How does a professional basketball cheerleader become head of one of the most popular Science blogs out there on the Web today? And how exactly does music fit into all of this? Ask Darlene Cavalier.

The former professional basketball cheerleader for the Philadelphia 76ers also holds a Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania for studying the role of the citizen in science.  This scientific chick is one smart cookie. And she's helping us see that music is always fun, even when associated with science. 

Last year in an educationally-inspired blog post, Darlene took the time to recognize cultural subjects like music and relate them to her favorite topic: Science.  They were featured alongside each other on The Science Cheerleader, a blog created by Darlene to promote the involvement of citizens in science and science-relate policy.  The blog is also aimed to increase adult science literacy, help people learn about and get involved in citizen science projects, and create opportunities for people to participate in science and technology policy discussion.

Darlene believes featuring music and other culturally-inclined subjects with their involvement in the science realm, is a great way to get people excited about her favorite subject. 

And so, she happily featured an article by her own sister-in-law, who happens to be a Dean at the Berklee College of Music.  

Here's the intro to that blog post: 

Obviously, with a name like “Science Cheerleader” I spend a lot of time advocating (good) science, in addition to technology, engineering and math (but “STEM Cheerleader” just doesn’t sound as cool).

I’d like to take this opportunity to recognize the importance of other life-enriching subjects including, but limited to, music, art, dance, writing, religion, philosophy, history...

In this spirit, I present you with a wonderful article written by my very talented sister-in-law, Debbie Cavalier, a Dean at Berklee College of Music. To her thousands of adoring little fans, she’s just Debbie from the musical group Debbie and Friends. Not surprisingly, this article focuses on the importance of music.

For the rest of the blog post and an article by the Dean of Berklee College on the importance of music, head on over to the rest of the post at Sciencecheerleader.com.

Thanks for making science fun again guys!