Photo Contest Part Two! Share Your Best Lab Photos
In an effort to expand our visual communication, NCSCE is continuing a series of photo contests to source and highlight images that convey the broad scope of our community, our…
New SENCER Leadership Fellows Explore Applications in Formal and Informal Settings
The five newly elected SENCER Leadership Fellows have been recognized for their dedication to improving education for students and to providing effective professional development opportunities for colleagues. The Fellows program…
SCI-Southwest Holds Regional Meeting on Expanding Civic Capacity
Leaders at the SENCER Center for Innovation—Southwest (SCI-SW) hosted their third annual regional symposium at Texas Woman’s University (TWU) on February 2-3, 2017. This year’s theme was Expanding civic capacity:…
NCSCE Welcomes Wendy Low to Support Informal Science Initiatives
Wendy Low, the newest member of the NCSCE team, brings experience with informal science education and civic engagement to current projects related to SENCER-ISE. Wendy will support partners engaged in…
NCSCE Launches New Partnership Champions Project to Expand Informal-Formal Collaboration
Partnership Champions builds upon the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) initiative SENCER-ISE (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities-Informal Science Education), which supports diverse cross-sector partnerships…
Do Now U! Should Pigs Be Used to Grow Human Organs?
NCSCE and KQED are partnering on Do Now U, a project that engages undergraduate students in online discussion through social media about current scientific issues. This week’s Do Now U…
Mathematics of Voting Examined in New Engaging Mathematics Teaching Manual
Dr. John C. Nardo, Engaging Mathematics Institutional Partner and Professor of Mathematics at Oglethorpe University, published a new teaching manual that examines the theory and mathematics behind different voting systems…
Katayoun Chamany Appointed as Eugene Lang College’s First-Ever Endowed Professor
The department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at The New School’s Eugene Lang College offers multiple courses that approach science and education from interdisciplinary points of view while incorporating explorations…
SENCER Announces New Regional Co-Directors for SCI-Southwest and SCI-West
We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new SENCER regional co-directors. SCI-Southwest is joined by Dr. Nasrin Mirsaleh-Kohan and SCI-West is joined by Dr. Ulla Hasager. Dr. Nasrin…
Interdisciplinary Course Collaborations in Community-Based Learning
Gregory Galford, Nancy Trun, & L. Jay Deiner