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SENCER and Today’s News: ‘Navajo Water Supply is More Horrific than Flint, But No One Cares Because they’re Native American’

SENCER Model Course: Chemistry and Ethnicity: Uranium and American Indians (2004) “Navajo Water Supply is More Horrific than Flint, But No One Cares Because they’re Native American” In the western…

February 15, 2016

SENCER and Today’s News: ‘Chickens Weren’t Always Dinner for Humans’

SENCER Model Course: The Chicken (2014) “Chickens Weren’t Always Dinner for Humans” Evidence suggests that the domestication of chickens by humans dates from 7,000 to 10,000 years ago, but a…

February 15, 2016

NCSCE Grants 15 Implementation Awards to Support Projects that Advance Education and Civic Engagement

The National Center for Science & Civic Engagement is awarding fifteen SENCER Summer Institute 2015 Post-Institute Implementation Awards that promote education reform at the course, campus, and regional level, connect…

February 10, 2016

Save the Date: March Webinar – Using Civic Questions to Integrate the Humanities and STEM

Join Eliza Reilly (Deputy Executive Director - Programs, NCSCE) for an overview of the public conversation on humanities and STEM education, its broader relevance for our common civic aspirations, and…

February 10, 2016

Dr. Alan J. Friedman Memorialized in Special Issue of Science Education & Civic Engagement: an International Journal

On February 29, 2016 Principal Investigators and project staff for AISL (Advancing Informal STEM Learning) projects funded by the National Science Foundation will convene outside of Washington, DC for the…

February 10, 2016

SSI 2016 Registration Now Open

Registration for the 2016 SENCER Summer Institute is now open. SSI 2016 will be hosted by Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois from July 28th - August 1, 2016. We have…

February 10, 2016

February Webinar — “Science Communication, Critical Thinking, and Social Media: Sparking Student Dialogue”

This webinar will address the implementation of social media and simple media production as tools to engage students in civic discourse through KQED's Do Now U project. In partnership with…

February 3, 2016

NCSCE Staff Welcomes Two New Program Assistant Interns

At the start of this year, NCSCE recruited two program assistant interns to support existing projects and planned events throughout the Spring 2016 semester. Mawusi Bridges, the Faculty Development Events…

January 27, 2016

Register for Our March Webinar — “Creating a Global Initiative: Strategies, Designs, and Implementation”

Guide your thinking for developing global programs, projects, and institutional initiatives. Karen Kashmanian Oates (Dean of Arts & Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute) will describe methods for creating a global program…

January 26, 2016

Do Now U Post Gets Recognized for Sparking National Conversation

Last semester, Indiana State University professor Jim Speer's Introduction to Environmental Science class participated in Do Now U, a collaboration between NCSCE and KQED. For the project, students created science…

January 26, 2016

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