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Join and follow us at @ncsce.bsky.social. Lots of STEM reform people and groups are joining and and the science communication and advocacy numbers are HUGE and growing. Its pretty nice over there!

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These are great colleagues who upport NCSCE’s mission advancing science and civic engagement Hastings Center https://Thehastingscenter.org  The Hastings Center is the oldest independent, nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research institute focusing on ethical issues in healthcare, science, and technology.  It has a wealth of accessible, research-based and non-partisan resources that can be used in courses to address the…

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Good News from Harvey Mudd College HMC has appointed long-standing NCSCE participant and current SENCER Ambassador Karl Haushalter as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty.  Our warmest congratulations to Karl and HMC! https://www.hmc.edu/about/2024/11/25/harvey-mudd-college-announces-appointment-of-karl-haushalter-as-vice-president-for-academic-affairs-and-dean-of-the-faculty/ Welcome the Newest SENCER Ambassador, Ellen Faszewski Ellen has been a part of the NCSCE/SENCER community for two…

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Over 60 people registered for this one-hour on-line workshop November 22. For those who missed the zoom, here are the slides from Data Literacy 101: Unlocking the Power of Data Today’s data-driven society necessitates data literacy skills for everyone. This workshop led by Stony Brook University Libraries’ Data Literacies Lead, Ahmad Pratama, was designed to…

Continue Reading Slides from Data Literacy 101 Now Available!

n October NCSCE Deputy Directory Davida Smyth, along with NCSCE international Water Fellows Florencia Cancela (Uruguay) and Luz de Maria Breton Deval (Mexico) participated in an invitational conference at the Loretz Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. Davida was an organizer of a workshop on wastewater epidemiology. We are grateful to the anonymous funder that made this…

Continue Reading NCSCE Water Fellows Invited to Present on Wastewater Research in Leiden October 2024

Was held on-line August 1-4, 2024. Over 30 presentations, 3 Keynotes, workshops and panel discussion addressed this year’s theme: Humanizing STEM: Higher Education’s Role in Realizing the Social Contract for Science In 1997 Jane Lubchenco, the incoming President of the American Association for Science, issued a call for “a new social contract for science.” She…

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NCSCE International Water Fellows Research on Wastewater Epidemiology Thanks to generous support from an anonymous donor, NCSCE sponsored the convening of non US and US Water Fellows for several days of workshops on wastewater research and education.  They met from Nov. 19 to 23 (yep, thanksgiving!) The Fellows who were able to meet in person…

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Meeting Description: https://www.4sonline.org/meeting/ NCSCE and SENCER was represented at the international meeting of 4S with a panel on: Recuperating the Social Contract for Science and Education Links to presentation slides included below. In 1997 Jane Lubchenco, the incoming president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, called for “A New Social Contract for…

Continue Reading SENCER LEADERS PRESENT PANEL AT SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE MEETING, CHOLULA MEXICO, 12/7-10