Stony Brook University Hosts SCI-Midatlantic Spring Conference
Posted: Apr 17 2013
More than 80 educators and administrators from New York and New Jersey gathered at Stony Brook University on March 28 to discuss methods of improving STEM education.

Seven New Models Added to SENCER Digital Library
Posted: Apr 29 2009
The most recent additions to the SENCER Digital Library are the seven courses and programs selected to be part of the SENCER Model Series during the summer of 2008. The diverse group of resources includes international collaborations, single courses, and course clusters, and focuses on issues such as sleep, HIV/AIDS, food, and pregnancy.

African University Teams at SSI 2002
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2002, Volume 1, Issue 2 Through a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) under the University ...

Announcing the SSI 2003 Representatives
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2003, Volume 2, Issue 1 We are pleased to announce that representatives from the following colleges, universities, and institutions will be attending the SENCER Summer Institute - 2003: ...

SENCER Classrooms: Small Changes, Big Effects
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2003, Volume 2, Issue 1 SENCER Classrooms: Small Changes, Big Effects Terry McGuire, associate professor of genetics at Rutgers and an SSI-2002 advance representative, reports how two ...

Structural Support for SENCER Reform: Adding SENCER To Your Teaching Portfolio
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 Adapting or designing courses to promote SENCER ideals are rewarding activities for faculty, but frequently too little notice is taken of the time and effort ...

SENCER's Impact on Teaching Industrial Chemistry At The University of Montana
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 When I attended the SENCER Summer Institute last summer (SSI-2002), I was immediately struck by how well the concept of engaging students in the evaluation of ...

Science and Community Outreach
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 "They (students) are invited to pursue academic excellence, to discover, and develop fully their personal and professional goals, and to contribute actively ...

Linking SENCER Courses in Kenya
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, August 2003, Volume 2, Issue 2 Linking SENCER Courses in Kenya - By: Sherryl Broverman During the 2002 SENCER Summer Institute, I developed a collaboration with Rose Odhiambo and colleagues at ...

SENCER International Partners - African Educators Propose Increasing SENCER Collaborations
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2003, Volume 2, Issue 3 By its very design SENCER has taken a larger view of issues that link science and civic engagement. It is no surprise, then, that, while focused on efforts to ...

SENCER Innovations Featured at ACS Meeting
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2003, Volume 2, Issue 3 The 226th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society was held in New York City, September 7-11, 2003. Trace Jordan (New York University) and Jennifer ...

Field Report: Application of SENCER Approaches in the Teaching of Science in Wagner College's First Year Program
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2003, Volume 2, Issue 6 Wagner College's First-Year Program is comprised of learning communities (LCs). A typical LC includes two lecture courses from different disciplines that ...

The University of Cincinnati CoNSEPTS Project
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, January/February 2004, Volume 2, Issue 6 A team of A&S and Education faculty from the University of Cincinnati (UC) attended the SENCER Summer Institute in Santa Clara August 2003. This ...

Learning From Experience
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, January/February 2004, Volume 2, Issue 6 When we were designing SENCER we had to make some basic decisions. Two of these choices come to mind today: First, we had to choose a ...

SENCER Co-Sponsors Symposium at NSTA Meeting
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2004, Volume 2, Issue 7 Environmental Literacy and Decision Making: an Interdisciplinary Goal for the 21st Century In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Society for College Science ...

SENCER International Partnernships: IWISE and the Republic of Georgia 2-Year Pilot Program
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, May 2004, Volume 2, Issue 8 Representatives from the Republic of Georgia will be attending SSI 2004, with support from the National Science Foundation. We have gotten word that a supplemental ...

SENCER Symposium VIII Held on Staten Island
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2004, Volume 3, Issue 1 Foundations on Scientific Inquiry Program in the Morse Academic Plan, New York University On June 3, 2004, Wagner College hosted the most recent SENCER Symposium. ...

Implications of Learning Research for Teaching to Non-Science Majors
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1 This backgrounder discusses ways in which learning research has affected conceptualization of how people learn science, and then discusses the implications of ...

Tuberculosis: Ancient Foe, Modern Scourge
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1 A reasonable person might well ask, "If we know the cause of TB, how to prevent it, etc., then what's the deal? Why not just take care of the ...

Progress Report: Loyola University Chicago
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1 John P. Pelissero, Associate Provost for Curriculum and Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago In May 2003, Loyola University Chicago (LUC) ...