Science Cheerleaders team up with Arizona State University: Science at the SuperBowl !

Here’s the current list of news segments and articles about this event and the Science Cheerleaders who participated:
NBC Nightly News: Super Bowl Cheerleaders are some of the smartest at the game.
ABC News: Super Bowl 2015: Meet the New England Patriots’ Cheerleader Pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience
Daily Mail: Will a cheerleader be the smartest person at the Super Bowl? Meet the Harvard educated neuroscientist cheering her way to a PhD
Cosmopolitan: This Super Bowl Cheerleader Is Also Getting Her Ph.D. in Neuroscience
And she’s part of a group of cheerleaders/science nerds who are actively breaking stereotypes.
Fusion (ABC + Univision): Super Bowl cheerleaders pitch something really sexy: Ph.D.s

Philly.com: Will this cheerleader be the smartest person at the Super Bowl?
Fox Sports: This Harvard educated cheerleader is cheering her way to a PhD and kicking stereotypes off the field.
GirlTalkHQ: SuperBowl Cheerleaders Stepping It Up To Promote STEM Careers.
We’ll post the segment scheduled to air on NBC Nightly News and the article after it runs in Popular Mechanics.
Hey football fans! Science Cheerleader Samantha here! I cheered for the AZ Cardinals while I was in school for Engineering Management at Arizona State. I’m now working as an engineering project manager. I’m also a regional coordinator at Science Cheerleader!
Come meet me and other Science Cheerleaders on Friday, 1/30 at the Arizona Science Center when we team up with Arizona State University to present the Science at the Superbowl!

Meet these Science Cheerleaders on 1/30!

(Click on the photos to link to their interviews!)

 



 

PLUS: Miss Phoenix, a graduate student in ASU’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment; and Science Cheerleaders Kristi, Jacque and Catie from the Cardinals!



AND join the Science Cheerleaders and Pop Warner Little Scholars cheerleaders for some Science Cheers to kick things off!
Here’s more about this event from Jennifer Banks at the ASU’s Center for Nanotechnology in Society:

January 30, 2015
11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Science is probably not the first thing on hometown host fans’ minds as Super Bowl XLIX comes to the Valley, but the ASU Center for Engagement & Training in Science & Society andArizona Science Center hope to draw more attention to its role as part of the festivities.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jan. 30, the Arizona Science Center will host an event that includes scientists working on cutting-edge helmet technology, innovators developing mouth guard concussion sensors and the Science Cheerleaders – current and former professional cheerleaders pursuing STEM careers.
Sponsoring the event is VICIS, a Seattle-based company currently developing a helmet to help reduce concussions. Co-founders Jonathan Posner and Samuel Browd will discuss neurosurgery and physics and provide hands-on engineering demonstrations related to product development and testing.
Also participating in the event are the Science Cheerleaders, an organization that brings together 250 current and former professional cheerleaders pursuing STEM careers. Founded by ASU faculty member Darlene Cavalier, the Science Cheerleaders participate in events throughout the U.S. where they promote STEM careers and citizen science while also playfully confronting stereotypes of both cheerleaders and STEM professionals.
Throughout the year, the Science Cheerleaders do many events with young girls, particularly youth cheerleaders.
“Our most important message to them may be that you’re often not allowed to try out for professional cheerleading teams unless you’re in school full time or have a job. Why not make it science or engineering?” says Cavalier.
They point out the many crossovers between the cheerleading and STEM worlds, such as the emphasis on teamwork, persistence and communication. Cavalier says this overlap is often surprising to many young girls who often think scientists and engineers mostly work alone in a lab.
Science Cheerleaders also attempt to promote citizen science opportunities to adults. Recently the organization participated in an Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology event at ASU that aimed to engage citizens about future space exploration. At another event, Science Cheerleaders shot microbe collection kits into the audience at a Philadelphia 76ers game.
“We work with the Science Cheerleaders to cast a very wide net,” says Cavalier. “We activate citizen science projects all over the country and at the same time challenge stereotypes.”
At the event, current and former cheerleaders from the New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans will be sharing their STEM and cheer career experiences, giving tours of the Arizona Science Center and doing a “science cheer” with local Pop Warner youth cheerleaders.
Others participating in the event include Miss Phoenix, a graduate student in ASU’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, and Force Impact Technologies (FIT), a company co-founded by an ASU W. P. Carey School of Business student and alum that is developing mouth guard technology to detect concussions.
Event schedule:
11:00 a.m.: Pep Rally at Heritage & Science Park (Outside of Arizona Science Center)
11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.:
• Science tours: Science Cheerleaders will be giving expert tours in the Science Center depending on their science background in designated galleries.
• Meet-and-greets: with Science Cheerleaders
• Presentations: Jonathan Posner and Samuel Browd will be speaking about the fields of neuroscience and physics to Arizona Science Center guests. Force Impact Technologies, a research group founded by Arizona State University students, will be presenting their spin on safety gear.
• Demonstrations: VICIS will be demonstrating the engineering process for developing safety equipment, and hands-on activities will allow guests to step into the shoes of an engineer to learn about impact testing.
2:00 p.m.: Health and fitness talk with Science Cheerleaders
2:30 p.m.: Science cheer with Science Cheerleaders
For more details about the event, visit the Arizona Science Center website.