Many places
employ science outreach staff, including museums, universities, scientific companies, scientific societies, and community non-profits.
SOFIA mission public engagement & public
outreach efforts, including maintaining the
Science Center website and producing social media output, are jointly managed & implemented by SOFIA staff
employed by USRA, the SETI Institute, and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that carries a telescope with an effective diameter of 100 inches (2.5 meters) at altitudes up to 45,000 feet (14 km), above the obscuring layer of water vapor in Earth's atmosphere.
In this session, the Director of
Science Outreach at Penn State University will share the secrets
employed in the College of
Science that successfully reduce barriers for faculty to do meaningful and interesting
outreach work.