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The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE), at Harrisburg University, supports and disseminates campus-based science education reform strategies that strengthen learning and build civic responsibility among students. The Center’s programs teach basic science and mathematics through a focus on some of the most important and complex civic issues facing society today. The center also operates offices in Somerset, New Jersey and Washington D.C., and administers projects such as the internationally-known Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER), which is supported by a major grant from the National Science Foundation.
Nearly 200 colleges and universities in more than 40 states and 10 foreign nations are working on the project, with faculty teaching SENCER courses to strengthen student learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by providing them with real-life problems and issues to which the various disciplines can be applied. Issues range from health challenges like asthma, HIV, diabetes, emerging infectious diseases and tuberculosis, to matters involving transportation, energy and environment, as well as specific civic concerns, such as maximizing the accuracy of the census and methods of voting.
The Center for Advanced Entertainment and Learning Technologies (CAELT), at Harrisburg University is collaborative partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center and the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania. Students and faculty from both CMU and HU work side-by-side on Synthetic Interviews Software Technology projects. With speech recognition capacities, this technology has many applications including enabling users to interview historical and fictional characters.
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