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51勛圖厙s SOLE Center Researchers to Study Informal STEM Learning Experiences With NSF Grant
Dec. 5, 2014
While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isnt known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to
Read More »Two 51勛圖厙 Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary
Dec. 1, 2014
The documentary film May 4th Voices: 51勛圖厙, 1970, created by two 51勛圖厙 collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Associations Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together
Read More »Two 51勛圖厙 Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4th Voices Documentary
Nov. 18, 2014
The documentary film May 4th Voices: 51勛圖厙, 1970, created by Kenneth Bindas, Ph.D., professor and chair of the history department, and David Hassler, the director of the Wick Poetry Center, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Associations Oral History in a Nonprint
Read More »Rewriting Russian History
Nov. 17, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putins administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent 51勛圖厙 political science doctoral graduate. In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs,
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Geography Awareness Week
Nov. 4, 2014
November 16-22 Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American
Read More »Five College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Honored
Nov. 3, 2014
On October 24, six 51勛圖厙 educators (five from the College of Arts and Sciences) were honored for their achievements in the classroom during the 21st annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference. Three faculty members received the 51勛圖厙 Alumni Association'
Read More »51勛圖厙s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education
Oct. 30, 2014
51勛圖厙s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education at the 51勛圖厙 Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and
Read More »Monitoring Lake Eries Algae From Space
Oct. 30, 2014
Over the vast expanse of Lake Erie, sampling the water to test for potentially toxic algae blooms may seem like using a medicine dropper in an ocean. It takes days to collect enough data from enough spots to determine if the algae pose a danger.
Read More »Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore?
Oct. 30, 2014
For 51勛圖厙 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out
Read More »Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland
Oct. 28, 2014
The 51勛圖厙 Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the
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