PRINTER'S NO. 3395
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
786
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, KIM, POLINCHOCK, HILL-EVANS, DONATUCCI,
BURNS, READSHAW, KINSEY, MURT, WILLIAMS, BIZZARRO, FREEMAN,
SCHLOSSBERG, KENYATTA, CIRESI, KORTZ, VITALI, YOUNGBLOOD,
ROEBUCK, CONKLIN, KOSIEROWSKI, McCARTER, HENNESSEY AND
PASHINSKI, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of April 2020 as "Global Citizen Science
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "Global Citizen Science Month" is an annual event
sponsored by SciStarter in coordination with the National
Library of Medicine, Arizona State University, the Citizen
Association, Science Friday and National Geographic to celebrate
and promote all things citizen science; and
WHEREAS, SciStarter is an online community that originally
grew out of a project by Darlene Cavalier at the University of
Pennsylvania to help improve the citizen science experience for
project managers and participants; and
WHEREAS, Citizen science is a collaboration between
scientists and everyday people that helps accelerate research
and discovery in many areas, including ecology, astronomy,
medicine, computer science, statistics, psychology, genetics,
engineering and many more; and
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