by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 23, 2011 | Astronomy and Space Science, Chemistry, Events, General - Science, Science Policy, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Last week, the Science Cheerleaders performed at a White House/NASA celebration of Women’s History Month. Keynote speakers included Valerie Jarrett (senior White House adviser), Lori Garver (Deputy Director of NASA who told us she, too, was once a cheerleader)...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 21, 2011 | Blog, Citizen Science, Science Education, Science Policy
Psyched to be part of this opportunity to help bring together multiple perspectives to discuss climate change. Follow live Tweets using hashtag #ChangingPlanet. Two more Town Hall meetings will follow this year and I’ll post the invitations for those events...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 15, 2011 | Events, In the News, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy
Hot damn, 2010 was a great year in terms of reaching our goals. I say, it’s time to reach higher! We set out to help increase adult science literacy, enable more “regular” people to get involved in science activities, and open doors to public...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 17, 2010 | Blog, In the News, OTA, Science Policy
Participatory technology assessment (PTA) enables people who are otherwise minimally represented in science and technology politics to develop and express informed judgments concerning complex topics. (Dr. Richard Sclove in the current issue of Issues in Science and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog, In the News, Science Cheerleader Performances and News, Science Education, Science Policy
Thank you Gregg Easterbrook of ESPN (and author of Sonic Boom) for including SciCheer in today’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback piece! “Imagine how public reception of evolutionary theory might have differed if Darwin had glamorous scantily clad...
by Darlene Cavalier | Nov 1, 2010 | Cavalier Speaking engagements, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Science Education, Science Policy
(Quick note to let you know I’ll be posting video from this event here and on DiscoverMagazine.com sometime next week.) For everything from advancing scientific research to improving public policy, experts are drawing upon the collective insights of ordinary...
