Science Communication

Science History Institute Joins Independent Research Libraries Association
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PA Museums Award 2022

Institute’s ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Receives PA Museums Award
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Between Us and Catastrophe exhibition

‘Philadelphia Weekly’ Spotlights Institute’s Oral History Program, ‘Between Us and Catastrophe’ Exhibition
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Dennis Liotta headshot

Emory University’s Dennis Liotta to Receive 2022 SCI Perkin Medal
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Ad for colored stockings 1955

Ex Libris Universum: Museum Tour
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Babatunde Ogunnaike headshot

Science History Institute Mourns Death of Board Member Babatunde Ogunnaike
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Institute’s Digital Collections on List of ‘Hidden Gems’ in Creative Commons Open Culture Remix Art Contest
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Illustration of tapping serum from a horse in a pharmacy

Institute’s Digital Exhibition on Vaccines Gets Boost from Google Arts & Culture
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Jay Keasling

Metabolic Engineer Jay Keasling to Receive Science History Institute’s Prestigious Othmer Gold Medal
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Science History Institute Names SK Capital’s Barry Siadat 2022 Bolte Award Winner
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Chemistry International: Downstream
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Aloke Lohia headshot

Science History Institute Announces Aloke Lohia Is 2022 Petrochemical Heritage Award Honoree
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Science History Institute Receives $40K PHMC Grant
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Science History Institute Announces Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold Will Present 2022 Ullyot Lecture
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Paolo Brenni

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Scientific Instrument Expert Paolo Brenni
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Engraving of the alchemical universe 1618

Atlas Obscura: How Scholars Cracked a Medieval Alchemist’s Secret Code
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Fasha Mahjoor headshot

Science History Institute and Pittsburgh Conference to Present Pittcon Heritage Award to Fasha Mahjoor
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Mario Molina, left, and F. Sherwood Rowland at the University of California, Irvine, January 1975.

HISTORY This Week: The Sky Is Falling
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Alchemical emblem

The Conversation: Deciphering the Philosophers’ Stone
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Alan Mendelson headshot

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Pioneering Biotech Attorney Alan Mendelson
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Slide from The Mighty Delaware lecture 1954

Institute Awarded Turning Points in History Grant from Villanova’s Lepage Center

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Scientist Percy Julian in a lab 1930s

Institute Receives NEH SHARP Grant for ‘White Coats, Black Lives’ Project
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Water Pics exhibition

Science History Institute Mounts New Outdoor Exhibition
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Institute’s ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Featured in Multiple Media Outlets
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Frederick Frank speaking at the podium

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Biotech Giant Frederick Frank
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Model of Delaware River Basin, 1964.

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Must-See Museum Exhibits in Philly This Fall
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Research curator Jesse Smith shows off Downstream exhibition

WHYY: Exhibition Traces a 200-Year History of Water Pollution in Philadelphia
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Philly Materials Day Online: Experiments for Home
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Miners Hauling Electronics Amidst Pollution

C&EN: Rare Earths’ Magic Comes at a Cost
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Take a Watery Journey through History and Science with Institute’s New ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Opening September 14
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Postcard from Walther Nernst to Georg Bredig

10K Records Published to Institute’s Digital Collections
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Carla Pereira headshot

ExxonMobil’s Carla Pereira to Receive 18th Annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal
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Cover of Lady Ranelagh book by Michelle DiMeo

New Biography by Institute’s Library Director Unveils Life and Legacy of Unknown Woman Scientist
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Science History Institute museum interior

Science History Institute’s Museum to Reopen July 1
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Roald Hoffmann

Institute Receives National Archives Grant to Digitize Oral Histories of Immigrant Scientists
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C.C. Dennis using mortar and pestle at Dearborn laboratory

Science History Institute Debuts ‘Mechanochemistry: The Science of Crush’ Digital Exhibition
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Chemistry World: Ida Noddack and the Trouble with Element 43
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Portrait of Lady Ranelagh

Nature: An Incomparable Intellectual Who Fell through the Cracks of History
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Podcast team records at Laurel Hill Cemetery

Welp Magazine: 20 Best Books- and History-Related Podcasts of 2021
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Official Netflix movie poster for Space Sweepers

Inverse: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Epic Reveals a Real-Life Cosmic Danger
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Two tobacco plants, one with tobacco mosaic virus

What's the Longest Word in the English Language?

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David Cole headshot

Institute President David Cole Delivers Talk on History of Inventions at Imagine Solutions Conference
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A nurse in a mask

Hidden City Philadelphia: A Year in Ruins
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Interior of old German passportq

Science History Institute Receives CLIR Grant to Digitize Papers of Georg and Max Bredig
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watermark displayed on a Newton manuscript

News at IU Bloomington: Newton Watermark Project Could Help Date Books More Accurately
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David Cole headshot

Institute President David Cole to Speak at Imagine Solutions Conference 2021
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A nurse in a mask

UWISHUNU: The Top Things to Do in Philly This Week & Weekend, November 2–8
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Cows in a barn

The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells
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Bike delivery person in a mask

PhillyVoice: Photos of Essential Workers to Be Displayed by the Science History Institute
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Mask makers shown with a sewing machine and their dog

Science History Institute Debuts New Outdoor Exhibition
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Bob Gore 1982

BBC: Institute President David Cole Remembers Inventor Bob Gore
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Cartoon of mechanic getting electricuted

Comics: Old-School Distance-Learning Tools

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Robert W. Gore demonstrating the expansion of ePTFE, ca. 1982.

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Bob Gore
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Woodcut of medieval printers at work

Would a Book Lie?

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Science History Institute and Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie Announce Winners of 2020 Franklin-Lavoisier Prize
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Michael Somogyi and Unidentified Women in Laboratory

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Readers Rapidly Identify Renowned Scientist
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Anonymous Too Long—STL Women Shorted on Credit for Scientific Work
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Mr. Wizard on TV set with children

Science on TV: An Interview with Ingrid Ockert

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The Oprah Magazine: 20 Best History Podcasts That’ll Make You Rethink What You Learned in School
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Soft-focus photo of a vintage microphone and headphones

How Oral History Opens Up the Past

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A man holds up a model of the molecular structure of crystals.

The Case of Continental Classroom

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