Member of Congress to address science education

Vernon J. Ehlers, one of only two scientists in the U.S. House of Representatives, will be on campus Friday, Sept. 26, to speak about science education.

A six-term Michigan Republican, Ehlers serves on the influential House Science Committee, and he has introduced legislation, the National Science Education Acts, aimed at reforming the nation’s K-12 science, mathematics, engineering and technology education.

While here, Ehlers will meet with faculty and administrators, and will explore a number of budding programs that have helped UW–Madison become a leading center of science education research and practice in the United States, including the Systemwide Changes for All Learners and Educators program, the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning.

His free lecture, “Science, Education and Congress,” will be held from noon- 1 p.m. in Room 911, Van Vleck Hall.