by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 11, 2011 | Blog, Westcott's Wednesday Wrap Up
Hey, David Wescott here again – this week I have something special. For quite a while Darlene and I have kicked around an idea we called #scimom – basically a blog meme that tries to bring mom bloggers and science bloggers (and people who are both mom...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 9, 2011 | Blog, Citizen Science, News
Some of you may recall this fun video we did with school kids, Science Cheerleaders, bar patrons, Chemical Heritage Foundation President Tom Tritton and Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruch Blumberg. Well, as reported, “Dr. Blumberg, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 9, 2011 | Blog, Westcott's Wednesday Wrap Up
Sometimes science has the ability to just floor you. You see something, or hear something, and you can’t get your mind off of it. I’ve spoken with many scientists who can point to one moment in their lives where something just amazed them and they knew...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 6, 2011 | General - Science, Health and Medicine, SciCheers' guest blog posts, St. Louis Rams, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Here’s a guest blog post from Amanda (former St. Louis Rams cheerleader currently pursuing her medical degree at Columbia University!: Dear Science Cheerleader fans, this is your Science Cheerleader, Amanda. Currently, I am a third year medical student at...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 30, 2011 | Blog, In the News, Science Cheerleader Performances and News, Science Education
As featured on the BBC this week. Reporter Jane O’Brien profiles the Science Cheerleader event at NASA: NASA has put men on the moon and robots on Mars…but getting girls interested in science remains a struggle. Across America the gender gap is widening...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 26, 2011 | Blog, Science Education, Science Policy
This is part of a series I’m working on with Discover Magazine, the National Science Foundation, NBC, Planet Forward, and Science For Citizens. The first event, held at Yale on 1/25, was moderated by NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and featured a lively discussion...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 25, 2011 | Blog
“Women make up half the bodies in the solar system. Why not half the scientists?” This terrific site was just brought to my attention by Susan Niebur. If you are a woman in planetary science, or know someone who is, definitely check out this site. (Even if...
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 | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Westcott's Wednesday Wrap Up
David Wescott here again. It’s been a horrifying week for friends and families in Japan. For those of us here in America, we turn on the television and we’re shocked and stunned and left wondering things like what we’re supposed to tell our...
