New Initiative to Harvest and Disseminate Pearls of Practice from the SENCER Community
Posted: May 2 2013
Over the next three years, a team of SENCER practitioners will identify and refine such "Pearls of Practice," which will be published electronically in "strings" by civic themes.

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.

Northland College Students and Faculty Assess Pre-mining Environmental Baselines
Posted: Apr 3 2013
Quietly, in order to ensure that the decision-making and environmental impact determination processes are based on sound science, students and faculty from Northland College in Ashland have been gathering baseline data on local water and air quality both in and around the reservation, in partnership with citizen science efforts of the non-profit Bad River Watershed Association.

Science, Human Rights, and Your Involvement
Posted: Apr 3 2013
It is my hope that this series will serve as a prelude to an ongoing and engaged discussion about our role in overcoming the barriers, creating the applications, testing the value, articulating the benefits and educating the next generation in how to further human rights through science and technology.

Science, Human Rights and the Expanding Role of the Private Sector
Posted: Mar 20 2013
What are the implications of this for the significant and increasing role of private companies and institutions in research and development?

New Issue of Journal Now Available
Posted: Mar 20 2013
We are pleased to announce the Winter 2013 issue of Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal. This issue continues our mission of publishing articles that share innovations, insights, and assessment results with an international community of educators.

Washington Symposium Highlights Campus Achievements, Student Leadership, and New Initiatives
Posted: Mar 20 2013
The overarching Symposium theme of reaching 'a tipping point' in the transformation of STEM education was addressed by Dr. Martin Storksdieck, director of the Board on Science Education, Dr. Mel Schiavelli, executive vice president of Northern Virginia Community College, David Burns, executive director of NCSCE, and presenters across sessions during the program.

Washington Symposium Speakers to Address Communication, the New Standards, Science and Human Rights: Deadline to Register is March 6
Posted: Mar 6 2013
The annual National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session brings together educators, students, community members, and policy leaders to discuss the connection of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics course content to civic issues and implications of public policy on curricula; as well as to recognize campus work and consider new initiatives.

Butler University Incorporates Civic Engagement into Core Curriculum
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, July 2007, Volume 6, Issue 10 Joseph Kirsch, Robert Holm, Donald Braid, Margaret Brabant, Travis Ryan, William Beranek, and Olujide Akinbo Civic engagement is becoming an important part of ...

Environmental Chemistry and Ethnicity: Uranium and American Indians
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2004, Volume 4, Issue 3 Catherine Middlecamp and Omie Baldwin, University of Wisconsin - Madison In 2002, Environmental Chemistry & Ethnicity (3 credits) was created as a new ...

Harold Washington College Engages Students Through Cohorts
Posted: Jun 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2008, Volume 7, Issue 8 Dennis Lehman, Harold Washington College Harold Washington College (HWC) is one of the seven separately accredited institutions that make up the City Colleges of ...

30 Teams Selected to Participate in SSI 2008
Posted: Apr 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, April 2008, Volume 7, Issue 6 Thirty teams and 22 individuals representing 51 colleges, universities, and other educational organizations have been invited to attend SSI 2008, which will be ...

SENCER Launches Digital Library Program
Posted: Dec 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 Chuck Gahun - Program Manager, SENCER Digital Library The SENCER national office is undertaking a major initiative to identify, categorize and deliver digital ...

NCSCE Funds Projects to Improve Teaching and Learning
Posted: Dec 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 NCSCE has funded a promising group of projects that emerged from discussions at the 2007 SENCER Summer Institute. Teams of 4-6 people who attended SSI 2007 ...

Reflections on Science and Children and SENCER
Posted: Nov 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2007, Volume 7, Issue 1 Susan Mooney - Associate Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Stonehill College On the last day of the Summer Institute in Portland, a group of ...

United States Senator Praises SENCER Work
Posted: Nov 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 Biotechnology, computer and information sciences, mathematics, chemistry, and physics form the rungs of the modern career ladder. Students across the nation ...

SSI 2007 Participants Work to Improve Education for All Students
Posted: Sep 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2007, Volume 6, Issue 11 The 2007 SENCER Summer Institute passed quickly, as always, with full days, much discussion, and hard work done by all who spent the early part of August in ...

Assessment Designs for SENCER's Future: The SSI 2007 Assessment Plenary
Posted: Sep 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2007, Volume 6, Issue 11 Richard P. Keeling - Senior Fellow, NCSCE More than 60 SENCER leaders and alumni gathered during this year's Summer Institute at the University of ...

SENCER Work Spurs Creation of Georgia/Armenia Fulbright Program: First Awards to be Granted for Summer 2008
Posted: Sep 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, September 2007, Volume 6, Issue 11 A strong international SENCER network has developed over the past several years, the result of the dedication and hard work of both American and ...

Summer Institute Team Takes on New Degree Program
Posted: Jul 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, July 2007, Volume 6, Issue 10 Stephanie Winterrowd, Macon State College Macon State College is a smaller member of the University of Georgia system located in Macon, Georgia. We are an open ...