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.

Dr. Natalie Kuldell to Join NCSCE as Visiting Scientist
Posted: Mar 6 2013
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Natalie Kuldell, a principal investigator of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC) and instructor in biological engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will serve as Visiting Scientist for Academic Year 2013-14.

Save the date: SENCER Midatlantic Center for Innovation Regional Conference Bringing SENCER to SEBS
Posted: Oct 11 2012
The Fall Conference for the MidAtlantic SCI will be on November 16, at Rutgers University on the Cook Campus, the location of the School for Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS).

SENCER Alumnus Presents at AIBS Meeting
Posted: May 29 2009
Godfrey Roberts, a SENCER alumnus from New York University, presented a poster session on one of his courses at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences in Washington, DC.

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 ...

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 ...

More Than Just a Chemistry Course
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2004, Volume 2, Issue 7 By: Garon C. Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, garons@selway.umt.edu As a civically engaged faculty member in a ...

Structural Support for Improved Learning in Sciences and Mathematics
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2004, Volume 2, Issue 7 Joseph Voelker, now dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Hartford, was associate dean at Franklin and Marshall College (F&M) when he ...

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. ...

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 ...

Coal in the Heart of Appalachian Life: A Learning Community
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2004, Volume 4, Issue 4 Phillip J. Mason, Judy Byers, Debra Hemler, Andreas Baur, Galen Hansen, and Noel Tenney, Fairmont State University Coal in the Heart of Appalachian Life is ...

Forensic Investigation: Seeking Justice Through Science
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, February 2005, Volume 4, Issue 6 Gregory Miller, Southern Oregon University In recent years, dozens of individuals have been exonerated of capital crimes and released from lifeimprisonment, ...

The Evolution of the Model: Science, Society, and Global Threats
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2005, Volume 4, Issue 7 The course, "Science, Society, and Global Catastrophes" was originally introduced as a SENCER Model in 2001. We recently asked model developer, Theo ...