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SENCER West at Harvey Mudd College will host Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Climate Education September 18-19

To register go to: https://ncsce.wildapricot.org/event-6254629 At-a-glance schedule  Events will take place at either the R. Michael Shanahan Center for Teaching and Learning or the Platt Campus Center.  Thurs. Sept 18, 2025 4p Check-in and reception (Sprague patio, adjacent to Shanahan 1430) 5p – 6:15p Keynote Speaker Katie Worth, Censoring the Future: How Climate Change is…

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REPEAT SCREENING OF COUNTED OUT: MATH IS POWER, AUGUST 8, 2pm Eastern

Due to demand NCSCE will offer a repeat screening of the film Counted Out. This time there is NO cap on registrations and you can register directly from this link to Show&Tell: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/counted-out-ncsce-02 If you want to share the link with colleagues, please send them to NCSCE.net so they can use the link with their…

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Report on Film Screening of Counted Out: Math is Power June 6

On June 6 NCSCE hosted a screening of the film Counted out: Math is Power. The film investigates the biggest crises of our time—political polarization, racial and economic inequity, global pandemic and climate change–through an unexpected lens: math. From the Director’s (Vicki Abeles) statement: I learned that a film about the way math is taught—and…

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What can NCSCE offer our community of civically engaged STEM educators right now?

We encourage members of our community to reach out if NCSCE resources or assets can support your work. What we can offer now: Our digital platforms—Do you have relevant knowledge or a successful teaching strategy you want to share? We can host a workshop or webinar, or you can submit an article or report to…

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A Message to the NCSCE Community

These are dark times for both science and education. The withdrawal or freezing of federal funding, mass firings in federal agencies, total bans on program, activities, and even specific words have already had profound impacts on the institutions where NCSCE participants work.  These ruptures, and the dismantling of agencies that provide verified public data in…

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SENCER Summer Institute 2024

August 1-4, 2024 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 believed scientists should re-examine their obligations to society in order to serve society better, engage with…

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National Recognition for NCSCE Leaders: Advancing Equity and Excellence in STEM Education

Congratulations to SENCER Ambassador and NCSCE’s 2021 Wm. E. Bennett Awardee Pat Marsteller for receiving the nation’s highest honor for mentors in science and technology. Marsteller, who retired in 2020 after a 30-year career, is among 25 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). Read more Davida Smyth, NCSCE…

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New NCSCE Workshop! Data Analysis and Data Literacy for a Better World in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence-March 14, 2025 (1-2:30 Eastern)

REGISTER HERE Following up from our November “Data Literacy 101” workshop, NCSCE is offering a deeper dive into data with this free workshop. Recent technology including social media and artificial intelligence have fundamentally changed data analysis and data literacy.  As one example, the distinction between categorical and qualitative data on one hand and quantitative data…

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SENCER Hawaii Will host “Climate Change Across the Curriculum Workshop, March 1-2. Register NOW!

You are invited to join us at the March 1-2, 2025 “Sustainability and Climate Change Across the Curriculum” workshop arranged in a collaboration between SENCER Hawaiʻi, SENCER Center for Innovation West, and AASHE Hawaiʻi hosted with support from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoaʻs College of Social Sciences.With ongoing and increasing climate change issues and research, the workshop is designed to inspire faculty and instructors (including graduate students) to integrate social, economic,…

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