats
  • Quick Reminder


A Word From The Writing Team (May 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa May 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (May 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • News from the OPWPC
  • Quick Tip
  • Reminder


A Word From The Writing Team (April 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Apr 2022

A Word From The Writing Team (April 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Upcoming Workshop
  • News from the OPWPC
  • Quick Reminder


A Word From The Writing Center (March 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Mar 2022

A Word From The Writing Center (March 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Quick Tip: Inclusivity and Awareness in Writing
  • Upcoming Workshop Reminders
  • News from the Academic Commons


A Word From The Writing Center (February 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa Feb 2022

A Word From The Writing Center (February 2022), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Introduction to Liz Declan
  • Upcoming Workshops
  • Quick Tip: When to Use Semicolons


A Word From The Writing Team (March 2019), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa Mar 2019

A Word From The Writing Team (March 2019), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Key to Great Writing: Rewriting
  • 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)
  • Upcoming Workshops


A Word From The Writing Team (October 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa Oct 2018

A Word From The Writing Team (October 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

  • Writing Lessons from Ted-Ed
  • WHYY's Maiken Scott on Communicating Science
  • Paywall: The Business of Scholarship


Public Understanding Of One Health Messages: The Role Of Temporal Framing, Sungjong Roh, Laura N. Rickard, Katherine A. Mccomas, Daniel J. Decker Feb 2018

Public Understanding Of One Health Messages: The Role Of Temporal Framing, Sungjong Roh, Laura N. Rickard, Katherine A. Mccomas, Daniel J. Decker

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Building on research in motivated reasoning and framing in science communication, we examine how messages that vary attribution of responsibility (human vs animal) and temporal orientation (now vs in the next 10 years) for wildlife disease risk influence individuals’ conservation intentions. We conducted a randomized experiment with a nationally representative sample of US adults (N = 355), which revealed that for people low in biospheric concern, messages that highlighted both human responsibility for and the imminent nature of the risk failed to enhance conservation intentions compared with messages highlighting animal responsibility. However, when messages highlighting human responsibility placed the risk …


Sci Pop Talks! Presenter Guidelines, Kiyomi D. Deards, Raychelle Burks Jan 2015

Sci Pop Talks! Presenter Guidelines, Kiyomi D. Deards, Raychelle Burks

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

Presenter guidelines for the nUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Sci Pop! Talks series.


The Creation Of Transgenic Animal “Models” For Human Genetic Disease, Bernard Rollin Jan 1992

The Creation Of Transgenic Animal “Models” For Human Genetic Disease, Bernard Rollin

Biomedicine and Animal Models in Research Collection

Transgenic animals will be created to study human genetic disease as soon as the technological capability exists to do so. Extant laws permit such animals to be created. The mindset of the research community makes it inevitable. It is also clear that such diseases can cause enormous amounts of pain and suffering. Responsible researchers need to explore all possible avenues for controlling such pain and suffering. Thus far the research community has not engaged this issue vis a vis animals. The development of methodologies for controlling pain and suffering is likely to be exportable to numerous areas of animal research, …