Defending Science: Yangyang Cheng’s Award-Winning Essay

Yangyang Cheng is a postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University’s Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE), and a member of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. She received her PhD in physics from the University of Chicago in 2015, and her Bachelor’s in Science from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Skeptic/Secular/Science Event Planning Calendar

Plan your skeptic/secular/science-related events around these calendar dates. All events occur annually on or about the same date each year:

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February 12, 2018

International Darwin Day

http://darwinday.org/

 

 

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March 14, 2018                                    Pi Day Countdown

Pi Day                

www.piday.org

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March 11-17, 2018                                              

Sunshine Week

http://sunshineweek.rcfp.org/

 

 

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March 16, 2018                                                        

National Freedom of Information Day

www.ala.org

 

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April TBA, 2018  

March for Science

www.marchforscience.com

 

 

 


Sunday, April 22, 2018          

Earth Day

www.earthday.org

 

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May 3, 2018            

National Day of Reason (first Thursday in May)

nationaldayofreason.org

 

 

 

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June 21, 2018                                                       

World Humanist Day

iheu.org/humanism/world-humanist-day

 

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September 24-30, 2017                                     

(2018 Dates Last Week in September)

Banned Books Week

www.bannedbooksweek.org/


November 10, 2017/November 10, 2018

World Science Day for Peace and Development

www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-science-day-for-peace-and-development/