by Bart Leahy | Jan 8, 2013 | Collegiate Science Cheerleaders, Computer Science, General - Engineering, General - Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
With her permission, we are sharing a pretty cool email we received from Danielle, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cheerleader [Updated 2/17/14]: Hello Darlene! My name is Danielle, and I am reaching out to the Science Cheerleaders on behalf of my...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 24, 2010 | Dr. John Reports, Interviews
Dr. John here… On the list of things I’ll never be talented or smart enough to do, pole vaulting and designing satellites for space missions rank right at the top. And I’m not even sure which I’d be worse at. Such is not the case for my friend,...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 20, 2010 | Blog
I met Natalie earlier this year in Berkeley, CA, where we meeting with other members of the Coalition for the Public Understanding of Science team. She’s beautiful, smart, passionate about science literacy, and a terrific role model for young women. But...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 21, 2009 | News
From the “just plain cool” file. Check this out, from MIT. Personas is “meant for the viewer to reflect on our current and future world where digital histories are as important–if not more important–than oral histories….for...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 10, 2009 | Blog, Science Education, Science Policy
One of the projects I’m working on for Discover Magazine is a four-part energy event series on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and two professional engineering societies (IEEE and ASME). Why energy? In short: “The future of our...
