Education

An article in Science Advances shows high school students are steadily becoming more sensitive to environmental and scientific ideas. However, interest is uneven in regional terms. It is most intense in the North, less so in the Southeast…

This is the subject of analysis of a digital ethnography study by Liudmila Shafirova, Daniel Cassany and Carme Bach, all members of the [email protected] research group at the Department of Translation and Language Sciences Digital technology has made…

Researchers from Yale-NUS College find that viewing interests as developable, not fixed, can help people make connections among diverse fields that others might miss, with implications for innovation Singapore, 25 November 2020 - From…

PHILADELPHIA (November 24, 2020) - In-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) represent catastrophic and often terminal events. Despite investments to improve the quality of resuscitation efforts, fewer than 25% of all patients that experience…

To improve culture of academic medicine, professionalism standards must be more inclusive, according to Penn Medicine study PHILADELPHIA - Marginalized groups of people value professionalism more -- and are more likely to leave a job at an…

Credit: Courtesy of AAAS Nearly 500 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have earned the lifetime distinction of AAAS Fellow. AAAS Fellows are elected each year by their peers serving on the Council of…

Credit: Courtesy of AAAS For Part 1 of this announcement, click here. SECTION ON GENERAL INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Nan Broadbent Seismological Society of America: For outstanding contributions as a science communicator…

PHILADELPHIA (November 23 2020) - Survivors of COVID-19 are a vulnerable population who often have health ramifications from their illness and hospital stay. Upon returning home from acute care, large proportions of survivors experience…

International development projects that target the education of the world's very poorest children and marginalized girls also significantly improve other young people's attainment, new research showsCredit: CAMFED/Eliza Powell …

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 19, 2020--Black, Hispanic, and Native American students and faculty are largely underrepresented in environmental engineering programs in the United States. A…

WASHINGTON--The press conference schedule and online media center are now live for Fall Meeting 2020, when more than 20,000 attendees from 110 countries are expected to assemble virtually for the largest worldwide conference in the…

DALLAS (SMU) - A new study suggests that the Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP) has succeeded in boosting the amount of private donations to public universities, indicating that policymakers can effectively leverage public investment…

HOBOKEN, N.J.-- November 19, 2020-- John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE: JWA) (NYSE: JWB), a global leader in research and education, and Jisc, the not-for-profit technology provider, today announced the expansion of their partnership with…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2020 -- A lot of people seem to think their pup's paws smell like corn chips. This week on Reactions, we tackle the chemistry behind that smell, and ask people to sniff…

WHAT The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will hold an interactive policy forum on "Measuring Teaching at a Global Scale--Policy Perspectives on the…

Results suggest a diversity of experiences -- with work to be done to achieve parity One of the first nationwide estimates of sexual minority representation across Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees and…

Credit: University of Exeter The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research. The improvement of technologies across generations, known as "cumulative cultural…

NEW YORK - November 17, 2020 - The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced that the 2021 Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Summit will now take place as a virtual event called CTO Connect. It will take place online February…

Launches $1M public-private partnership to improve connectivity, support remote learning WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue Research Foundation's Innovation Partners Institute (IPI) is joining forces with Wabash College, SBA Communications,…

UD professors share resources and success stories to support teachers engaged in online instructionCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson The beginning of the coronavirus pandemic presented many challenges for educators, as teachers across…