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			Appearances, Activities, Awards, and other Goings On Storytelling Workshop for Ocean Observatory Systems (OOS) Professionals (Panelist) Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD January 8, 2009 Podcast: Science Confirms The Obvious (Participant) Popsci.com March 31, 2008 Reaching Out to Lay Audiences: Communicating Science through Museums, Science Centers, and Community Programs (Speaker) The New York Academy of Sciences/Science Communication Consortium/NYU Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, New York, NY March 10, 2008 Image and Meaning 2.4 (Workshop participant) The Envisioning Science Program at the Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard University, Boston, MA October 25–26, 2007 National Association of Science Writers (Member, Mentor) 2006–2008 Young Naturalist Awards (Judge) American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 2006–2008 Awards with Collaborators EDPRESS/Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Awards – 2008: Science Instruction category—AMNH Science Bulletins website (Writer) – 2007: Professional Development category—AMNH Science Bulletins website (Writer) Technology & Learning Magazine Award of Excellence AMNH Science Bulletins website (Writer) 2007 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Best Use of New Media Website for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Our Oceans, Ourselves" (Writer) 2007 British Universities Film & Video Council Learning on Screen Awards Nominee, General Education and Learning Resources Web interactives for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Sloan Digital Sky Survey" (Writer) 2006 SCINEMA Festival of Science Film Finalist, MultiMedia Websites for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Lemurs of Madagascar" and "Sloan Digital Sky Survey" (Writer) 2006 National Science Foundation/Science magazine Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge Finalist Web interactives for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Gravity: Making Waves" (Writer/Producer) 2005 Personal Awards EDPRESS/Association of Educational Publishers – 1998: Feature Article (YA)—"Stalking the Giant Squid," Science World – 1997: How-to Feature—"Show Off Your Genes," SuperScience Feature Article—"Story of A Strike," SuperScience – 1996: Series—"On Your Own," SuperScience