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, ...

HIV/AIDS and Education in Africa part of Backgrounders
HIV/AIDS and Education in Africa Debra Meyer - Rand Afrikaans University AWSE (about the author) July 2003 Summary After more than two decades of AIDS, the pandemic in Africa is still spiraling out of control. ...

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 ...

Get in the FastLane with SENCER: Online Reporting Instrument Ready for Use part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2005, Volume 5, Issue 1 Get in the FastLane With SENCER: Online Reporting Instrument Ready for Use We are pleased to announce that SENCER FastLane is now available. Using the ...

How Can Global Experience Improve Science Education? Ask the Experts Among Us part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2005, Volume 5, Issue 1 One can argue that it is virtually impossible to teach about science in the context of unsolved public issues without naturally considering global issues. In ...

SSI 2005 Caucus Proposes SENCER Course Focused on Clinical, Environmental, and Sociopolitical Aspects of Asthma part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2005, Volume 5, Issue 1 At SSI 2005, we organized caucuses to consider the application of SENCER ideals and materials to new topical areas and themes. These discussions were a new ...

Seeing the Forest and the Trees, Part I part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2005, Volume 5, Issue 1 Wm. David Burns I want to tell you about a visit I made to my doctor recently and what I think it revealed about pre-medical education. But before I get to ...

SENCER SALG Shows Significantly Greater Gains in Science Literacy, General Course Skills, and Interest in Science for Non-Majors: An Interview with Assessment Team Member, Tim Weston part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2005, Volume 5, Issue 2 We recently spoke with Tim Weston of the SENCER Assessment Team regarding the initial findings from the SENCER Student Assessment of Learning Gains ...