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“Science is bigger than you think.”
The Virginia Tech Science Festival is a one-day fall festival serving 3,500 to 6,000 people in the mountains of western Virginia working to help attendees learn just how all-encompassing science is. The festival is a collaborative effort spanning multiple university...
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EvalFest and Encountering Science in America
In 2017 the EvalFest team was invited to attend a meeting hosted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to help inform their Public Face of Science Initiative . The meeting was attended by a blend of researchers from science communication and informal STEM...
EvalFest in Print: Multisite Evaluation in a Community of Practice
Drawing on data from surveys and interviews, the EvalFest team found high rates of evaluation use among its science festival partners across the United States. Recently published in Evaluation and Program Planning, this article uses data from festival team interviews...
Who’s Missing from Our Festivals?
EvalFest has collected over 10,000 survey responses (and counting!) from science festival attendees at 25 partner sites across the US over the last four years. This left us asking a question: who isn’t attending these events and what can we find out about them? This...
Does the Messenger Matter?
Although there are increasing calls for scientists and engineers to participate in public engagement activities, little is known about the efficacy of these efforts. Science festivals, and in particular science festival expos, have emerged as popular opportunities for...
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