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Workshop for Heads and Chairs at AGU
Posted: Aug 24 2026

This one-day workshop provides an opportunity for leaders of geoscience departments to come together to learn, share, and build community to collectively strengthen geoscience programs and departments.

Building Leadership Capacity to Support Two-Year College and Disciplinary Society Collaborations workshop report is published
Posted: Feb 2 2026

The final workshop report from the Building Leadership Capacity to Support Two-Year College and Disciplinary Society Collaborations workshop (which took place throughout spring and fall 2025) is now published.

Science for Non-Scientists
Posted: Nov 5 2013
The Science for Non-Scientists project website hosts all of the materials developed for an undergraduate course called "Science for Non-Scientists." Students enrolled in this course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison showed very significant gains in critical thinking skills, as measured by the Critical Thinking Assessment Test , developed at Tennessee Tech University.
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