Education

New York, NY - Although non-native English speaking students are just as capable as their peers of learning subject matter in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields, they face additional barriers because of a…

App designed by faculty from the University of Connecticut, University of California, San Francisco, and MIT. Dyslexia makes reading a struggle for millions of people, but the learning disability is rarely diagnosed before age seven. Now,…

Children with poor academic readiness are 9 to 10 times more likely to have low reading scores 18 months laterCredit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - Starting kindergarten can be a challenging time for children as many…

UTIA, TDA, MTSU and Tennessee dairy producers to participateCredit: Photo by T. Salvador, courtesy UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A team of collaborators from four departments within the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture as…

Lockheed Martin to open a location in El Paso near the UTEP campus EL PASO, Texas - The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) President Heather Wilson and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Vice President of Engineering &…

Matthew Devereaux honored by USDA NIFA, Cooperative Extension and APLUCredit: Photo by T. Salvador, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A University of Tennessee Extension professional has been recognized by national organizations for his…

TUM.Additive: A strategy towards research on additive manufacturingCredit: iwb / TUM With its agenda TUM.Additive, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is kicking off a comprehensive research focus on additive…

Study first to examine parents' vocabulary and grammar as an influence on children's acquisition of EnglishCredit: Florida Atlantic University The way a highly proficient speaker of English talks to a child is different from the way a less…

CAMBRIDGE, MD (October 10, 2019)--The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Maryland Sea Grant College have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help grow the number and…

There is widespread concern today that the gap between scientific and public understanding on issues such as climate change, GMOs, and vaccine safety may be growing, and ample recent evidence that lies, unfortunately, spread faster than…