Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
The Center is based at Stony Brook University's Melville Library | |
| Named after | Alan Alda |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Stony Brook, New York, U.S. |
Key people | Lauren Lindenfeld (director) |
Parent organization | School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University |
| Website | aldacenter |
Formerly called | Center for Communicating Science |
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science is a cross-disciplinary organization founded in 2009 within Stony Brook University's School of Communication and Journalism, in Stony Brook, New York. Its current director is Laura Lindenfeld. Its goal is to help scientists learn to communicate more effectively with the public, including policymakers, students, funders and the media. It was inspired by Alan Alda, the actor, writer and science advocate, in whose honor it was renamed in 2013, and is supported by Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.