Fwd: Final Call: Explain a STEM concept using ANY media & win $500 - UGA Libraries Capturing Science Contest

[Shannon Quinn]

This would be a great challenge for anyone interested in deep learning, given the major complaint of deep networks acting as uninterpretable “black boxes.”

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Subject: Fwd: Final Call: Explain a STEM concept using ANY media & win $500 - UGA Libraries Capturing Science Contest

FYI. I encourage you to participate.

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Subject:	Final Call: Explain a STEM concept using ANY media & win $500 - UGA Libraries Capturing Science Contest
Date:	Wed, 8 Nov 2017 16:34:58 +0000
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Hello,

I was wondering if we could send one final reminder to students about the capturing science contest before our 11/27 deadline. $1500 in prizes!

Thanks,

Chandler

Subject: Communicate a STEM concept using ANY media & win $500 - UGA Libraries Capturing Science Contest. 

 

UGA Libraries is hosting a Capturing Science Contest to encourage STEM learning in a diverse range of formats and genres. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for $1,500 in prizes. 

 

Guidelines: Explain a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concept to a broader audience using any media of your choice. 

 

Formats: Any and all formats, media, and genres are encouraged! Examples include: essays, board games, virtual reality, videos, music, software, apps, curricula, lesson plans, poems, infographics, fiction, and exhibits.

 

Prizes: Prizes will be awarded in two separate categories for undergraduate and graduate students. 

1st Prize Graduate: $500

2nd Prize Graduate: $250

1st Prize Undergraduate: $500

2nd Prize Undergraduate: $250

Deadline: 5:00pm, November 27, 2017 

 

Eligibility: All currently-enrolled UGA undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Students may submit works used for other class assignments. Multiple entries and group submissions are acceptable.

 

Contest Criteria: Submissions will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

 

• Clarity of expression
• Creativity
• Appeal to a broad audience

 

Sponsored by UGA Libraries & The Office of Research

 

Google: UGA science contest

 

Learn more at guides.libs.uga.edu/capturingscience. Contact Chandler Christoffel for questions.

 

Chandler Christoffel

Instruction & Research Librarian

UGA Science Library