by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 8, 2012 | Blog, Science Policy
The Top Science Questions Facing America: 2012 Edition During the last Presidential election, I grew tired of the candidates’ avoidance of science topics during their debates, so with the help of a friend, I put together this cheeky video of a mock Presidential...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog, Science Policy
[This is an update of an article originally posted in 2010.] Newt Gingrich maintains his support for increases in federal spending on scientific research. And I mean massive funding increases at two federal agencies in particular, the National Science Foundation and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 20, 2011 | Science Education, Science Policy
On Tuesday, July 26 at 9pm ET, The Weather Channel will air the “Changing Planet” Town Hall focused on clean energy and green jobs. SciCheer’s sister site, ScienceForCitizens.net, is a partner in this three-part series. I also had the pleasure of...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 15, 2011 | Kansas City Chiefs, Science Education, Science Policy, St. Louis Rams, The Science Cheerleaders
Reposted on DiscoverMagazine.com. Last night, Laura Eilers, AKA Ms. Virginia, was crowned MS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! The Science Cheerleaders–current and former NFL and NBA cheerleaders pursuing science and engineering careers–are very fortunate to have...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 30, 2011 | Blog, In the News, Science Education, Science of NFL Football, Science Policy
Now THAT’s what we’re talkin’ ’bout. I’ll be blunt. I was a little nervous about speaking at the huge Netroots Nation conference a couple of weeks ago, where they “…push the practice of online and offline organizing forward and change the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 3, 2011 | Blog, Cavalier Speaking engagements, Events, Science Education, Science Policy
Heading to Stanford University to talk about education avenues for synthetic biology then it’s off to Minneapolis, MN to speak at the Netroots Nation conference where I’ll address novel ways to get folks involved in scientific research and science policy...
