Event Dime
Plain Language Summaries: A Tool for Scientific Communication
- When:
- September 15, 2026 · 10:00 AM
- Where:
- Greenville, NC
- Source:
- WNCT Community Calendar
Plain Language Summaries \(PLS\) are incredibly effective science communication tools that allow researchers to reach a wider audience by summarizing their work. in more inclusive and accessible ways. This presentation explores rhetorical aspects of these summaries along with specific strategies for thinking through the composition of an effective PLS. Participants will be asked to consider the meaning of ‘understandable language' along with what it means to write for a public audience. Bring on