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.

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 ...

Chemistry of Daily Life: Malnutrition and Diabetes
Posted: Mar 1 2009
SENCER E-Newsletter, July 2005, Volume 4, Issue 11 By: Matthew Fisher, Saint Vincent College This laboratory course for non-majors has been taught since 1998 and explores basic concepts in chemistry through two ...

SENCER Selects Seven Courses and Programs for 2008 Model Series
Posted: Jul 1 2008
SENCER E-Newsletter, July/August 2008, Volume 7, Issue 9 SENCER is pleased to announce the selection of seven courses and programs as additions to the 2008 SENCER Model Series. SENCER Featured and Emerging Model ...

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 ...

Report from New York: Partnerships for Increasing Conservation Literacy and Engagement
Posted: Dec 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, December 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2 Michael J. Foster, Chanda Bennet, Brian Weeks, Ana Luz Porzecanski - Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History and Trace ...

Survey on Teaching Evolutionary Biology Launched
Posted: Jul 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, July 2007, Volume 6, Issue 10 Mike Klymkowsky of the Bioliteracy Project at the University of Colorado, Boulder has set up a website and survey in the hopes of collecting and analyzing ...

A National Academics Workshop Report: Encouraging and Supporting Minorities in the Pursuit of Biomedical and STEM Research Careers
Posted: Jun 1 2007
SENCER E-Newsletter, June 2007, Volume 6, Issue 9 Karen Kashmanian Oates - SENCER Co-PI and Advisory Committee Member Over 200 interested educators, scientists, administrators and researchers assembled last month ...

Understanding Diabetes as a Civic Issue
Posted: Mar 1 2006
SENCER E-Newsletter, March 2006, Volume 5, Issue 6 In January, The New York Times published a series of articles on diabetes. The series took a look at this emerging, and often overlooked, crisis from a variety of ...

Stem Cell Research and Infractions of Integrity
Posted: Jan 1 2006
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 ...

Teaching Controversial Topics in Science: A Sequel
Posted: Dec 1 2005
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 ...

SENCER Model of the Month: Biomedical Issues of HIV/AIDS Course Challenges Students to Re-Examine Their Experiences and Policy Issues Surrounding HIV/AIDS
Posted: Nov 1 2005
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2005, Volume 5, Issue 3 Monica Devanas, Director of Faculty Development and Assessment Programs Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Rutgers University The course Biomedical Issues ...

Seeing the Forest and the Trees, Part II
Posted: Oct 1 2005
SENCER E-Newsletter, October 2005, Volume 5, Issue 2 Wm. David Burns The next piece is the second part of a two-part essay titled, "Seeing the Forest and the Trees," by SENCER PI, David Burns. The first ...