by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 29, 2013 | Cavalier Speaking engagements, Citizen Science, Events
From the AAAS website: Have a research project that requires large data collection and analysis? Working on a tight budget and an even tighter timeline? Ever thought about outsourcing some of this work to the public? Using the power of the crowd, via the Internet and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog, Events, STEM appearances
This is a guest blog post from Science Cheerleader Wendy Brown. Wendy is a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering at UCDavis, a former cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons and Sacramento Kings and one of the lead Principal Investigators of Project MERCCURI, a research...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 20, 2013 | Events, Pop Warner
At the Pop Warner Little Scholars National SuperBowl and Championships at Disney/ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex, the Science Cheerleaders led science cheers and spoke to thousands of youth cheerleaders about science careers while we debunked some prevailing...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 11, 2012 | Cavalier Speaking engagements, ECAST, Events, OTA, Science Policy, World Wide Views
On December 6, 2012, Darlene Cavalier (Science Cheerleader and Founder of SciStarter, an online citizen science community), joined colleagues from Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology (ECAST) to present outcomes from a recent pilot project...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 12, 2012 | Events, USA Science and Engineering Festival 2012, video
The Science Cheerleaders (current and former NFL and NBA cheerleaders who are pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math), performed for more than 100,000 people at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. (April 2012)....
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 2, 2012 | Cavalier Speaking engagements, Events, Science Education
On Wednesday, June 27, I had the pleasure of delivering the keynote address at the Quebec Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Symposium in Montreal. Met some terrific people who are conjuring new ways to engage kids in STEM. One example is Tomatosphere, an...
