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We are excited to welcome back Andrew Dotson to REYES on Friday, July 21 at 12 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. UTC. Hear about his unorthodox experience communicating about science on his physics YouTube channel, where he has amassed 235K followers!

"Tensors and Memes: An Unorthodox Approach to Science Communication"

Everyone likes to know what to expect when committing to a long term goal. Through YouTube, Andrew Dotson has been communicating his experiences pursuing a PhD in physics to an audience of future physicists, to provide an accurate representation of what studying physics entails. What started out as a means of documenting his life as an undergraduate physics major eventually continued into grad school. In this talk, he will share a few of these experiences and further discuss why he created a physics YouTube channel. He will also discuss the importance of others sharing their perspectives, and how they can get started.

Join us at: https://odu.zoom.us/j/98103827893?pwd=YlZzUzl5amdVOGNEaTd1MGFsdVJDUT09

Passcode: 371766

On Wednesday, July 12 at 11 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. UTC ODU University Professor and Eminent Scholar Larry Weinstein will discuss "Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin."

If you've ever wondered the following, this session is for you!

Why don't we all drive electric cars? Does it really matter if you don't recycle that plastic water bottle? If the Sun were made of gerbils, would the Earth be incinerated? How can we answer these questions without relying on experts? This talk will cover the principles of estimating, introduce the "Goldilocks" categories of answers, and then look at some of the big (and small) questions of our time, including: Paper or plastic? Gasoline or electric cars? Should we p*e before flying?

Join us at: https://odu.zoom.us/j/98103827893?pwd=YlZzUzl5amdVOGNEaTd1MGFsdVJDUT09
Passcode: 371766

On Monday, July 10 at 1 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. UTC, Helen Crompton, professor of Instructional Technology at Old Dominion University, will present "Meet Chat GPT, Your AI Learning Buddy!"

ChatGPT can be an amazing learning buddy. This presentation will explain what ChatGPT is and strategies for how you can use it to help you learn.

Log-in information: https://odu.zoom.us/j/98103827893?pwd=YlZzUzl5amdVOGNEaTd1MGFsdVJDUT09
Passcode: 371766