by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 14, 2009 | Blog, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy
I received an email from a colleague at the American Association for the Advancement of Science who coauthored an important report: “Many Experts, Many Audiences: Public Engagement with Science and Informal Science Education.” Some terrific information in here re:...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 14, 2009 | Blog, News, OTA, Science Policy
From one of my favorite sites, TechPresident.com– a blog covers everything from how President Obama is using the web, to how campaigns at all levels are going online, to how voters are responding and creating their own user-generated content. Executive Branchers...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 14, 2009 | Science Policy
Sheril Kirshenbaum, from the Intersection blog, posted this list of policy fellowships for scientists and engineers. Terrific–and expanding–resource.
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 8, 2009 | Blog, In the News, OTA, Science Policy
Phil Plait is The Bad Astronomer. His blog was named one of the top 25 of 2009 by TIME Magazine. He just joined Chris Mooney of Discover Magazine and formally endorsed the push to restore the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (thanks for the shout out,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 6, 2009 | OTA, Science Policy
The founder of Scientific Blogging, Hank Campbell, posted this cheeky endorsement of the Science Cheerleader’s push to reopen the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment with a mechanism for public participation in major science policy discussions. Hoorah!...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 31, 2009 | In the News, OTA, Science Policy, Sticky
Today, Discover Magazine features the Science Cheerleader’s efforts to open a Congressional Office to provide sound science policy advice to Congress…equally important is the new emphasis on public participation in federal science policy discussions. 🙂...