Hunger, Science, and Public Policy part of Backgrounders
Raymond F. Hopkins - Swarthmore College (About the author) Summary This essay examines what it means to be hungry in a time of relative abundance of food. The authors define what they mean by "hunger", ...

HIV/AIDS: The Once and Future Epidemic part of Backgrounders
Richard P. Keeling, MD -Keeling & Associates, Inc. About the Author July 2003 Summary Students, as future leaders, health care workers, money managers, decision- makers, traders, determiners of foreign policy, ...

Some Social Implications of the Molecular Biological Revolution (The Human Genome Project) part of Backgrounders
Some Social Implications of the Molecular Biological Revolution (The Human Genome Project) Troy Duster - New York University (About the author) Topics of Interest to the SENCER Community A Deep Discussion of the ...

Tuberculosis: Ancient Foe, Modern Scourge part of Backgrounders
Tuberculosis: Ancient Foe, Modern Scourge Richard A. Fluck - Franklin and Marshall College (About the author) Topics of Interest to the SENCER Community Overview of the Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment of ...

SENCER Model of the Month: Tuberculosis part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2005, Volume 5, Issue 1 Richard A. Fluck, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Dr. E. Paul & Frances H. Reiff Professor of Biology Franklin and Marshall College While, at its core, my ...

Teaching Controversial Topics in Science: A Sequel part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2005, Volume 5, Issue 4 Jay Labov - National Research Council, Washington, DC At the 2005 SENCER Summer Institute I gave a presentation (twice) about efforts across the country to ...

Stem Cell Research and Infractions of Integrity part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, January/February 2006, Volume 5, Issue 5 Danielle Kraus, SENCER Project Associate "Dr. Hwang's paper was hailed as a breakthrough, opening the possibility of cures for degenerative ...

SENCER Evaluation Report Indicates Significant Gains Among Women, Non-Majors, and Previously Underperforming Students part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, April 2006, Volume 5, Issue 6 A preliminary evaluation report from the SENCER Evaluation Team that finds that women, non-majors, and previously underperforming students show significant ...

Senate Subcommittee Hearing Focuses on Making Science Relevant and Rigorous part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, May 2006, Volume 5, Issue 8 Every child learns about the inner workings of volcanoes, but very few understand how a car works. Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis, President and Director, Museum of Science ...

"Next Generation" Alternative Plenary Session Planned on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, July/August 2006, Volume 5, Issue 10 Members of the SENCER community who have attended more than one of our Summer Institutes have remarked on how the Institutes have changed (may we say ...