The awards are announced annually by the Office of the Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
[more]Congratulations to Clara Batchelder '19, the 2019 recipient of the Cameron-Glickenhaus Family Fund Prize. This prize is awarded to the student considered to be the most promising Education minor in terms of demonstrated commitment to an interdisciplinary, research-based approach to improving learning and Education for all students. With this award comes faculty recognition of hard work and achievement in all of our courses and Clara's commitment to the ideals of the department.
[more]Assistant Professor Sean Kang says repeated use of knowledge and training play a role in memory, as well as a few other tips in this NBC News
[more]Tine researches the gulf in academic success between students who live in poverty and those who don’t. “There are two aspects to that work,” she says. “We identify cognitive processes that underlie the income achievement gap, and we create interventions that address those inequities and can improve education and learning and development for all.” To that end, she and three undergraduate students are designing and assembling Build-It Boxes kits, aimed at sharpening STEM skills for 300 rural middle schoolers.
[more]WalletHub analyzed U.S. school systems to determine the top-performers, and asked a panel of researchers and experts, including Professor Jamshed Bharucha, for their insights. The findings can be found at https://wallethub.com/edu/e/states-with-the-best-schools/5335
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