by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 19, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, Guest Blog Post, ISS, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Project MERCCURI, The Science Cheerleaders
This is a guest post from Science Cheerleader, Mari Campuzano, former co-captain of the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders and a Senior Academic Advisor in Undergraduate Education who guides freshmen college students through careers in Math, Science, Engineering, Business,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 15, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, ISS, Project MERCCURI, San Francisco 49ers, The Science Cheerleaders
Thanks to the San Francisco 49ers for enlisting the help of their cheerleaders (including Science Cheerleader, Tina) to collect microbes from the 49ers stadium! One of the lucky samples collected will head to the International Space Station for a research project...
by Bart Leahy | Aug 15, 2013 | Carolina Panthers, Citizen Science, Events, ISS, Pop Warner, Project MERCCURI, The Science Cheerleaders
This is a guest post from Science Cheerleader, Lindsey. I had the pleasure of visiting the Coastal Pop Warner Bengals Pee Wee Cheerleaders to assist them with collecting microbes for Project MERCCURI, a citizen science project the Science Cheerleaders are running in...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 15, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, ISS
Project Update: Project MERCCURI is a collaboration of the UCDavis microBEnet with the Science Cheerleaders, UC Davis, Space Florida, Nanoracks, and SciStarter . There are three components to this research project: 1) Space Station Microbiome. Collecting microbial...
by Bart Leahy | Aug 1, 2013 | Doctorate, General - Science, Health and Medicine, Master's, New England Patriots, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Why neuroscience? I had always been intrigued by memory, perhaps because my parents and others had asked me hundreds of times how I’m able to remember so many dance routines, but that course is what really piqued my interest. Since then, I’ve been lucky to work with...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 20, 2013 | Arizona Cardinals, Events, NFL, Project MERCCURI
HUGE thanks to the awesome Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders for swabbing their shoes and cellphones for science, last night at practice! Project MERCCURI is a collaboration of UCDavis microBEnet with the Science Cheerleaders, Space Florida, Nanoracks, NASA, and...
by Bart Leahy | Jul 13, 2013 | Events, Guest Blog Post, ISS, Project MERCCURI
Greetings Science Cheerleader Fans! Science Cheerleader, Dr. Talmesha, here to tell you about a great event! On June 9, 2013 hundreds of kids and parents from Maryland and beyond converged upon Howard County Community College (HCCC) for the first annual Howard County...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 18, 2013 | In the News, Science Policy, video
Click here to learn a little more about wind energy, in less than four minutes. Special thanks to the National Science Foundation, Discover Magazine, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for sponsoring...
by Bart Leahy | May 22, 2013 | Electrical Engineering, Golden State Warriors, Guest Blog Post, NBA, Pop Warner, SciCheers' guest blog posts, Science Cheerleader Performances and News, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Science Cheerleader and Pop Warner Little Scholars are national partners in an effort to bring science to 100,000 youth cheerleaders. Several Science Cheerleaders were keynote speakers at recent Pop Warner Scholars Banquets. SciCheer Thera who is a space systems...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 14, 2013 | Blog
Project MERCCURI: Space Station Microbiome and Microbes in Space As part of our ongoing national partnership with Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., the Science Cheerleaders will help youth cheerleaders and football players across the country collect and analyze...